plus a bit of ranting, because nothing is ever really free of payment in some form, is it? (If you are only reading this for the pattern skip to the end. )
It’s already been established that I’ve turned into a intermittent blogger. I’d apologize for it, but I assure you I’ve had nothing to [...]
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Posted in craft, gifts, knitting, wip, work-in-progress, tagged black, cables, infinity, knitting, lace, mohair on December 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
So remember my frustration with lifelines and black mohair? Progress has been made. It’s about 40% done at the moment so I think it’ll be done in time for Christmas. I’d write more, but seriously? I’ve got knitting to do.
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is that you have to insert them before you make a mistake. I accomplished the bit in the photograph early Friday morning. I suppose that this little piece of knitting was doomed from the start. I cast on with size 4 needles, which was entirely too small and then switched to 6. After my posts acknowledging that [...]
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I’ve noticed an upsurge in people downloading the pattern for the towel. First of all, thank you! You are awesome.
Secondly, I wanted to let you know that an update in the pattern is brewing as we speak. The update will include the fix for the mistake in the written instructions, expanded instructions for how exactly [...]
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“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” -Scott Adams
This morning’s knitting
in the process of being frogged after I decided that a slip stitch selvedge would in fact make all the difference in the world to the final result.
When last we spoke (the rain doesn’t really count) we [...]
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frogged.
Recently I got involved in a discussion about making mistakes in your work, whether you fix them and what lengths you’ll go to if you do. Several theories on the subject were put forth. My personal favorite was this one, “If it doesn’t have a mistake in it, I didn’t knit it.” - adrian [...]
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Posted in FO, craft, knitting, musings, nablopomo, process, project, update, tagged craft, design, entrelac, FO, knitting, nablopomo, patterns, quinn on November 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
That seems like such an obvious statement, doesn’t it? I certainly wouldn’t have expected to devote so much thought to the issue. I’ve mentioned before that I actually do write down how I make certain projects. I’m even in the habit of making new versions, so I can clarify the instructions in my [...]
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I may not have blogged at all last month but I didn’t forget that October was Breast Cancer Awareness month. Michael’s was rather fortuitously practically giving away pink Sugar n’ Cream for a dollar a roll, so I snatched some up and decided that I really wanted to do a pink ribbon project in [...]
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I don’t celebrate All Saint’s day, but I did celebrate Halloween this year and I have the FO to prove it.
Jackyll and Hide by Saskia de Feijter from the surprise pattern in the Fall Edition of Knitty. When I saw the pattern, I knew it was love at first sight. That mask, I [...]
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I have news for two of my projects, the Daisy Wheel Bag and the Country Gingham Hanging Tea Towel (CGHTT). First the Daisy.
You guys are terrific, and I really appreciate and am heartened by your comments and input on the Daisy Wheel bag. (By the way I’m not committed to that name and [...]
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