Adventures with sticks and string.
First of all, congratulations to WordLily, who is the winner of the giveaway of 60 Quick Baby Blankets: Cute & Cuddly Knits in 220 Superwash® and 128 Superwash® from Cascade Yarns. Thank you for all the lovely comments about my Rainbow Wrap. I do plan to write up the pattern when I get a chance. [...]
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It’s done! Since my last blog post, I picked up stitches around the edge (almost 1300 of them), and knit an edging. I increased stitches at each corner to make mitered corners. I did a purl round to make a nice edge for turning, and knit a facing. I decreased stitches at each corner so [...]
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Fresh off the needles: In the photo above, it is a tube. Here it is with the steek cut, laid out flat. After cutting the steek, I steamed it with an iron. After this steam-blocking the piece measures approximately 74″ by 24″. Now I am picking up a billion stitches around the outside edge to [...]
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First off, congratulations to Cathy, who was chosen to receive my review copy of Easy Openwork Knit Tops by Kennita Tully. Cathy has been emailed. Now, my work in progress: At this point, it is about 56″ long. I have 60 grams left of the rainbow yarn. I started out with 284 grams of rainbow [...]
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Still knitting my rainbow . . . But I also have an FO! A wee catnip mouse, knit from the nose down. It is made from sportweight Cormo wool left over from a cardi I knit earlier in the year. It’s a gift for a co-worker who adopted a kitty last weekend. I received a [...]
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