Adventures with sticks and string.
I have happily recovered from my fatigue of last week, which was due not to illness nor holiday preparations, but a Big Thing at work that had to go off smoothly. It did, happily, and I was able to collapse in a pile on Thursday evening. When I was on my way home on Thursday [...]
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This blog post has been canceled on account of fatigue. But before I pass out in a heap, check out these awesome stamps on a package sent from Sweden I got the other day: Lucy is visibly impressed.
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As I mentioned in my last post, I went through a gansey-obsessed knitting phase back in the late 1980s, brought on by the Madeline Weston book I acquired. I went all-out: bought the wicked-long wicked sharp dpns and knit at least one gansey from 5-ply guernsey wool in the round with all the gansey features: [...]
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It’s time for me to check in with another progress photo of Cromarty. Here it is: I’m at the start of the last repeat of the center panel before binding off the center stitches for the neck. The end of the back is in sight! I had mentioned that I would likely knit a band [...]
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Rather than start this post with another shot of Cromarty with another inch or so of progress, I decided to talk about movies. Long-time WendyKnits readers (as well as my real-life friends) know that I love classic movies. And I particularly love classic holiday movies. So, inspired by an email discussion with a friend (hi, [...]
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I am making progress on my Cromarty, slow as it is. I am nearing the end of the second 40-row pattern repeat (I’ve done 34 rows) and just started my third skein of yarn. There are four 40-repeats up to the neck shaping. The pattern calls for 1875 yards of yarn, which is around 11 [...]
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This is the Rowan Calmer I know and love! This is the “Tree” colorway and I’m using it to restart Cromarty. This is going much better than last week’s start with my vintage Calmer that had issues. Nice solid fabric? Check! Nicely plump cables? Check! Fun to knit? Check! Check! It is a time-consuming knit [...]
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I still love Rowan Calmer. I won’t let one wonky batch ruin it for me. This wonky batch of Rowan is not indicative of recent declining quality, as that batch is one I’ve had for six or seven years. It is just an anomaly. As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, I have ordered [...]
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