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Archive for January, 2008

Only the border remains

Posted in Knitting on January 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I finally finished the last miter for my youngest son’s blanket on Friday. I then began seaming the entire thing together, and let me tell you that if I never see another miter, it’ll be too soon! I can’t imagine making one of the queen sized bed versions and having to seam the [...]

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My First Clapotis

Posted in Knitting on January 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »

I finished this Monday evening just before bedtime, but didn’t get around to washing and blocking until yesterday.

I can’t get any great pictures because the sun is hiding once again and yesterday when I tried, the gale force winds weren’t helpful! (I’m aware that the yarn ends haven’t been woven in yet in the picture [...]

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12 to go!

Posted in Knitting on January 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Somehow or another I have slowly managed to knit a few more miters for my youngest son’s blanket-in-progress. I have 12 left to knit up, and at the rate I’ve been going I should be able to get those done by his 3rd birthday in September. Maybe.

Above is roughly what [...]

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I sure wish I had more to show you

Posted in Knitting on January 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I got spoiled over the Christmas school break! I was actually able to knit quite a lot because the kids were playing together (for the most part) and I could just supervise. Now that school’s back in session, my 4 and 2 year olds are love-hate ALL DAY!! It reminds me of [...]

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IKEA…and a couple of gripes

Posted in Knitting on January 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Need I say more?

This is the mostly finished storage solution I’m now using for my yarn… it’s new home is in our bedroom. I’m shocked to say that the hubby actually agreed to my storing yarn in there! Yay! I love the unit and the baskets/bins are HUGE and hold lots of [...]

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Enough with the Very Warm Hats, Already!

Posted in Knitting on January 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I mentioned in a previous post that I had at least one more Very Warm Hat in the queue. Right after the New Year, hubby went to a business lunch with his friend/co-worker and they both wore their Very Warm Hats. Funny, huh? Well, apparently the two men they were meeting with [...]

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FO: Shetland Triangle

Posted in Knitting on January 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »

As promised, here is the Shetland Triangle for my dad’s friend:

Pattern: Shetland Triangle by Evelyn A. Clark from the book Wrap Style
Yarn: Knit Picks Gloss in Woodland Sage, just under 2.5 skeins
Needle: Size 7 US (4.5mm)
Started 12/26/07, Finished 12/30/07
Mods: I knit the pattern as written, plus 4 additional repeats of the [...]

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