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Purpley goodness

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

I have a finished object!  Purple footie socks in Colinette Jitterbug.

I am really rather surprised I finished these and in less than a week.  I have been in some sort of knit funk lately.  I knit one lonely sock out of some Trekking but can’t get into the pair.  I started knitting the latest sock [...]

Could it be?

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

I may have found a new ugly cardigan pattern!  Although, it isn’t ugly - can Martin Storey do ugly?  But it is boxy and something I could throw on with my pajamas to run errands in.

It was first published in Rowan Magazine 34 but it’s been updated in Rowan 44 using Cocoon since the original [...]

Real quick

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

I have finished knits to show on the fly. First, the Casino Shawl. This is a late Mother’s Day gift to Moms, but late is better than never where handknits are concerned. Especially cashmere handknits. This took around 1000 yards of Jade Sapphire 2-ply Mongolian Cashmere. The pattern is a [...]

On the road

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Remember when I was in Saginaw? In April? We stopped in to see my Grandma on our way to Toronto. While we were there she and Moms and Sis hatched a plan for all of use women to drive up there and pick her up and bring her back to the ATL. [...]

For cryin’ out loud

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Why?  Why do they do this?  For the second RSC shipment month in a row the pattern designer’s “where the idea came from” post shows up on the club blog way before everyone has a chance to see the package.  This month’s showed up on the blog today.  Today.  Today the packages left BMFA so [...]

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