So about that Broadband shawl by JumperCableKnitting Designs. I saw the pattern on Ravelry and instantly sent a note telling the designer she has done it again. I absolutely adore her designs..she gets me. My very first shawl was her design, the Groovy. She was the first “I can’t do that, but I want to […]
last year while in the Philippines I made my very first Carasan pattern, it is called Madyson Caplet. This project can be seen here and it was my first time working with felt and I loved it! The designer is the one and only Terri Rosenthal and I had the honor of meeting her during
the weekend was pretty quiet in regards to knitting. I didn’t start a new project because I was focused on getting the honeycomb stitch right. I saw a video and wanted to try I out. All was going well until I came across one video that demonstrated honeycomb brioche stitch and the other simply
Can we talk about this pillow working my last good nerve? Can we? Ok so you remember the Preparation post right? I was all proud because I followed the RULES and did the math because I was designing this pillow cover right? Yea, how bout NO! I guess I should have looked up the formula
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Today I got tapped to participate in the “knit tag” by the lovely Ally and Woozle. Her blog can be found here Look I said sure and didn’t have a clue what I would be required to do hahahahahaha! It is simply a few questions and I have to tag 10 folks. So look out
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
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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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
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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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