Tag: FO
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Sometime in April.
I believe spring has sprung. The weather is warming up, we spring cleaned the bedrooms, and a delightfully spring-y colored pair of socks has fallen off of my needles. These are my April rainbow socks, pair #4 in my rainbow box o’sox. The yarn is from Kntitterly Things, from the 2017 Rainbow of the Month…
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Progress.
Over the last week – week and a half, I have done a few things. One was to go to Columbus for work. It’s a great city to visit for a work trip, by the way. I had a great time. But before that, last weekend after finishing my half moon oracle shawl, I worked…
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Half Moon Oracle
Let’s have a wee story. Last year, on the eve of Maryland Sheep & Wool, I went to a pop-up shop at The Knot House. There, I met the lovely Carol, dyer behind Swift Yarns, and promptly fell in love with her yarn. I picked out a soft pink to make a single skein, lacy…
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The waiting is the hardest part.
Since I’ve been home from our spring break trip, I’ve been itching for my favorite parts of spring and summer. Fresh veggies, farmer’s markets, canning… you get the gist. All the way home, I expected it to be time to get planting and time to hit up the farmer’s markets. Maryland is hot, right? Surely…
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And then there was one.
I’m not generally a strictly monogamous knitter but I also tend to not have oodles of projects on the needles, either. I tend to have a few projects and some socks at all times. This evening, I find myself with one and only one work-in-progress. This solitude comes after a weekend of furious sock 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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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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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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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…
Knit 1, Make 2 