yesterday I came across this quote from Elizabeth Zimmerman “Knit on with confidence and hope through all crisis” and to that I immediately added knit on through fear and doubt. Last night as I was taking the garbage out, I hesitated just slightly because the rain and warmers temps created a misty fog from the […]
As you know that helix stitch had me hyped…so I grabbed some yarn and got started. I absolutely love how the jobless stripes were coming to life..just the greatest thing ever. Here is what I didn’t do: PREPARE. I started thinking I was doing a tube scarf and if that was the case why did
Where my hookers at? If you have read even one post, you know I love knitting to death. Believe it or not, I learned to crochet first when I was just a kid. Crocheting was one of the crafts at day camp and since I wasn’t one of the popular girls I learned to crochet.
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I don’t recall what made me go searching for jogless stripes or exactly how I stumbled over this video here. <—- click me. When I tell you I couldn’t wait to try. I have always loved stripes but I absolutely hate weaving in the ends..so AVOIDANCE use to happen, but then I learned to cary
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Yesterday I said I would update the “I tried…” post when I got to the kitchener stitch, but I decided to do a post instead. Can we talk about how fast I run in the other direction when a pattern requires kitchener stitch? If I had to do the pattern, I would just punk out
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Yesterday at approximately 4pm I finished my yarn hollow headband. The day was basically over so I was good in reference to knitting, right? Shelbey came home and we went to the mall to return some things, sat in the over crowded food court, ate and just chatted it up. The plan was to come
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Over the last few days I have completed two projects with some absolutely yummy yarns. Yarn that was either the perfect color or just sinfully sexy and I had leftovers. Now is some cases like a big ole pot of spaghetti, leftovers are required. Why is spaghetti so damn good the next day? Ok back
Operation Knit all the yarn :) Read More »
I need one of you guys to come and model for me. My daughter is running out of patience and some pieces just don’t work with a selfie. THAT is why it has taken me so long to reveal my Touring Cape by Margaret Craig. I finished this more that a week ago. I blocked
I am ready for my tour…. Read More »
On February 20th the labor began, the journey to birth..yes I said birth, because every time I make a piece I feel like I have had a new baby. My projects are alive and have personalities, to me (no I am not clinically crazy). The patterns teach and motivate me as I go along. They
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Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see ~Mark Twain I live in an apartment and my mail goes in the slot in my door. So because ole man winter is unusually cruel, I refused to get out of my warm bed. I would get it later, but then
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