Pat’s Victory

Just in time for Christmas, Dad’s sweater is finito! Specs: Dad’s Pat’s Sweater Pattern: Hero Pullover Designer: Ann Budd Size: Large Yarn: Galway and Galway Heather Colours: Red (44), White (02), Grey (1080), Blue (638) Yardage: 1.95 balls of Red, about half a ball of White, about 3 balls of Blue, and about 2 balls [...]

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Work In Progress

Pretty much everything I doing right now is a work in progress. There’s the scarf (for which I am not only working the chart upside down, I -being new to the whole double knitting thing- apparently did not finish the edges right and the only thing holding the edges together is the fact of the [...]

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Instant Gratification

Baby hats- ’nuff said. Specs: Sophie’s Beret Pattern: Child’s Play Beret Designer: Laura Brown Yarn: Knit Picks bare worsted(?) Needles: 3.75mm circ (I think…) Cast On: Dec. 5.08 Bound Off: Dec. 5.08 Dyed: Dec. 6.08 Colour: mix of Sapphire Blue, Jet Black, and Sky Blue over a previous Turquoise dye job. Notes: I added the [...]

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Has it really been 2 months already…

So, yeah – bad blogger, no cookie. The knitting has been suffering from neglect (as has the spinning) but the sewing machine has had a strenuous workout. I’ve made: * 2 dresses for me, same style (1812, scoop neck, empire waist) but one is pink with white sleeves while the other is dark blue in [...]

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Cupcakes, Patriots, and Bruises

It is now July 3rd and the Canada Parties are over. On the 30th we hosted a semi-formal one here, which was a great success. The bar and the ‘dance floor’ (aka. that space in the basement in front of the tv) had a great work out, the patio was enjoyed, and my cupcake Canada [...]

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Sox and Pats

I have finished another pair of socks!  My Noro Kueryon Sock RPMs came off the needles today (yeah!), it is however, far to warm to put them on my feet – but they look great on the sock blockers.  I still have between 1/4 and 1/3 of the ball left.  Overall I was really pleased [...]

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Socks ate my brain…

Yesterday I woke up with an idea for a pair of socks, I spent most of the rest of the day… writing a sock pattern, swatching (*gasp* yes I swatched and even washed and blocked the swatch), and working on test knitting. The plan is to publish it in some format, either try submitting it [...]

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