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Max’s Easter Sweater: Done!
Max wore his Easter sweater to brunch on Easter as planned. And we have the photos (with his Aunt Sonja)to prove it. Only the most heartless critic will notice that there are no buttons or button loops and that the… Continue reading
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“Spokane Ferocity” Part II
The “Spokane Ferocity” was designed to be a fun wear-with-a-t-shirt-and-jeans sort of thing. Maybe “dress it up or down” like in the fashion magazines. Mostly, it was a design challenge! A marvelous learning experience as I fussed along merrily with… Continue reading
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“Spokane Ferocity” Part I
I have just completed my “Tunic Ferocity” (a Ferocity is a one-of-a-kind piece that Sarah and I design, either separately or together) – aka the “Spokane Ferocity” because I bought most of the yarn in a shop called Holy Threads… Continue reading
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A Word About Bags
I have been using a new knitting bag (which I bought at Stitches West) to house Max’s sweater project. It is too lovely to call a mere “bag,” of course, but what other word do we have? Purse? Handbag? Not… Continue reading
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“Boring Knitting”
Hope breathes in Stockinette Wasteland! Sarah offered to help and has graciously taken over the body of the sweater while I fiddle around with the Fair Isle band on the beginning of the first sleeve. Sarah certainly has a vested… Continue reading
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The Brain Is Amazing (And Several Digressions)
Erratum: It is “Baba O’Riley” not “Bubba O’Reilly.” So, last night something niggled in my brain. Something was not right. And then it came to me: I had mistaken the name of the Who song (or is it “the The… Continue reading
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Stockinette Wasteland
Am I a process knitter or a project knitter? Somewhere in the middle, but probably closer to process. There are scads of chic sweaters, cool leg-warmers, fetching coats, etc. that I would love to wear, but which I could not… Continue reading
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A Swatch From February
When I first seriously considered starting a knitting blog, I did what I presume any wise knitter would do: I swatched. That is, I wrote a few “mock blogs” (in secret — didn’t even tell my family I was trying… Continue reading
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The Baby In My Knitting Bag
I mentioned that Pelagia Fiber Arts has a website – which we hope will be good for business. It also has a baby, Max (Sarah’s son/my grandson – currently one year old and crawling) – which, we are sad to… Continue reading
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Stitches 2008 Yarn Market
Yarn is Treasure. Treasure is worth more than Money. Yarn is worth more than Money. Trade all your Money for Yarn. It’s like that. The Yarn Market at Stitches is colossal – vast, abundant, a festival of color. There are… Continue reading
Warty Bobbles 