Adventures with sticks and string.
Behold my new work in progress: Here’s a shot without Lucy: While it is a sideways knit garter stitch piece, it is not ruffled and it is not Kauni. This is MadelineTosh Tosh Sock in the Jade colorway. Yes, in a surprise move, I am knitting with green yarn. Honestly compels me to confess that [...]
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I have finished my giant rainbow-colored lasagne noodle. Please note that moments before I snapped this photo, Miss Lucy was stretched out on the scarf. She got bored and wandered off so I took the opportunity to get a cat-free shot. Or two. I knit this from one 130-gram skein of Kauni Effektgarn in the [...]
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I am very close to completing my rainbow lasagne noodle: I started with 130 grams of yarn. Here’s how much is left: So I must go knit! Lucy, on the other hand, is on the alert in case a bunny shows up with a basket of candy . . .
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I have finally finished the pattern for my Ruffles and Ridges Wrap and it is now available for sale in my Ravelry store. We did the photo-shoot yesterday. Doesn’t my model, Jennifer, look gorgeous? (I’d hate her, but she is too nice for me to be able to do so.) There was a slight breeze [...]
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Rainbow yarn is happy yarn. And here, in a surprise move, I am knitting something with ruffles. It is, of course, Kauni Effektgarn 8/2. In the rainbow (EQ) colorway. A scarf with a ruffle on each side. So there. Lucy dares to be different: sleeping outside the kittybed!
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Today marks ten years that I have been writing this here blog. Yikes. What to read my very first blog post? Go to this page and scroll down to the bottom. There you will find my April 1, 2002 entry. There you go . . . a blast from the past. The Woolen Rabbit Yarn [...]
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Here is my completed Ruffles and Ridges. I knit this from Kauni Effektgarn 8/2 (purchased from The Loopy Ewe). I lightly steam-blocked it and it measures 68 inches long, and 11.5 inches wide. I used approximately 600 yards and a US3 needle. Cat included for scale. Here is Sharon’s completed Ruffles and Ridges: Sharon knit [...]
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I was lucky enough to be sent a copy of Nora J. Bellows’ upcoming book Noni Flowers: 40 Exquisite Knitted Flowers. It is due to be published by Potter Craft on April 10. Remember when Nora Bellows came out with her patterns for Noni bags? Knit felted bags, some embellished with knitted flowers. I was [...]
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