Category: Knitting
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I think I really messed up the pattern along the way, adding way more eyelet ridges that was necessary and running out of yarn before I could do the 2nd repeat of the fleurette mesh, or the garter edging… but nonetheless I’m happy with it. Sugared Violets (Ravelery Project page here) is a gorgeous design…
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Whew! It’s a whopping 49 degrees with humidex here in Toronto. I confess, I love it. It hits your right in the face when you walk outside and despite knowing that I’ve got an hour and a half of Karate in this oven tonight I still love it. I will remember days like this when…
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I’ve been going up to Honey Harbour a lot lately for photography – it’s an amazing new cottage project on Georgian Bay that our agency is working with, and it deserves it’s own post later on – but right now I wanted to show off what I’ve been doing with all the extra knitting time…
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Though the Knitters Frolic is almost a month gone I’ve finally had a chance to post about the goodies I bought! It’s so delicious looking that I can’t bear to keep it all in the stash; it’s all on display on my desk at the moment =o) How beautiful is this? 3 skeins of Dye-Version…
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This is a tale of redemption and resilience. This is what happened to the hat I thought I’d lost. It had fallen into the leaves in the parking lot last fall, and turned up this spring. It had been outdoors, under snow, all winter. It had been rained on. It had been snowed on. It…
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Yarn: Mirasol Tupa, in gold. Pattern: The Travelling Woman by Liz Abinante Mods: I did 5 repeats of chart A – and used 5 mm needles on a light worsted instead of the recommended fingering weight yarn. Finished size: I haven’t taken proper measurements yet, but it’s roughly 6 feet feet across the wings and…
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The pattern is the V-shaped neckdown cardigan from Knitting Pure & Simple. I bought the pattern at the Kitchener/Waterloo knitters fair last summer, along with 6 balls of TFA Aran weight yarn in the Sunset colourway. It’s a good pattern for a first sweater – the shaping is minimal and the construction is seamless. Rather than…
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I was on a yarn bowl roll this weekend – I threw 12 new ones, all in the ‘honey pot’ shape that everyone loves. These babies will be available for sale at this years Knitters Frolic here in Toronto this spring, at the Purple Purl’s booth. Speaking of spring, there are so many great things…
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Just a quickie post today because I’m dying to show my progress even though it’s not done… 6 balls of TFA Green label Sunset, and a relatively simple top down cardi. Some waist, neckline and sleeve shaping (new to me) and what I believe is called Raglan sleeves. I’ve had to work with my old…
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I’m getting better at this :) This is the front view of my latest bracelet. And a side/clasp view. With this one I used the same colour scheme for all beads but experimented with different forms and shapes. I discovered that flattened beads sit more comfortably against my wrist. I’ve got a bunch more ideas…
The Blue Brick 