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Shaky Old Geezers of the World Unite

By Wendy on November 15, 2009

I’m happy to hear that I’m not the only one who finds the lack of a viewfinder on a point and shoot camera unacceptable. Yes, even with image stabilization, I find my photos too shaky. But most of my blog photos are taken with this:

That’s a Canon SLR camera. It’s an older model — I [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged canon slr camera, colorway, google, google search, sock design | 45 Responses

All Blocked and Ready for Action

By Wendy on November 2, 2009

I’ve released the Two-Thirds Shawl from its bondage. Here is Gwendolyn modeling her new shawl.

She’s stylin’.

Thanks for all your lovely comments about this shawl. It was great fun to knit, and not particularly difficult. The only arduous bit was that by the time I bound off there were 605 stitches on my needles. I confess [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged colorway, google, google image search, hateful thoughts, shawl, sock yarns, tea party

Before and After

By Wendy on November 1, 2009

Before:

It measures 24″ down the center back and has a 60″ wingspan.
After:

After a bath in warm water and woolwash, pinned out for blocking, it measures 30″ down the center back and has a wingspan of 70″.

To recap, this is the Two-Thirds Shawl (my own design) knit from Handmaiden Mini Maiden in the “Periwinkle” colorway, on [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged colorway, handmaiden, shawl, warm water, wingspan

What Happened to the True Love Stole?

By Wendy on September 30, 2009

In yesterday’s comments, Hannah asked:
What happened to the True Love Stole?
This is what happened to it:

I finished it!
That’s a pic of it unblocked. Even as we speak it is relaxing in a nice bath of woolwash and blocking will commence momentarily.
But meanwhile, I am knitting on my new super-not-so-secret project:

This is the beginning of a [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged blankie, colorway, lace pattern, superwash, weight yarn

Finally Done

By Wendy on September 23, 2009

On the commute home yesterday I finally finished my second Mallow sock. Ta-da!

To recap, I knit this from Madeline Tosh sock yarn in the “Malachite” colorway on 2mm needles. And in a spurt of energy, I even wrote up the pattern, in 3 sizes. You may download it for free in pdf format here.
It’s also [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged colorway, commute home, lunch break, sock pattern, sock yarn

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