Category: Shop on the High Street
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Eureka!
I found the project I wanted to knit. It wasn’t a new one, like the washcloth in Fibra Natura’s Cottonwood banged out in two days, or the Pinwheel Blanket started the other night. It’s the Latvian Sock. Who’d have thought? Certainly not me. But the only thing that progresses slower than this sock is the…
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Better with a Story
My thumb’s all better, and my mood, too! I’m giving credit for the latter to a quirky book I found at work–The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Hermanita’s gift is done–on time!–and now I’m casting about for the perfect new project. (I didn’t have time to block the lavender demon, so the reveal will have to…
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Not Smiling
I’ve gotten myself into a funk. Above is my thumb, unhappily bandaged. I went to open the window on the bus home Tuesday and it came down faster than I expected (little neumatic hinges), shoving back my nail. There was blood. This little incident is tied into my being in a funk, in several ways.…
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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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I May Regret This Later…
Before I go off on a tangent, I want to thank you guys for your thoughtful comments on the Garter Yoke Cardi. It’s immensely encouraging to get positive reviews on a project I never even set out to make : ) Tangent: I’ve gotten myself a Ravelry account. For the past year, I had been…
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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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Creature of Many Habits
Not just knitting, but also coffee drinking. To tell the truth, I wouldn’t touch coffee until a few years ago. Then I’d share lattes and other milky sweet drinks if someone else had one, then I’d have my own, now I’m on to the straight stuff.Well, not quite. I have to have a little sugar…
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More on the Garter Yoke Cardi
As you can see, I’m motoring along on the cardigan at a rate far beyond my usual. My attention has quickly wandered to other projects, and this is the rate I need to go at to try and outpace my impatience. A few more things about the project to tide you (me?) over until the…
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The Sweater I Never Intended to Knit
Where have I been? Not quite sure, but I have a new project to show off: Garter Yoke Cardigan, from the Winter 2008 Knit.1 magazine. I had absolutely no intention of knitting this sweater, but now I’m almost halfway done with the body (that picture’s from last week). To explain how I broke so radically…
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New Look/Old Knits
What do you think of the new color scheme? I wanted something softer, without being too twee. Give me a poke in the posts if I’ve gone too far and you can’t separate text from background. And now (drumroll)…the results of my 2008 Stashbusting Mission: I got the inspiration from Wendy’s guidelines, adding only two…
Anti-Quotidian 