Tag: knitting
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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.…
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My latest glove design, ‘Los Guantes De Claudia’ are finally complete! These gloves were my first ever collaboration project. The lovely Claudia from Eweknit here in Toronto gave me a skein of Zen Yarn Garden Serenity DK, literally on a whim, the very first time I met her. We really hit it off! It was…
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I finally knitted a Henslowe! I kept holding out for a skein of yarn that was at least 450 yards, since the pattern calls for up to 437 yards. This was knitted up in Zen Yarn Garden Serenity Silk (Colour: Yellow Opal) which comes in skeins of 500 yards. I bought it at Eweknit in downtown…
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Finally finished the Dustland Hat by Stephen West, and it goes perfectly with Tito’s Guernsey Wrap. A little too perfectly, the stitch patterns in both are almost identical. No complaints though, it made for a good match with the scarf. I totally did something wrong here, because I ended up with a huge hat and I…
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I’m actually getting a head start on Christmas knitting this year – we’ll see how long this bout of organized enthusiasm lasts. This is the Fairview Scarf by Tanis, and I’m working in the delicious TFA Red label Cashmere/Silk in the colourway ‘grapefruit’. It’s for a friend, but the only clue I’ll give as to…
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There are those among you (you know who you are) who looked at my photography and read about my experiences on our North Ontario road trip – Lake Superior, Highway 11 and all the rest – and only thought ‘ok… but what did you knit in all that car time?’. Here then, for the fiberphiles…
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I’ve abandoned the blog! I feel awful, I allowed blog death to occur. Shame on me. I’ve been up to my armpits in stuff lately, most important and all-consumingly the final, full and official wedding of my dear friends Kris and Kev. I’ve even got a speech to write. It’s coming out in much the…
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Or, in this case, the paper table covering at a Montana’s. New pattern coming soon for cabled fingerless gloves… on 2 needles for those of us who hate wrestling the porcupine. Stay tuned!
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Toronto has got a gorgeous new yarn store, and it’s right in the middle of downtown; Ewe Knit is located in Mirvish Village, just one block south, and one block west of Bathurst and Bloor. The front features a comfy coffee shop stocked with goodies. The inside… oh the inside! It explodes with colour and fibery…
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My first baby sweater ever came off the needles this weekend! The expecting couple are both karate students, so it only made sense to try making a little karate gi: I used the Baby Garter Stitch Kimono pattern. The yarn is something I picked up in Boston from deep within the stash, but I remember…
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