December 2010
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Undulating Cowl — a free pattern!
Happy holidays my knitting friends! Here is a lovely holiday recipe for you to stitch up in time for Christmas.
This cowl knits up quickly with super chunky yarn, and has an interesting undulating surface created by the physics of knits and purls.
This is a very modifiable pattern, so don’t be afraid to experiment. Pictured cowl has two Moebius twists in it and was knitted in pattern ...
Magical places of yarns
I’ll be in Manhattan later this month. I’ll try to sneak in a trip to one of the most magical places of yarn, Loop of the Loom, a SAORI weaving studio I blogged about from my last visit. I don’t want to repeat myself, so you can read my previous post where I gush about how wonderful this place is.
The last time I was in NY I hit all the yarn shops in the Upper East Side. Would...
For the second time this month,
my shoulder muscles hurt from intense knitting sessions.
Must stretch before knitting.
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winter knitting
I absolutely love knitting anything with thrums. The joy of knowing that you (or someone you love) will have the plush warmth that the wool bits offer is almost as nice as wearing them. Somehow only one of my lil bros got a pair of thrummed mitts last year. These are for my six-year-old brother.
and here’s a vest i made last year with only 300 yards of yarn. it doesn’t fit.
Knitting the sleeves of a sweater takes forever.
Soclose to finishing this thing.
I just did all of my holiday shopping in one...
But it’s a secret.
Buying awesome gifts for people gets me all excited for the holidays!