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Continue reading →: Two skirts
Sewapalooza continued last week with the completion of these lovelies. They were originally cut in July 2009 and languished in the to-do pile since. The grey one was even pinned together and then packed for a recent move. The bird skirt was nearly done and just needed the elastic casing…
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Continue reading →: And now, some sewing
About a month ago I purchased this owl fabric from an Etsy shop, the name escapes me, and determined it would make some swell knitting bags. I like to have a light bag in the purse to keep sock needles from rolling all over the bottom and disengaging from their…
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Continue reading →: Why do I knit?
Some days I do not know. Take Monday for instance. I finally tried on, with a critical eye and the sleeve pinned in, a sweater I had been knitting, off and on, since last year. The sleeve was too big and was gaping around my arm and the sweater, that…
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Continue reading →: Baby Sophisticate
Of course many babies are concerned with their individual levels of sophistication – do these booties say future Harvard Law graduate? Should I consider a boater over the traditional knitted cap? Is this the appropriate hooded jacket for morning wear? Appearance is everything. Thank goodness there is a pattern that…
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Continue reading →: This was supposed to be a sweater
But instead it is a pile of little balls on my sofa. I was three-quarters of the way done with the body and nearly done with the sleeves of the Amelia sweater: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/amelia-8 when I decided to actually try it on. Unfortunately, it was more kimono wrap than form-fitting cardigan. I…
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Continue reading →: Blooming patio
Flower photos that replaced regular knitting posts on my blogs of choice used to disappoint me. Until I had some flowers of my own to post. These posies bloomed on my patio this weekend. I was stunned. They had been growing but I thought they were A: victims of frostbite;…
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Continue reading →: An experiment
One evening the knitting and I decided to begin a new project, even though we already have so many projects. We’d also been looking at a book we don’t use much anymore now that we know how to knit. But we needed it to remember how to do a single…
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Continue reading →: A long wait for two pillows
Here’s some blogworthy content, discovered while scrolling through random photos. I completed these pillows in January. It took me probably an hour from start to finish. They were created from two old shirts owned by a friend’s husband. She wanted to commemorate them as they were his favorites, but apparently…
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Continue reading →: Look what I bought and some Olympic knitting
I considered making this two blog posts in order to get credit for two in one day but then thought, knowing your track record, years gone by without blogging, just cut to the chase and get the info out to the faithful readers. Perhaps there’s one. Hello? Anyone out there?…
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Continue reading →: Meret beret
Feast your eyes, blog readers (if there are any) on the Meret Beret knit for Jennifer Novotny, knitting fan and scarf aficionado. She received the matching scarf last year as a commissioned knit project. The scarf is very long, huge, measured against my larger frame. The hat is also a…