Finished Friday usually doesn’t work for me because it just doesn’t work out. But today I am done. I completed my Staple Linen Top by Joji Locatelli and I am happy. As most of you know this is my first Joji pattern AND my first time knitting with linen. I am calling this the project […]
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First love or first kid, the belief is that one never forgets. The initial experience drives your thoughts and/or feelings on all that follows. Do you remember the yarn you used when you started knitting/crocheting? Do you still use it? Well for me the first answer is yes! I most definitely remember. Lion Brand Thick
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September is here. Can you believe it? I know I can’t. When 2020 started this was slated to be an amazing year for me. My traveling was set to start in February and it did. Stitches West was amazing. March I was scheduled to go to Canada, but Covid-19 had other ideas. The world basically
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This Wednesday I find myself working on a project I made before. Why is that a thing for me, is that your question? Well the reason I get through a project effortlessly is the excitement. I get excited about the end results, so if I know that result already, I lose interest. I am currently
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What makes a book good to you? Is it the characters, the time period or the style of writing. Come read my thoughts on Sistah Knit
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The pattern or the yarn? The age old question much like the chicken or the egg. I know in the past if a yarn caught my eye, I purchased. My thought process was I can always find a pattern, right? HA! Don’t tell anyone but I still have the very first skein of yarn I
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Seamless Sally, that’s my name because damn a seam! LOL! Hi guys!! Today I want to talk about seams or the lack thereof? Y’all with me? I wrote a blog post some years ago about seaming. I was a fairly new knitter and was terrified of the kitchener stitch. WAS?? Ha! who am I kidding?
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Fear will control you, your thoughts and your actions, if you allow. The definition is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. Now I don’t know that anything in knitting a sweater will cause physical pain, but it can generate disappointment. I
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Selfish is defined as lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure. When you add that adjective in front of knitter it sounds horrible doesn’t it? Well call me what you want, I enjoy knitting for me. If you follow me on Facebook you know I do 10 questions on
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Orange anything makes me happy. This is not new information for anyone that has been around me for more than five minutes. Another thing that is not news is I have participated in two Knit Collage knit-a-longs. I adore Amy, the owner, but each time she was ask me to join along, I asked the
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