October…Really?!

It is the middle of October and I have no idea how that happened.  My “must knit/must spin” lists are still just lists.  I have finished several shawls in the course of mere days but I’m going on the umpteenth week to finish a short sleeve.  Go figure.  At this rate my sweater might be

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Basic Mittens in Pidgeon Twist

When I started knitting the Celtic Moonrise Mittens (CMM), my only mitten-like knitting prior to this had been fingerless mitts.  Surely full mittens wouldn’t be hard now would they?  I found the mittens to be an easy knit.  There were things I liked about the CMM and there were things I didn’t like about the

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Pink ‘Paca Thuja Socks – Part II (Final)

The Pink ‘Paca Thuja Socks are done. The second sock was finished on 1.15.2011 and the obligatory completed sock photos have been taken.

The socks are very soft and keep my feet warm which was the intent when knitting them. I know that 100 percent Alpaca does stretch out of shape quickly

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Knitter’s Almanac (2010) – Comfort Food for the Soul

My first Elizabeth Zimmermann book is Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Knitter’s Almanac: The Commemorative Edition. I have to admit to being less than thrilled with the old EZ knitting show on PBS when I was a kid but I have to excuse myself as simply being a kid. As an adult knitter I was never really interested

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YOSS – January 2011 – The First Sock – Part II

I really should be doing this (this is some of what I do in my nerd life) as classes start on Monday:

Instead, I spent several delightful minutes flipping through my two most recent book acquisitions:

and

I really love the pointy cap and want to make one for myself.

Sock progress

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