Category: Knitting
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So it was Lintilla by a landslide… but one of the comments (the lovely Rayna from the Crystal Diva blog) recommended a look at this: It’s Trillian by Martina Behm, the same designer who created Lintilla. I was instantly smitten and cast on. And I’d have to say it’s working out pretty nice so far…
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Everyone who knows me knows that turquoise, browns and blues are my colours. Every time I walk into a yarn store I am lamentably predictable. But then… then I picked up this lovely thing. This is Iris, one of the new colours from Tanis Fiber Arts. I picked up a skein in her blue label…
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I still haven’t processed all the photos from our trip to El Salvador… but I did finish the Salvadoran knitting. Introducing Yolanda’s Henslowe: Every time I make one of these I think ‘these shawls go fast!’ and I always forget that bloody picot bind off. This time I got hung up enough on it to…
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This hat was designed for my friend Johnathan to be a man-hat that’s actually fun to knit :) Enough cable to be interesting, while still being sufficiently manly for my Scotch-Irish friend who loves Celtic cable-work. This close fitting cabled touque features a celtic cable up one side, framed by tapering columns of ribbing that…
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Thank you to everyone who commented or messaged me during my bout with the flu, I really appreciated the kind words :) Besides, it was a nasty flu – the kind that comes with bonuses, in this case, extreme back pain. On the plus side, it did lead to me trying the massage clinic near…
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Sometimes you just need instant gratification. Like, instant. Calorimetry. Does the trick. Believe it or not, this is also my first knitty pattern. It’s a great stash buster – used a tiny amount of yarn, in this case some TFA Green label in ‘grape’ that I had left over from this. Only mod: I cast…
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Because long after Christmas has passed, and you’re into that long, dreary period of no holidays and slushy weather, odds are if you know a disorganized knitter then you still have at least one gift to look forward to. This, at least, is what I told myself as I cast off, almost 2 months late,…
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I’m on a designing binge lately – though to my shame I confess I have an embarrassing number of WIPs – including (gasp!) Christmas knitting that is long overdue. But really, what’s more exciting than getting an idea in your head and bringing it to life? Against such fun my poor WIPS, including the shawl-that-just-won’t-end…
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Who doesn’t love custom stitch markers? They make knitting just a little more cheerful – and they’re super easy to make. I can’t take credit for this brilliant idea for snag-free markers, I got it from the fiber flux blog and I haven’t purchased stitch markers from the store since. The genius part is that,…
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I’d like to celebrate today with a free pattern for my awesome blog readers :) Thank you everyone, for making the Blue Brick such an enjoyable, inspiring experience! This simple slouch/touque is a quick, mindless, easy knit for both guys and gals, but really, it’s one for your man. Because, let’s face it; guys are picky.…
The Blue Brick 