By Wendy on March 18, 2010
Oh yeah.
This yarn is totally yummy. So very soft and delightfully non-splitty. I’m really liking the colorway (Topaz) as well. It’s got enough variegation to keep it interesting, but not so much that it obscures the lace pattern. Here’s last night’s progress:
I am now on the “body” portion of the pattern, so expect a lot [...]
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By Wendy on March 17, 2010
I started knitting with the lovely Serenity 20 yarn that I showed you in yesterday’s blog post. It’s like knitting whipped cream.
Yes, I know I titled this post “Like Buttah” when the experience is really “Like Whipped Cream.” I have mislead you. Deliberately. Why? Just because I am that way. (I’m getting quite snippy about [...]
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By Wendy on March 16, 2010
This blog post should be titled “Chevron Stole Unbound” but “Prometheus Unbound” just sounds so much more dramatic, don’t you think?
However, that makes this sound like a post fraught with torment. Hmmmmmm. Well, blocking this stole did torment me a bit. When one has chronic back issues, crawling around the floor threading blocking wires through [...]
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By Wendy on March 15, 2010
My “stolen time” worked out well for me, because last night I finished knitting my Chevron Stole.
Here it is pre-blocking.
It measures 22″ wide by 50″ long.
The b locking photo is sort of boring because the lace does not show up well on my black foam blocking board. But here you go.
It now measures 26″ wide [...]
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By Wendy on March 14, 2010
I finally managed to drag myself out of bed this morning at about 9:45am. (Staying up until the time changed from 2:00am to 3:00am was a bad idea, in retrospect).
I hate Daylight Savings Time. Hate it hate it hate it. Not only that, but I hate it.
Despite the late start, so far today I:
made yogurt [...]
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