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Knitting in progress: leafy scarf
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Sunday, Apr 25 2010
This is the scarf I’m currently working on. Once I block it the leaves will be flatter. The yarn is Noro Kureyon, of course.
Pattern: Twistler wristwarmers
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Tuesday, Mar 16 2010
Hi all, long time no see. So I’ll just jump right in with a new knitting pattern for your downloading and knitting pleasure! I was planning to go to a famous quadrennial winter sports competition, and thought the arena might be chilly, so I designed these wristwarmers that should keep any winter sports fan warm….
My latest project
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Saturday, Oct 25 2008
For the last few weeks I’ve been working pretty hard (along with Jason) on a new project, and this time it’s not knitting or anything like that. It’s the Beacon Hill Blog. If you’re at all interested in Seattle neighborhood goings-on, check it out. And if not, here’s a knitting status photo from a few…
I intend to be wearing this before Thanksgiving
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Thursday, Oct 9 2008
I haven’t posted much about knitting lately. Mostly that is because I just haven’t gotten much knitting done, what with summer and real-life things interfering with the knitting time. But I am working on a couple of things. No new patterns just yet — I have some ideas percolating, but nothing ready to talk about…
Pattern: Melusine lace scarf
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Friday, May 23 2008
This beaded lace scarf pattern is knitted with light fingering weight yarn and 6/0 seed beads. The lace pattern is relatively simple, and this scarf can be knit very quickly. The entire scarf is knitted in one direction; no grafting necessary! The pattern contains both stitch-by-stitch written instructions and charts, so you can use whichever…
Medieval pouch charts available
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Monday, May 12 2008
Since I posted the latest medieval pouch project on Ravelry, I’ve been getting a bunch of message requests from people who would like the charts. So I’ve made them available. You can download them here.
Finished: Melusine Scarf
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Tuesday, May 6 2008
It’s done! The Melusine scarf is done! Here it is. I would like to get some better pics when I get a chance. The pattern is coming soon! If you like this and want to knit it, keep your eye right here; I’ll be posting about it when the pattern is done. Tech specs: Brooklyn…
Finished: Medieval pouch again
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Sunday, Apr 27 2008
Here’s my second medieval pouch. This took a while because I haven’t been working on it very often. I got the majority of it done while I was at the Legislative District caucuses a few weeks ago (for 14 hours… don’t get me started on that. I didn’t knit the whole time I was there…
Design in progress: creating the Melusine scarf
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Friday, Apr 18 2008
Recently I had an opportunity to design a knitting pattern using Brooklyn Handspun sock yarn. I had been kicking around the idea of designing a beaded lace scarf for a while, and was planning to use some pink Spritely Goods yarn in my stash. But creating the pattern for Brooklyn Handspun sounded like fun. I’ll…
Finished knit project: Fuzzy Red Kitty Bed
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Wednesday, Mar 26 2008
Well, it would have been nice if I’d finished this on Pi Day, because it’s from a pattern called “Kitty Pi,” but at least I finished it in March. This is a bed for our cats. Technical details: It’s felted, and knitted from Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bulky, with size US11 needles. I used two…
Pattern: Golden Rose Baby Sundress
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Saturday, Mar 15 2008
This cute sundress was designed for my niece’s birthday last year. It’s very easy to knit, with a deceptively simple lace hem and a seed stitch bodice, and knits up really quickly. The pattern contains 3 sizes: 6mo, 1yr, and 2yr. (Etsy and craft-fair sellers: This pattern may be used to knit up to 20…
Zelda hearts laptop sleeve
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Sunday, Mar 9 2008
Becca used my Detlef-13 felted laptop sleeve pattern to make a laptop sleeve with Zelda hearts. Very cool idea. I love how the last heart is half-empty; I guess that had to be done, otherwise they’d just look like normal hearts. Lots of old game graphics lend themselves quite well to the pixelly quality of…
Medieval pouch experiment
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Wednesday, Feb 27 2008
(If you follow my Flickr feed — or my Ravelry project page — you have seen this already, but I wanted to post it here too.) This is a prototype of sorts. Inspired mostly by the medieval cushions and relic pouches in Rutt’s A History of Hand Knitting, and a little bit by the recent…
Kool-Aid dye color chart
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Sunday, Feb 24 2008
One for the knitters — check out this excellent chart of the colors you get from dyeing yarn with Kool-Aid. I have tried this before, using the Jamaica flavor to overdye a scarf. It works very well and is a lot of fun. It’s a little unpredictable, but worth experimenting with.
A very colorful cupcake hat
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Friday, Jan 25 2008
I know I’ve been neglecting this blog too much. I’ve had a ton of posts in mind and no time to post them. But I did want to link this: A Tale of Two Hats, in which jeninmaine shows pictures of the really adorable Cupcake Baby Hat she knitted. I love it in that variegated…
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