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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Spinning Mania

Since my last post, I have finished my third and final Camp Loopy project…another Hypoteneuse scarf (18″ x 18″) that used 825 yards of beautiful, silky soft Lorna’s Laces Honor in a lovely deep mottled red called “Nightmare’s Night Out”.  Today the scarf was staked out on the living room floor and tomorrow I will

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Hypoteneuse and Tools of the Trade

My current project is is Hypoteneuse by Anne Hanson / Knitspot.  I was drawn to this pattern for a multitude of reasons.  First, I needed a great unisex scarf pattern that had lots of visual interest along with rich texture.  Second, the pattern had to be easy to memorize and be portable (i.e. knit in

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Cabled Socks

The second Camp Loopy project is to knit socks or mittens with cables.  Cables are not exactly my favorite design element to knit (I don’t always remember which way my cable is supposed to go) but it is not a deal kill.  I can knit socks pretty quickly and decided that socks with cables that

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Daybreak Stripes

Last night I finished the twelve stripes on my Daybreak shawl.  Knitting the stripes was easy as each stripe is two rows wide and alternate between two colors.  I carried the yarn up the side and I like the way it looks on that edge.  This is my project where I had to carry the

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