On The Needles
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Learning What (Perhaps) I Should Have Known
It is that awkward time of year when I have much going on knit-wise, but cannot write freely because most of that knitting is destined for candy cane wrapping paper — you know what I mean. But perhaps I can… Continue reading
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The Triangle Thing That Needs A Better Name (Part 2)
The Pattern The pattern part of the story is less exotic because it takes place at home and on the phone with Sarah. Tho there was some listless conversation about "What are we going to make?" when I was visiting… Continue reading
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How Knitting Projects Multiply
It is the grandchildren. Is there any knitting more joyful and insidious than knitting for grandchildren? If so, don't tell me about it! I have about as much knitting in my life as I can handle, at present, thank you… Continue reading
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A Song For September!
Okay, not a song exactly, but certainly a happy humming now that my favorite time of year has arrived 🙂 Early September is particularly delicious. The earlier sunsets and cooler temperatures whisper "Autumn knitting" enticingly while the blue skies and… Continue reading
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Summertime!
Hello! Happy Summer! Since last I blogged: Oregon Coast family wedding (with all my kids and grandkids minus one son-in-law) Sarah and her kids here for 3 weeks Camping trip (5 adults, 4 kids — first camp-out with the grandkids… Continue reading
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Some Assembly Required
I am doing a lot more knitting from patterns this Spring. In truth, I think I have begun seeing knitting magazines as catalogs. "Love it! Order it!" Even the yarn. What I cannot find in J.Jill or Nordstrom, I am finding… Continue reading
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Baby Knits, Baby Knits, Baby Knits!!!
I am up to my ears in baby knitting these days! Finished projects: The Jacket and Booties from Knit One Knit All done in Frog Tree Ewetopia yarn — for my niece Emilia's baby (due in August) Matching hat knit… Continue reading
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In Which I Am Too Smart For My Own Good
Knitting from someone else’s pattern is always an education. Currently, I am being schooled by Vicki Square’s “Lace Back Top” (VogueKnitting Spring/Summer 2012). This is a birthday request present for Sarah. It is just the kind of thing she will… Continue reading
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“Join Without Twisting”
I am designing a loose drapey vest based on traditional counterpane patterns — and knit with bright poppy linen yarn! Claudia Hand-Painted. It will be done in components — just like a counterpane would be. And I started in on… Continue reading
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Mitten Saga
Woodland Winter Mittens So, last year, I swooned over and succumbed to KnitPicks’s Woodland Winter Mittens and bought the yarn and patterns for all 6 designs…in both color ways! Well. I wanted options. And they were sooooo beautiful….sigh….see, I’m swooning… Continue reading
Warty Bobbles 