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  • FO: That Little Scarf

    This is the back side of the scarf showing.
    Pattern: That Little Scarf, by Anne Hanson, from Knitspot.
    Yarn: One skein of superwash merino sock yarn from Maple Creek Farm Fine Wools. I seem to have lost the tag, but I think it was 450 yards and $20/skein. This was the only thing I bought from Rhinebeck [...]

    Friday 28th November 2008 - 11:51:55 PM | Comments (4)

  • How to make a pompom

    I think pompom making isn’t too tricky, but here are some step-by-step instructions in case you are confused. This is the Susan Bates set from Purl.
    1. Fit two of the circle halves together, bump side touching the flat side of the other. Wrap the halves together until they’re full with yarn–more than you think is [...]

    Sunday 23rd November 2008 - 7:08:05 PM | Comment (1)

  • FO: Patterned Watch Cap

    Pattern: Patterned watch cap, with the Double Irish Chain pattern, from Robin Hansen’s Favorite Mittens.
    Yarn: Two skeins of Colinette Cadenza, in Slate, $10/skein; 1 skein of white Zara Merino extrafine, $10; both from Downtown Yarns. If you make the brim shorter, like 1.5″ and no pompom, you could probably get away with one skein of Cadenza.
    Needles: [...]

    Monday 17th November 2008 - 10:07:52 PM | Comments (6)

  • Traveling Project

    I’m almost done with my scarf, though I’ve already knitted nine more repeats than the pattern, and I haven’t decided how many more to do. I’ve also started another project, which will be the subject of my next post. <–And if that preview sentence isn’t the most exciting one you’ve ever read, then clearly you haven’t [...]

    Saturday 15th November 2008 - 1:08:41 PM | Comments (2)

  • Voting and knitting

    I voted and I knitted.

    Tuesday 4th November 2008 - 8:09:16 PM | Comment (1)

  • Waffle House Mittens

    I was going to write up a free pattern for these mittens, but I have been busy with work and life, (and being obsessed with the election, like the rest of the country), so I’m just going to show them off. The cables are from The Harmony Guides: Cables and Arans, which Adam gave me for Christmas [...]

    Sunday 2nd November 2008 - 10:10:09 PM | Comments (2)

  • Post revision

    I’m not normally into post revision, but I did change a post about Black Mountain Weavers. I have received a couple of negative comments, and I realized that I was inadvertently having a more powerful impact on this store’s image than I meant to.
    I was tipped off to my secret super powers when I noticed [...]

    Saturday 1st November 2008 - 11:50:34 PM | Comment (1)