The Summer of Socks has begun and I’ve been a bit of a slacker. I’ve knitted one and a half of Fancy Silk Sock and then put it aside. All I have left is the cuff and having memorized the pattern, this got relagated to “knitting that can be done with everything seems too complicated”. [...]
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On Friday, I spent several very amusing hours knitting at Enchanting Yarns & Things in Kent. I went because Rob said he’d be there and we haven’t really spent much time hanging out since I stopped working at the other knitting store exactly three years ago.
Rob had been trying to learn to knit from a [...]
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Last year, it was purses and bags. This year, it seems to be mittens. I am always dragging a sock around with me everywhere I go because socks are small projects and it’s unlikely that I’ll run out of knitting. I am not tired of knitting socks, and I doubt I ever will be, but sometimes it’s [...]
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I was away for a week, but that doesn’t mean I wasn’t making things. I decided to do a little crocheting while on the road and I chose a pattern by Alicia Paulson of Posey Gets Cozy. She really has a wonderful design sense and I loved making this blanket. She calls it Tiramisu.
I [...]
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These are the books that came to my post office box, unsolicited by me. I took it as a sign that maybe I should be using up the yarn I have insulating the nooks and crannies of my house. As part of my effort, I’m going to finish as many of my unfinished projects as [...]
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