Category: knitting
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Arbitrary Goals.
I was watching the Stranded Podcast this weekend and the host, Amy, said something that really struck a chord with me. I love setting arbitrary goals for myself! I really love setting arbitrary goals in my making. The kind of goals that feel great to achieve but have no real or major consequences if you…
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Weekend WIP Roundup
It’s been quite a while since we had a proper WIP roundup. I don’t really have very much on the needles at them moment, which is a miracle in and of itself. I’m feeling a bit lazy this fine Sunday afternoon, so let’s just look at some pretty WIPs. First up, my New Year’s Eve…
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Did someone say mauve?
I’ll be honest, I’m not really sure what color mauve is. Pink? Purple? Grey? Taupe? The answer to all those questions seems to be yes. Whatever color it is, I am into it. I think–I hope–it’s a good color for me. In my wardrobe architect project I selected blush and peach and coral and hot…
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Missing link.
Looking over my most recent blog posts tonight, I realized something. I never posted about my fourth pair of socks! I feel bad for them that they were so terribly overlooked, they are some of my favorites. I’ll keep this brief, but I’m a sucker for completeness. The yarn is Jawbreaker by Barenwolle on…
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What was I thinking?
Oh sure, I’ll just hop on a plane for the busiest work week of my entire year and come home with an FO or two. Yep, that’s the plan. Boy, what was I thinking? Last week in L.A. I, of course, had nearly zero knitting time. On the plane ride there, I managed to finish…
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Prepared.
Today, I hop on a plane for Los Angeles. I’m heading to a conference my organization puts on and it’s one of the biggest weeks of the year for us. I’ve been preparing for this since sometime in July and I think I’m ready. I hope I’m ready, it’s certainly too late now. In my…
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My very first sweater.
I can’t believe it’s done. It felt like I was knitting it forever. Like an ocean of stockinette and sleeves were all that I did for a very long time. Hindsight is 20/20 though, and now I know that it wasn’t quite so dire as all that. From swatching to wearing was exactly six weeks. Not…
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More than I thought.
I am tired and work is stressful, so I will be brief this evening. I finished my February Rainbow socks, and I like them more than I thought I would. This skein was my least favorite of the lot. Not to say that I didn’t like it, it just wasn’t my favorite. As I knit…
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Candygram
I’ve been feeling a little like I’m not getting anywhere on anything. I think this feeling comes from working so hard and so monogamously on one project that still isn’t finished. That one project is my Puntilla. Sometimes I wonder at the wisdom of a fingering weight, over-sized sweater for a first sweater, but hey, it’s…
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Late to the party.
I think I am perpetually figuring out the fun of the hip stuff after the fact. I tend to get into the hip, trendy projects far after they are the talk of the town. Case in point, I’m just now coming around to the whole “make nine” craze. This is really a new year’s planning…
Knit 1, Make 2 