Archive for October, 2008
Two FOs and a Maybe
Continuing with trying to spin the handspun in my stash, I began this as a way to cut the monotony of knitting my Monkey socks. [Those are done, by the way, I finished them last night, and wore them today. I'll take pictures as soon as I get a sunny spot.]
My friend Sue has spun [...]
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Tags: blue, cables, grey
Monday’s are for Dyeing
Apparently, Thursdays are for posting. I would have posted this earlier, except that I enjoy natural light for photos, and Photobucket didn’t believe me when I told it I really did want the pictures to be smaller.
Monday was a dyeing day. I didn’t wake up that morning with this intention; I normally try to plan [...]
Filed under: Catch- up, dyeing | 1 Comment
Tags: purple
Knitting Recipe: Camlin
Introducing Camlin- a simple cable rib mitt for when mittens or gloves just won’t do. Free pattern can be found on the pattern page above, or download the pdf here.
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Tags: cable, mitt
1. The iron is your best friend. It makes seams neat, the foldy parts tidy, and gets out wrinkles.
2. Pinning everything before sewing through four layers of fabric saves the time of ripping it all out.
3. I can’t sew in a straight line.
4 Sewing in the ditch? Way more difficult than it looked.
5. Fabric, it [...]
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Tags: quilting
Socktober!
Socks are always on the needles. They are usually for me; socks are the one thing I tend to knit for myself that don’t get gifted, though I’ve been finding myself making them for gifts lately.
The Anniversary Socks are coming along. The first one looks like this:
And the second one is about an inch short [...]
Filed under: Project: Matt's Socks, holiday | 1 Comment
Tags: orange, pattern
Handspun
Let’s take a moment to talk about handspun yarn.
I am a spinner; I consider my self a Knitter, with a capitol K, but I really don’t feel like I’ve reached that point with spinning yet. I do own a drop spindle and a wheel, and I do have a lovely little fiber stash. [Spinners in [...]
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Tags: Project: Shawl
Matt and I drove down to Montpelier today to go to the fiber festival. It was my first one, and I had a really good experience. I’m exhausted, taking a nap in the car as well as when I got home this afternoon, but it was worth it.
The Montpelier festival is small; you can get [...]
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Tags: MontPelier
Mission Successful
Elle loves her hat and fetching.
She even sent me a photo!
This is why I love knitting. Taking the time to pick yarn, pick a pattern, and MAKE something for someone. Taking the time to imbue every stitch with good, loving intention.
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