Adventures with sticks and string.
Hey, guess what? I finally finalized the patterns for the two lace sweaters I knit this summer. First, the cleverly named “Lace Tunic.” The pattern is available for sale in my Ravelry shop. I put it up for sale on Friday and a knitter already found an error in one of the charts (thank you [...]
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It might be time to start thinking about building an ark. Lucy is looking for another kitty so they can line up two-by-two to get on said ark. The view out my window taken a few minutes ago: I do have a superpower when it comes to rain. It has rained every day this week, [...]
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It’s been a cool rainy day here — seems almost Autumnal! Yesterday I celebrated Labor Day by . . . laboring. Doing things that needed to be done around the house. But I did find time to work on my current lace sweater: I am doing a simple 4-row all-over lace pattern. I do like [...]
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Hard to believe that here in the U.S. it’s the middle of Labor Day Weekend already. It seems like it was just the beginning of July — I blinked and it became September. Not that I’m complaining — autumn is my favorite season so I’m happy to be a little closer to it. Last week [...]
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Well, it’s not my life in stitches . . . A couple of weeks ago I was sent a review copy of A Life in Stitches by Rachael Herron. I’ve known Rachael since way back when we were both baby bloggers in the early days of knitblogs, so I have of course read each of her [...]
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I’ve been holding out on you — look what I finished Friday morning: It’s my Camp Loopy III project, finished with time to spare! This sweater, my own design, is knit from Hand Maiden Swiss Silk in the “Boreal” colorway, using a U.S. size 6 (4mm) needle. I used just an ootch more than 3 [...]
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It’s been a full weekend, but all my guests are now on their way home, and I’m having my regular Sunday afternoon — doing laundry. Quite a difference from what I was doing yesterday at this time. That’s the display at fibre space set up for my book party yesterday. The party was great — [...]
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I am so pleased that so far so many of you are liking Wendy Knits Lace. All of the patterns have been entered in Ravelry with my less-than-stellar photos. So feel free to queue ‘em up! My interview with Mark Lipinski at Creative Mojo yesterday afternoon was great fun — if you weren’t able to [...]
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