Category: Finished Object
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WIP Wednesday
Like the start of this shawl, I started the week a little rumpled and out-of-sorts. So Monday’s tidying-up post became Tuesday’s tidying-up post, and now here we are, on Wednesday morning, finally posting. Ever have one of those weeks? I survived the PINK-ness. As I had hoped, the unbridled exuberance of the color was…
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Secret Sweater Reveal
Happy Tuesday, dear readers! My Greenies sweater is speeding along, but not there yet. How’s about that finished object I promised? All last fall, after finishing the ginormous blanket, I labored in absolute 100% secret on two sweaters, one for each hermanita. They were both getting ready to graduate, and I thought that a big…
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Ground Cover in Pictures
Last Saturday, I took part in the Ground Cover project installation. It was a wonderful, overwhelming two days. I knew the project was huge–300 blankets completed by some 600 crafters–but until I saw it all laid out and filling an empty lot, I didn’t realize just how huge it was. When the time came to…
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On a Roll
With the blanket done, I dove into another for-charity project: a Holden Shawlette. I started the shawl back at the beginning of August, but after zipping through the body, set it aside to work on The Blanket. Blanket out of the way, I picked it back up, and it zipped along. Even with the setback…
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Behold The Blanket
Happy Thursday, people. WordPress tells me that yesterday’s post was my 400th. I feel like that is the sort of milestone that should have been celebrated with trumpets and fanfare. But the world didn’t end because I only fussed about a UFO, so stay with me and we’ll pull out the party hats for 500.…
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While You Wait
While you wait for me to muster up the courage and concentration to rip out my Holla Back tank, let me present you with a FO. Above you see a Nautie, whipped up fast out of stash yarn for a baby’s christening. Big batches of yarn stay in the stash forever, but single skeins of…
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Red Reveal
Where have I been? Not on the blog very often. But I promised you a FO post a while back, and here it is! The FO is my iteration of Leah’s Lovely Cardigan from More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts. It is emphatically not sweater weather in Phoenix, so pictures had to wait until we were up…
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First I Have to Procrastinate
I have a cover letter to write and an oral presentation to whip together (in Spanish), but first I have to procrastinate a bit. Get my sillies out, as it were. To say I have been busy would be rawther a large understatement. I’ve been very busy. Given the choice between sleep and stashbusting, however,…
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I’m Getting Better at this Knitting Thing…Sort of.
Post Script to Friday: After wearing the Velma sweater all day Friday, I came to the conclusion I was not happy with the way the neck of the sweater had stretched out and caused the ribbing to hang funny off my shoulders. If I am feeling adventurous, I might crochet around the neck. Alternately, I…
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Leftovers from 2012
In my dream world, all my unfinished projects are wrapped up at the end of the year. In the real world, I they trail messily over into the new year. Right here, you are looking at my Christmas wreath. I finished it yesterday. The inspiration came when I saw a pom-pom wreath at a craft…
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