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Continue reading →: New WIP: Rebecca
Here’s my new WIP, Rebecca from Winter 08 Twist Collective. I started this a few days after finishing Wisteria, on Feb 15th or so. At first I wasn’t crazy about the yarn, Fibranatura Baby Merino. The ball band gauge is 5.25-6 spi, and my pattern gauge is 5.5 spi, but…
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Continue reading →: FO: Wisteria
Pattern: Wisteria by Kate Gilbert, from Fall 08 Twist Collective Yarn: Knitpicks Wool of the Andes, Kettle Dyed Ivy, 9.5 balls Size/Gauge: 34″ for 0 ease (37″ at 4.9 spi on US 7s) Time to knit: Just shy of 6 weeks in Jan/Feb 09 I love this sweater! The style makes…
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Continue reading →: Happy Valentine’s Day!
For this year, our 7th Valentine’s day together (egads, where has the time gone?!?) I baked my DH some cupcakes. I used the recipe from Georgetown Cupcakes, found here. Georgetown Cupcakes won the “Cupcake Wars” in the Washington Post, and IMHO has the best cupcakes available locally. The recipe did…
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Continue reading →: New WIP: Rose Fairy
Here’s one of my January new starts, Cecily Mary Barker’s Rose Fairy as charted by DMC. The chart was published in England and does not seem to be widely available in the US; I bought mine on Ebay. I’m stitching her on a fat eighth of Mountain Mist Edinburgh linen,…
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Continue reading →: FO: Gretel
Pattern by Ysolda Teague Yarn: Karabella soft tweed, 1.75 balls Size: Regular (medium) Needles/Gauge: 4.5 spi on US 7 < This hat was superfast and fun, I started December 31st and finished a few days later. I didn’t have any small needles handy, so I did the beginning ribbing on…
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Continue reading →: FO/HD: Mermaids of the Deep Blue
Pattern: Mermaids of the Deep Blue by Mirabilia Fabric: Silkweaver Oceantide Belfast linen (32 ct) Time to stitch: 18 months, mostly in UFO status I’m happy dancing- my first Mirabilia is finally finished! This took forever, not because of the stitching, but there are a gazillion beads on this piece. …
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Continue reading →: FO/HD: Waiting for the Mists to Clear
Pattern: Waiting for the Mists to Clear, by Character Creations, art by Ian Brooks Fabric: Belfast linen (32ct), hand dyed (very subtle grayish bluish white) Threads: DMC (as charted) Time to stitch: 1.5 years This has been done a while; perhaps you can see my signature dated 2007. But as…
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Continue reading →: New WIP: Wisteria
Well, I am taking guilt-free January to a new level and starting whatever I please. I begun the Fern Glade beret, from Knitty, in Classic Elite Wool Bamboo. That’s taking a backseat for a bit, while I begun Wisteria from Twist Collective. I have about a billion sweaters from Twist…
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Continue reading →: Everyone Else is Doing It….(2008 Retrospective)
I knitted a lot in 2008, which I attribute to both blogging and ravelry. I knitted more than these 12 projects last year, but these are all special for at least one of the following reasons: lovely yarn, exquisite design, perfect fit, high wearability. My all around favorite FO? …
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Continue reading →: FO: Olde Irish Blessing
Pattern: Olde Irish Blessing by Erica Michaels Fabric: 32 ct ivory linen from Needlecraft Corner, in Baltimore, MD Threads: The Gentle Art sampler threads, Weeks Dye Works (as charted) Time to stitch: 2 weeks in December 2008 This was a Christmas gift for my Dad, one project partially responsible for…
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