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 of Grey

Modeled by my little sister A. [...]

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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 yarn [...]

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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 pom pom today. Somehow my numbers didn’t quite work out [...]

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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 front with green/blue [...]

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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 flag [...]

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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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