Category: Finished Object
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Temporary Madness
Fall semester has started, and with a full load of classes, I feel like I’m officially a grad student. Ahhhhh! I went on a finishing-up and cleaning-up spree this past weekend. The cleaning went well, the projects not so much. The scarf above (crummy picture–I was home alone with my camera) is the only finished…
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So Much for Soon
I’ve taken my time getting this project finished, and then there was the usual trouble catching one of las hermanitas in a picture taking mood while the light was still decent. But! I have finished my Latvian socks, and I rawther adore them. Specs!Pattern: Latvian Socks, by the venerable Nancy Bush.Yarn: Rio de la Plata…
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I Find Wisdom on the Inside of a Juice Bottle
It was a really. Long. Week. Tucson was absolutely awesome, my class was awesome, most of the people *in* the class were awesome, but ye gods. Eight hours of information a day for seven days straight is a *lot*. So long that when I tipped back a rawther nasty juice I bought on impulse at…
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Alive and Knittin’
Wow–I am sorry for the dead silence that has prevailed here for the past three weeks. I have been distracted from all bloggy pursuits by the demise of my freedom. In short (as Mr. Micawber would exclaim) I have begun graduate school. I don’t know whether to be thrilled to dickens that I’ve entered the…
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Changing Gears
We in the desert have lucked out with an exceptionally mild spring. Only now is it beginning the transition from gloriously pleasant to hotter than the dickens, which means it’s time to transition into a new phase of knitting projects. My hands were getting sore from all the projects I’d be doing on tiny needles,…
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Leaf Cardigan Reveal
Here it is, at long last. It’s been over a month since Hermanita’s birthday, but first she had to block it, then I needed to remember to ask her to model when there was still some light left. Pattern: Cropped Cardigan with Leaf Ties, by Stephanie Japel (32″ size)Yarn: Cascade Dolce in Lavender Pearl (938?),…
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Happy Easter!
With love from the stuffies, all finished. Ok–all finished as of 8 this morning, when I did eyes for the Mousie on the left. Patterns:Loch Ness Monster, by hansigurumiandMousie, by Ysolda TeagueNessie used some discontinued acrylics from the depths of my stash, and Mousie is Crystal Palace Panda Wool leftover from Mum’s Christmas socks and…
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Stuck
Yikes–I have started this post three times (this is #4), and the words are just not there. How ’bout I try checking in on my New Year’s resolutions? #1 Continue knitting from the stashYep, working on that. After a really long hiatus, I finished off the February Baby Sweater. And it’s February! What are the…
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Garter Yoke Cardi Reveal
I’ve got a new sweater, and the weather has obligingly turned cool and cloudy/rainy so I can wear it! Specs! Pattern: Garter Yoke Cardi, from the Fall/Winter 08 Knit.1 magazine, size S (34)Yarn: Ornaghi Merino Kind. I used about 830 yards of my main color–*just* over 5 skeins–and under half a skein each of green,…
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Positively Mahvelous, Dahling
Project Specs– Pattern: Gigi, from the Summer ’08 KnittyYarn: Crystal Palace Panda Wool in color 4108 (Vine Green), not quite 5 skeinsNeedles: Size 2 and 4, as called for in the patternModifications: none intentionally. If you’ll notice, there are five buttons on mine. If you have proper row gauge on the ribbing, you’ll be able…
Anti-Quotidian 