I’ve spent the last several weeks feeling guilty for not updating. I have so much to say, but I haven’t had the wherewithal to write it down. I have pictures that I have not posted here, projects that haven’t even made it to Ravelry. It’s sort of an inspirational slump. It’ll come back, I’m sure, [...]

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I have been wanting to knit Clementine’s Cardi for over a year. I finally wound off my big hunk of Briar Rose Fiber Legend into manageable sized balls. I swatched. I started knitting: I decided to do a 3×3 beaded rib rather than 1×1 ribbing. There is very little pooling, and what little there is, [...]

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Yay #1: Christmas shawl #2 is finished! I’m so glad it’s blocked and wrapped up now. Knitting three of these in one year is enough to burn anyone out, but as I was blocking it, I was taken once again by how totally awesome the pattern is. It’s great. I can’t knit it again for [...]

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The Universe: Hey, Christina…whaaaat’s happening? We need to talk about your socks. Me: The washing instructions, yeah, I know. TU: Yeah – did you get that memo? Me: Yeah: Me: And I understand the instructions- I just forgot the one time. I won’t forget again, so it’s really no big deal: *sighs* This is what [...]

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Otherwise known as the post of shame. According to what I have *catalogued* on Ravelry, I have 9.281875 miles of yarn. Since I’m not anal about my stash there, none of my current projects are accounted for in that yardage, nor do I have most of my leftovers up, and there’s a bit of yarn [...]

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I’m giving the February Baby Sweater as a gift, as I may have mentioned before. I love giving handknits as gifts, and since this is going to be a bigger party I’m not guaranteed to see the mother-to-be open this particular gift. I’m not sure some people *get* that people actually like spending hours knitting, [...]

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I finished one Christmas Shawl! Love how it came out. It’s light and airy, but so warm. I am afraid I might have to reblock it if only to attempt to make it a bit softer. It doesn’t bother me, but other parties might think it’s rough. I tried kettle dyeing yarn this weekend. I [...]

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I have indeed been knitting up a storm. I have been knitting so much, I haven’t stopped to take any pictures. So the pictures will come later! I’ve knitted a February Baby Sweater from Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Knitter’s Almanac. I also started on a Manon cardigan from the Norah Gaughan Vol. 1 from Berroco. I really [...]

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I did a lot of yarn winding. And weighing. I was anxious to get started with the Koigu mill ends I got at MDSW, but I really didn’t know what I was working with. I finally deciphered the tags to figure out that I had successfully in three out of four cases picked out matching [...]

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Being geeky can be dangerous. I was looking at this blog yesterday and realising that I still really detest the layout of it. The layout I was working on was less than perfect in a lot of ways, plus my preferences for the colour scheme have changed. After the time I put in trying to [...]

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