Category: Finished Object
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Two Mittens
A week to the day after I completed my mittens, I’ve finally got my blog back on. Here are the stats:Pattern: Norwegian Snail Mittens out of Book of Yarn, designed by Adrian BiziliaYarn: Dalegarn’s Baby Ull, just under one skein each 3718 (maraschino) and 0007 (grey), plus a small amount of 0090 (black). The latter…
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It’s the Heat
The other night, just as it was beginning to get dusky, Monita came in from taking out the garbage and remarked that it was pretty nice out. Our thermometer, parked deep in the shade of the back patio, read 100 degrees Fahrenheit. That might explain why I chose now to do that scarf I wanted…
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Knock Me Over With a Feather
Some of you may be wondering whatever happened to the Icarus I kicked up such a ruckus over. It never did get immolated, or reknitted. In the end–my grandmother’s birthday being around the corner–I decided to make the best of a bad situation and block the beast. Thinking of albatrosses as a very fitting metaphor,…
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It’s a Bib! (boy version)
The Petal Bib pattern withstood the replicate test. Specs are identical to the girl version, with the exception of the color, Ice. I highly commend this pattern to anyone with a last-minute baby shower invitation and some fancy cotton hanging about. I consider myself a relatively slow knitter, but I did the petals while waiting…
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I Commit Another Crime Against Gauge
This time, the crime involves my string bag. Pattern: Elisa’s Nest Tote, long-handled versionYarn: Just over 1 skein of Plymouth’s Fantasy Naturale mercerized cotton color 9002 and one skein mercerized, cable-spun mystery cotton (worsted-ish weight) in green.Needles: size 8, but read on before you grab yoursAdditional note: See below for theoretical adaptation to worsted-weight yarn.…
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It’s a Bib!
Now all I need is a baby to put it on. A few years ago I was knitting a baby blanket in a café and the girl behind the counter–a slight acquaintance–asked if there was anything she should know. This rawther irked me, because a) I am not overly enamored with children (nor they me)…
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Icarus Indeed
From Wednesday to Friday, I toiled over the Icarus. I finished the second skein and dug into the third. Friday night, I went through an EP and a full-length mix CD on the bind off alone. But I was determined–I would finish that shawl before the weekend officially began, or bust. Well. I finished the…
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The Final Installment
Here it is: the long-awaited, much belated final installment in the saga of the skirt. My unofficial completion date was the day before school started. After my previous post, I realized that I was getting down to the wire; school started the 14th. The knitty powers that be were on my side, though, and I…
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Fresh Out of Words
So here are some pictures of Monita in her bolero. And there you have it, the world’s crummiest knitblog entry.
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I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself
Like the Burt Bacharach song (but the White Stripes’ cover). Back in the throes of the semester, I was sure that when I reached this point, I would feel like walking through the streets of Paris singing We’re Here like Fyfe Dangerfield. But that’s not the case at all. I’ve spent the last three days…
Anti-Quotidian 