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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

Needle Storage

By Wendy on September 17, 2009

Gail asked in the comments:
How do you store your needles? Do you keep them in the original Addi bags and sizes together? I’m just beginning to have enough needles that I need to determine a better way to keep them organized.
I have this:

The Tower o’ Needles!
It has a total of ten drawers.
I put each size [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged fine furniture, office depot, perfect colours, staples, weight yarn

It’s Faro Easy!

By Wendy on August 30, 2009

In all its blocked glory:

This took approximately 600 yards of dk/light sportweight weight yarn — Lorna’s Laces Pearl, in the “Mineshaft” colorway. I used 3 100-gram skeins (220 yards each) and had 30 grams leftover from the last skein. US 7 (4.5mm) needle.

The wingspan is about 72″, and it’s about 26″ down the center back.

The [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged knitting socks, mineshaft, new classics, skein, weight yarn

You May Commence Groaning Now

By Wendy on August 27, 2009

Why? Because I have named my new shawl pattern “Faro-Easy Shawl.”
How easy is it? I finished it in under a week. Gotta love knitting with DK-weight yarn right after knitting with laceweight!

But I’ve not blocked it yet, so the official FO post will have to wait til Sunday. The color in that photo is way [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged book men, hot little hands, shawl pattern, size measurements, weight yarn

Order to Chaos

By Wendy on August 3, 2009

Stick a fork in it, for it is done.

I finished the Order to Chaos Shawl last night at approximately 7:30 pm.

I used approximately 1500 yards of fingering weight yarn and a US 5 (3.75mm) needle. Specifically, I used Dream in Color Smooshy, in the “Shiny Moss” colorway.

As is my wont, I blocked this baby by [...]

Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged knitted toys, lace project, steam iron, weight yarn, youtube video

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