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Continue reading →: The Game: A Flickr meme
flickr meme, originally uploaded by knitittogether. This was fun! A game by cast on, cast off, here via Yarnmonster The rules: Using fd’s Flickr Toys, a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.b. Using only the first page, pick an image.c. Copy and paste each of…
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Continue reading →: Dreaming of fall…
It’s over 100 degrees F here and I hate the heat! So, I’m dreaming of sweater-weather. I LOVE Norah Gaughan Vol. 3! Now, I own Knitting Nature and I love looking through it, but so many of her designs are more interesting than wearable, for me. However, in her new…
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Continue reading →: WIP: Wallis
So, here’s the back of the Wallis cardigan from summer 08 IK. Since I am between the first two sizes, I did some pre knitting math- shooting for zero ease and drapey sleeves, not batwings. I’m using Elann Luna (cotton/viscose), which is perfect gauge-wise (5.25 spi) and quite drapey…
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Continue reading →: FO: Cherry
Pattern: Cherry, by Anna Bell Yarn: Elann Sonata, Burgundy Rose, 7 balls + a small bit of the 8th Gauge: 5.5 spi on US 6 (US 3 for ribbing) Size: finished bust 35″ (2nd size) Time to knit: About 3 weeks in May 2008 This is a great pattern and…
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Continue reading →: A future project: Debaurdeur, and some WIPs
I love this tank top, from Phildar #469, Special Twenty Spring 2007. I’m closer to 30 than 20 but I think I can still pull this off! I bought my magazine directly from Phildar during one of their sales and I translate the patterns using my high school french and…
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Continue reading →: A project for fitness: Triathlon training
I’m not sure why, but it was a New Years’ resolution. Sitting around the dinner table on New Year’s Eve at my in-laws’, one by one we voiced our resolutions. I said, train for and complete a triathlon in 2008. But then I stopped working out due to illness, laziness, etc. In early…
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Continue reading →: Happy Birthday my dear!
Today is my DH’s birthday! I love to celebrate this day because he’s the light of my life and I thank God for the day he was born. He asked for a red velvet cake, per the usual custom. I always use a recipe from epicurious, originally bon apetit. My…
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Continue reading →: FO: Green Gable
Pattern: Green Gable by Zephyr Style Yarn: Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece, Lapis, 2.5 skeins, 5spi on US 6 needles. This project was so fast! It took only about a week, despite a slow start. I did a ton of pre-knitting math. I wanted to knit the second size, which gives…
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Continue reading →: Rainy sunday and current WIP
It’s so cold and rainy lately, feels more like early spring than early summer in the Mid Atlantic. I don’t mind exactly- I hate the heat- but it does seem strange. Anyway, that means I’ll hold out for a little sunshine to get a shot of my latest FO, Green…
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Continue reading →: FO: Girl Tank
Pattern: Girl Tank, from Classic Elite’s spring 2008 Make it Modern Yarn: Classic Elite Cotton Bamboo, 6 balls, at 6 spi, on size 4 needles Time to knit: About 2.5 weeks, late April though early May I really enjoyed knitting this. Though I am normally pretty cheap about yarn, this…

