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New knitting

In a move that will surprise absolutely no one, I chose to start a new project, rather than do something practical (i.e. finish an existing project...) The yarn is Stars and Stripes Forever by The Painted Tiger.  Isn't it awesome?  Self-striping yarn is really cool.  I'm doing a pretty simply ... VIEW POST

Socks!

Hey!  I just finished my socks! The pattern is Pink Ribbon Socks by Laura Spradlin.  If I'd had pink yarn, I would have made them pink, but I only had purple. The main casualty of this particular project was a set of circular needles: I'm not entirely sure what happened.  I was ... VIEW POST

A big blob of pink knitting

This is the knitting project I mentioned in my previous post.  When it grows up it's going to be a shawl.  The original pattern is all garter stitch, and I actually started this shawl in a different yarn in garter stitch.  But then I dropped some stitches and I'm a garter stitch idiot -- I could NOT ... VIEW POST

Knitting a scarf

I tried to think of a more exciting title, but nothing came to me. As you probably guessed from the title, I am, indeed, knitting a scarf.  I'm using Cascade Baby Alpaca Chunky in Black, with some Brown Sheep Company Lamb's Pride (a wool/mohair blend) in Strawberry Smoothie. I'm using size ... VIEW POST

Footwork

I think feet are kind of unpleasant to look at, so don't worry, I'm not going to show you my feet, but socks are another story... These have actually been done for awhile, but for some unknown reason, I hadn't gotten a yarn needle and finished off the bind-off edge of the 2nd sock. The sock ... VIEW POST

Now we are friends

We've still got a long way to go before we are wearing socks made on this machine, but simply getting it cast on and knitting was a wonderful hurdle to have made it over today. We've all had a turn this evening and have cranked out many feet worth of knitted tube.  I even just switched to a ... VIEW POST