Archive for November, 2006
Xmas knitting – part one
The knitting portion of the aran sweaters all done. Seaming remains.A closer look at the sweater bodies…
And one more item knocked off my Christmas knitting list: socks for the sister. Woo!For some reason, the entire sock matches stripes, except at the toes. Hmmm…
Next up, a handspun superfine alpaca hat for mom, and [...]
Posted: November 30th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Merino/tencel. It started life like this, became these singles, and now it is a 2 ply yarn:
Approximately 410 yards, 19 WPI and balanced!
Yesterday I met up with Rosi G. I won her blog contest and she gave me my prize, a hank of Lisa Souza Sock! Merino, in Mars Quake. Isn’t it [...]
Posted: November 23rd, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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Spinning
I’m making progress on the aran sweaters. The largest one (size 6) is done, minus seaming the sleeves and sides. The back and front are done of the middle sized one, and the sleeves have been cast on. Since it’s the same exact photo as before, and I have nothing else to [...]
Posted: November 19th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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Hello and how are you?
Front to the first aran sweater finished. Sleeves, both at once started.
I’m on the last increase row on the tea shawl. 6 more plain rows and I start the last evil pattern chart. Lacevember is for 2 months, yes? I may need both months to get thru that chart.
Valerie presented me [...]
Posted: November 14th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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A whole bevy of things
Pink Merino/Silk all spun up. I have a little over 350 yards of it. It’s so purty that I don’t want to use it, just look at it and pet it.
Christmas knitting. Yes, I’ve already started. I told my oldest friend that I would make her kids matching aran sweaters. [...]
Posted: November 9th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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A whole lot o’ nothin’
We have a winner! Penny Karma, email me or pm me with your address. PK’s entry made hubby laugh out loud.
What should I blog about today? Should I blog about the stuff I’m spinning?
Or should I blog about the very bright yellow merino that I spun and combined with this to make [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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I have nothing.
I haven’t knit anything. I’ve spun up all the pink merino/silk and the twist is being set now, as well as some yellow merino. But I don’t have pics. So, you get 48 Things You Could Care Less About. (Also, don’t forget to put in your caption for the contest!!)
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Posted: November 3rd, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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