Category: Knitting
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New yarn bowls – just of the kiln today =o) These are the finished froggie bowls from a few weeks ago – and they turned out adorable! These beauties will be delivered to the Purple Purl this Saturday ! Another dragonfly pot – as usual I was in a turquoise glazing mood ;o) Another view…
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Check it out – I swatched! I had plunged bravely into my first ever sweater using 6 lovely balls of TFA Sunset that I bought last summer – which involved substituting the yarn and guessing at the needles – no problem, right? Well, a book I was reading by the Yarn Harlot terrified me into…
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First of all I want to congratulate my amazing and talented friend Yvette on the launch of her new book ‘Toronto Graffiti‘. It documents a rich and colourful part of Toronto’s street culture heritage, and includes interviews from some of our most long-standing, history-making talented and renowned street artists. It took 10 years of her…
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These ones will be cute, promise. I was getting bored of throwing the same shape every time, so I’ve gone and had a little fun with this round. This is Fred. He likes yarn, probably as much as I do. (Ahem) rear view; Fred has been created from a mold, so I can make a…
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I’ve just completed my very first knitted shawl! The pattern is the Travelling Woman by Liz Abinante. The yarn is TFA Blue Label in Mallard. Thank you Tanis, for the recommendation! This was an ideal first lace shawl – the purl columns as well as the sk2po column make it easy to read your knitting…
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At last, I’ve managed my fear of DPNs. Every time I picked them up and tried something it felt hopeless, tangled and uncomfortable. Then about a week ago I said ‘this is it! I want mittens!’ and I picked up the DPNs and all at once they were super easy. I don’t even know what…
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First and most importantly – my kitty is going to be ok =o) He had a bladder infection, but he’s looking much better this morning. Whew! Lots to say about jewellery lately, so I wanted to put up a knitted FO post – so much going on lately that I’m having trouble keeping up! This…
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Quickie post today to share a knitted hat that I just completed for a beautiful friend. This pattern is called “Meret” and it’s by Wooly Wormhead. You can link to their site and view the pattern here. I followed the directions for making it extra slouchy, adding two pattern repeats. The gorgeous purple yarn is…
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Santa was very good this year! Among many lovely things (like girls-night-out tickets from my best friend, and lots of gift certificates to the Purple Purl!) I got two absolute killer gifts: 1. Tito got us tickets to see the Lion King! Mufasssaaaaa!!! 2. A yarn swift at last! A lovely wooden umbrella one. In…
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New yarn bells out of the kiln today! Two of them are in rustic blues, browns and greens and one of them was a custom order for a lovely lady that sent me pictures of the fabric in her sunroom and asked me to match it for her. This was my first time trying to…
The Blue Brick 