They’re Here!

Meet Larry:
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And Rocky:
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(click on real pics for larger in Flickr)
I’d say the kids came pretty close in their renditions! We adopted these guys from a local Humane Society two days ago and were able to pick them [...]

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Coming soon…

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Crochet… EEK!

DSC_4374, originally uploaded by theknittingelephant.
I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I crocheted this thing before my daughter was born!!
I’m doing this more of a test run to see how the whole BLOG THIS feature works with Flickr. Apparently I am working with a horribly steep learning curve on most everything lately. [...]

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Well, Hello and Welcome!

Thanks for stopping by!! I hope this blog will run smoothly for everyone and I’m REALLY hoping that now I’ll be able to respond to any comments you guys are so kind to leave me. I tried loading that Haloscan thingy to my Blogger account and I lost all my comments (as expected) [...]

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A couple of FOs

I finally finished my dad’s scarf, but I can’t really post pics here because he could stop by and the whole birthday surprise would be ruined. To make matters worse, his birthday isn’t until November. Stay tuned–I’ll post sometime this year, I promise! For those of you (you know, all 2 readers!!) [...]

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An odd short note…

I am trying hard to reply to each commenter here because I really appreciate the compliments and traffic! I can’t for the life of me figure out how to get an email address input so that when a comment is left for me I can actually reply directly back instead of hunting them like [...]

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FO: Cabo Hoodie

I started this little hoodie 4 times before it finally worked as well as I could manage. I have no doubt this is due to my own ignorance when it comes to top-down knitting and nothing at all to do with the pattern!
The first attempt I misread the increase instruction and had to rip [...]

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Explanation

Thanks for the comments on the baby sweater!!
Rachel, I did add the additional stitches for the sleeves… Here’s how I did it:
When I got to the sleeve instruction, I placed the required number of stitches on a holder for the right front, then started working on the first sleeve stitches. I worked the [...]

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February Practically Seamless Baby Sweater #2

I had to make another one. They’re like the Baby Surprise Jacket and Lay’s Potato Chips–you can’t have just one!
Pattern: Baby Sweater on Two Needles; Practically Seamless from Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Knitter’s Almanac, FebruaryYarn: Elle Pure GOLD DK in Hazelnut #198, 100 g ballGauge: 5.75 stitches per inchNeedles: Size 5 [...]

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Pictures and Details!

Shetland Triangle #2Pattern found in Wrap Style, pattern written by Evelyn A. ClarkYarn used: Knit Picks Andean Silk in Hollyberry, ~4.5 ballsNeedles: Knit Picks Options size 10Measurements: Pre-block 40 x 20″ Post-block 62 x 28″No modifications at all, (unless you consider needle size/yarn weight a mod) just knit exactly as written!Started June 3, [...]

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