I’ve been thinking a lot about secret knitting lately. I suppose because I’ve spent a bit of time deciding which pictures of FOs and WIPs I can post here. ‘Tis the season for gifts and already this season, I’ve blown it. In my excitement to show someone my Ravelry project page, I inadvertently [...]
frogged.
Recently I got involved in a discussion about making mistakes in your work, whether you fix them and what lengths you’ll go to if you do. Several theories on the subject were put forth. My personal favorite was this one, “If it doesn’t have a mistake in it, I didn’t knit it.” – adrian [...]
That seems like such an obvious statement, doesn’t it? I certainly wouldn’t have expected to devote so much thought to the issue. I’ve mentioned before that I actually do write down how I make certain projects. I’m even in the habit of making new versions, so I can clarify the instructions in my [...]
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I may not have blogged at all last month but I didn’t forget that October was Breast Cancer Awareness month. Michael’s was rather fortuitously practically giving away pink Sugar n’ Cream for a dollar a roll, so I snatched some up and decided that I really wanted to do a pink ribbon project in [...]
If you read this blog regularly, you may be experiencing a bit of deja-vu just about now. As in “Um phoenix? Haven’t you posted that picture before?” No need to adjust your screen. The answer is yes. Yes, I have.
I’m back to working on the Daisy bag, and let’s just say, that [...]
Continuing the fuzzy fun fur diamond theme (if this keeps up, I may very well have to knit some fuzzy dice. I just can’t use this stuff up.), I have the Smarter Than It Looks iPod wallet. Because I’m sad enough that I can’t even travel to the supermarket without a iPod. [...]
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Sometimes the fine art of procrastination has worthwhile results. I just uploaded a pdf with charts of the Ravelry logo, suitable for your knitting, embroidery, cross stitch or crochet needs. Or whatever you may use charts for. (I think it will work for crochet. Crochet diagrams confound me.)
It looks like this.
Download [...]
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If you knit you are probably already aware of this project to provide more detailed (and color!) photos of the patterns in Barbara Walker’s invaluable treasuries. If not, go check it out, not least because I finally posted my first, but hopefully not only, contribution – The Cording Stitch – in multiple colors, no [...]
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It’s been a while what with taxes and life, and only 4 days after Earth Day I’m finally posting the result of all that double knitting Moebius swatching.
My new headband. I call it ReCycle. In the spirit of recycling to protect our environment, conserve our resources and as well as sparking our ideas and imagination. [...]
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Okay, that’s a bit grandiose for a glorified swatch – after all it’s not like I finished a sweater or even some fancy cabled socks. However, I did manage a proper double knit möbius, and I’m feeling pretty darn special. A quick recap: when last we visited this challenge I had noticed that the [...]
