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Periwinkle

By Wendy on October 7, 2009

My new work in progress is being knit from Handmaiden Mini Maiden yarn, in the “Periwinkle” colorway. It’s a single ply wool/silk blend, fingering weight, with approximately 550 yards per 100 gram skein.
I bought two skeins of this somewhere along the way and rediscovered it in my stash room recently.
Here’s what I’m knitting from it:

It’s [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged different shape, fevered brain, gram skein, silk blend, silk blends

Mighty Shawls From Little Edgings Grow

By Wendy on August 31, 2009

Because I’m geeky that way, I looked up the origins of the phrase “mighty oaks from little acorns grow.” The earliest similar phrase I could find was from my old buddy Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde (late 1300s):
“as an ook cometh of a litel spyr”
Did I ever tell you I used to be able to [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged garter stitch, geoffrey chaucer, gram skein, little acorns, rectangular shawl

A Finer Peace

By Wendy on July 5, 2009

I completed the second sock of my modified Peace Socks pattern on Friday.

When I get a chance, I’ll write up this pattern and post it as a freebie. I think I’ll call it “A Finer Peace.” Why? Because it is knit with fingering weight yarn instead of sportweight, which is what the original pattern is [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged colorway, gram skein, leaching, shawl, weight yarn

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