Daybreak Shawl

When I completed my Whippoorwill shawl, I had enough yarn left over to knit a Daybreak shawl.  I cast-on June 20th and made rapid progress before putting my knitting down in order to go to bed.  On the 21st I completed seven of the twelve stripes and am getting concerned that I may not have

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Whippoorwill Shawl (Camp Loopy 2011 – Project I)

I recently participated in the Summer Mystery Shawlette KAL by one of my favorite designers, Wendy D. Johnson. I had lots of fun knitting the shawlette and I learned if I “chunk” the pattern, knitting lace is not the nightmare I used to think it it was. By breaking the pattern into pieces or “chunks”,

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Knitting Frenzy of Sorts

It seems like forever since I’ve updated the ol’  blog…

Henley with a Twist sits forlorn and abandoned on the coffee table. My armholes are too big and the placket for the front is too small. I also do not like my how my waist decreases/increases look within the cabled pattern. Henley will be frogged

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Henley with a Twist by Anne Hanson

It has been a while since I last updated the blog.  Yes, I did finish a pair of plain vanilla socks for the March YOSS.  They were finished on March 8th and photographed.  One of these days I will post a photo of the socks.  April’s YOSS project were fingerless mitts and while I love

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YOSS – March 2011 – Short-Row Toe and Heel Basic Socks

Tuesday is the start of March which means  another pair of YOSS socks.  Initially I was going to knit up another pair of 6 Stitch per Inch socks by Ann Budd as I can turn those out pretty fast.  Then I decided that I should challenge myself and try something different.  I have only knit

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