Adventures with sticks and string.
The new project being knit from Rowan Calmer was, as a couple of you guessed, Cromarty. Back in 2007 I knit Cromarty in Koigu Kersti. At the time, I mused that I thought it would be nice to knit from Rowan Calmer. On Saturday I grabbed a skein of Calmer in the “Sage” colorway and [...]
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I seem to have neglected the blog for the past few days. Chalk that up to the combination of subduing a turkey and wrassling it into brine accompanied by an upper respiratory infection that lingered way too long (but is finally fading). I did finish Filey, on Thursday evening. I took a photo pre-shrinking. It [...]
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I’ve made some good progress on Filey over the past few days. I’ve completed the front, joined the front and back at the shoulders using a three-needle bind-off, and knit the neckband. The pattern has you knit the neckband for 6″ but I did not want a turtleneck so stopped at around 2.5″ I’ve done [...]
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I was happy to see that the pirate site that was illegally displaying copyrighted material belonging to others shut down so quickly. There was certainly a lot of discussion about it in the comments. To clear up a couple of points: One commenter posted that the site was completely automated. While this is true of [...]
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Good: I got an email from Shanti’s mom last night, letting me know that the Hats for Sailors project has received 337 hats this year! You can read about it and see some awesome photos of the hats on Shanti’s blog here. Wow! Good: The winter 2011/2012 issue of KnitCircus is available here! My article [...]
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It’s time to answer a few questions from the comments. Hannah asked if Loft is an appropriate yarn to use for knitting socks. I say no. It is a softspun, light yarn and is not superwash. It is far more suited for hats, scarves, sweaters, mittens, etc. and would be great for colorwork or lace, [...]
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I have acquired a bunch of new stuff recently. What better day to share photos of it than New Stuff Sunday? When the Knitgirllls came to visit me last weekend, they brought me some lovely prezzies. A lovely shawl pin: This is from Knitting Notions, and the wood is lacewood. I think this could double [...]
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I am knitting along on Filey, the sweater I am knitting from Rowan Denim yarn. Because a garment knit from denim yarn will shrink lengthwise (but not in width) one must knit all pieces of said garment longer to compensate for said shrinkage. Doing this in denim yarn is a bit of a study in [...]
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