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WIP

Rolling Along

June 17, 2010 Life

So, what do you write about when you’ve just started 2 projects and their in such a state where there is nothing really much to show?  Well, I guess I should just post them on here! See. nothing much but a pile of knitted-looking WIP’s. I will though, be having a fun weekend…… I’m headed [...]

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Don’s Vest – Interim Pictures

April 20, 2010 Knitting - General
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Phew, finally finished Don’s Vest by Joyce Williams from Latvian Dreams.  The vest is just fresh out of the washing machine and blocking now. I thought I’d take a couple of ‘blocking’ pictures because I am so stoked how it turned out.  I really really like it.  I paid EXTREME attention to the finishing of this [...]

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Cutting The Steek

April 18, 2010 Knitting - General

This is a picture that would probably terrify most knitters, including myself, for about 10 minutes.  And then I did it!  I cut and captured it for you guys. Behold, THE CUT. Yowsers!  All is good, the scissors went all the way through the fabric and the yarn frayed out a little, but 2 things [...]

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The Steek

April 13, 2010 WIP

Ladies and gentleman, this will be the first real steek on a real sized garment that I’ve ever done.  Of course, I thought that I should share this with you.  So, I’ve been working on Don’s vest, knitted all in the round, round and round with the steek stitches according to the way Joyce Williams [...]

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Focused

March 19, 2010 WIP

The Men’s Spring Knitting Retreat 2010 is coming up in May and there are 2 things I want to focus on, or rather, FINISH for SHOW and TELL!! Thankfully, there are no knitting emergencies or deadlines in the way.  (Well, this could be a good or a bad thing….. bad because I would like some [...]

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A Late Resolute

January 11, 2010 Life

Hello all, a little late, but a wonderful 2010 to you, and hopefully to me also. May all good things you wish for come to fruition for you, and also hopefully myself. LOL. So, what do we always do at the beginning of each year? Yes, make resolutions!! I don’t have a great deal of [...]

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The Purl Ridge

October 9, 2009 WIP

Ya know….. sometimes you just gotta take matters into your own hands. I’ve always not trusted myself, doubted myself, but this time I’m pretty sure. I started a new project….. (I know, startitis…) Don’s Vest by Joyce Williams in Latvian Dreams. So this wonderful looking project asks for some ribbing and then increase into the [...]

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Itchy Fingers, Itchy Wool

September 26, 2009 WIP

It’s been about 2 weeks now that I’ve been in hiding. Well, not so much hiding, but more like busy doing too many knittery things to have time to blog about it. But I shall talk a little about it this evening. I brought some closure to a couple of knittery things. For example, Franklin [...]

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Forget Me Not

August 14, 2009 WIP

I was going through all the projects that I have on the needles right now and realized that there is one that I started during the Men’s Knitting Retreat 2009 but hardly blogged about. Not to be forgotten, is the Cascading Petals Scarf from Runway Knits. Like I mentioned the other day about now mindless [...]

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The Back

August 13, 2009 WIP

So, this is just a quick post…… just wanted to update you guys and let you know, that NO, I didn’t disappear again. I’ve been busy. This is the back of Franklin, which is coming out really nicely in my opinion. I am very happy that I took the time to fiddle with the 2×2 [...]

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