Archive for December, 2006
The shawl!!
I finally did it! The tea shawl is complete and blocking. It wasn’t finished without a few mishaps though. I cut out one of the repeats in the second chart (horseshoes). I also skipped a few plain rounds after the last chart. I was rockin’ on the edging when I realized that I wasn’t going [...]
Posted: December 31st, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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2006 wrap up
Everyone else in blogland is doing a recap of FO’s from the past year. I actually went thru my archives and listed them. I’m almost embarrassed at the amount of knitting I did.
Mittens
Northern Lights
Hermione Mittens
Broad Street Mittens
Fetching
Hats
Handspun hat (2)
Madge
Baby hats (3)
Bags/Whimsies
Roxy Bag (2)
Dinosaur
Nautie (2)
Chakalaka
PSP socks (3)
Wine cozy
Scarves/Shawls
Multidirectional scarf
Trellis
Icarus
Convertible
Entrelac scarf
Socks
Spey Valley (4)
Fuzzy Feet (2)
Jaywalkers (2)
Pomatomus
Over [...]
Posted: December 28th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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Happy humbug
Last week, I cleaned out my desk at work. I got a new job and I start on the 2nd. While going thru 9 1/2 years worth of crap, I found a bag containing a pillow. I must have brought it in to show someone and never brought it back home. See, before I fell [...]
Posted: December 24th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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Xmas Knitting Part 2
Last week, I joined Tamara and Valerie at Tania’s (no blog) house for some spinning. Great fun was had, and there was lots of wine consumed. My secret knitting project was revealed: a wine cozy for the hostess.
Finished brother socks. I tried to make them match. But they didn’t turn out that way, and I’m [...]
Posted: December 18th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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Knitting and spinning and dyeing, oh my!
The knitting:
Socks that are taking FOREVER, but should be done soon.
The first of the Broad Street mittens, minus the mitten top. Hopefully I can get it done plus the second one by Xmas.
The spinning:
I’m spinning up some red/brown alpaca top, in hopes to have a fingering/sport weight with enough yardage to give [...]
Posted: December 12th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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Sweaters
Yay! The sweaters are done. They were actually done on Tuesday, but I’m a lazy girl and didn’t get around to posting til today. Pic is a little dark, but I think it’s a nice shot. Props to hubby for taking the pic to represent the true color.
Last night, Tamara and I went to the [...]
Posted: December 9th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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She’s got the big guns
Oh, how I love Skid Row. Unlike my coworker who the day after Thanksgiving turned her radio to 24/7 Xmas music on it’s highest volume and is trying to make me jump out the window.
Anyways, a finished handspun superfine alpaca hat for mom. It’s plain, and I’d like to jazz it [...]
Posted: December 4th, 2006 under Uncategorized.
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