September 2009

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What Happened to the True Love Stole?

By Wendy on September 30, 2009

In yesterday’s comments, Hannah asked:
What happened to the True Love Stole?
This is what happened to it:

I finished it!
That’s a pic of it unblocked. Even as we speak it is relaxing in a nice bath of woolwash and blocking will commence momentarily.
But meanwhile, I am knitting on my new super-not-so-secret project:

This is the beginning of a [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged blankie, colorway, lace pattern, superwash, weight yarn

A Simple Sock

By Wendy on September 29, 2009

Okay, a bunch of you Smartypants immediately identified the yarn I’m using for my simple sock as Wollmeise in the Johannisbeer und Brennessel colorway. Clearly you all are experts in Wollmeise colorway identification.
A quick trip through the Google translator tells me that the colorway name translates into “currant and nettle” in English. Very appropriate, no?
So, [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged currant, google, knit purl, quick trip, suppertime

A Great Weekend

By Wendy on September 28, 2009

I had a great time down in Virginia Beach this past weekend. There was a book-signing/party Friday night at KnitWits that was a blast. I met a lot of fun knitters and thoroughly enjoyed myself. My friend Rusty did a nice photo-filled blog post about it here.
Rusty and her husband Larry had just returned from [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged knitwits, lace project, little kitty, prince edward island, ravelry

Thursday

By Wendy on September 24, 2009

Who needs a clever title, eh?
I left the True Love Stole at home today. It’s hot and humid here, so not having piles of cashmere draped on my lap on the train seemed like a good idea. It was a good idea — they apparently have turned the air conditioning off on the trains.
This is [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged clever title, little devil, little guys, sock yarn, swak

Finally Done

By Wendy on September 23, 2009

On the commute home yesterday I finally finished my second Mallow sock. Ta-da!

To recap, I knit this from Madeline Tosh sock yarn in the “Malachite” colorway on 2mm needles. And in a spurt of energy, I even wrote up the pattern, in 3 sizes. You may download it for free in pdf format here.
It’s also [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged colorway, commute home, lunch break, sock pattern, sock yarn

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