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Showing posts with label 2018fo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2018fo. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

A Shawl that Wasn't

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I'd been planning this shawl for a decade. I had the perfect yarn picked out, and the pattern, and gorgeous dreams of how it was going ...
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Saturday, December 29, 2018

The Last Pair for 2018

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This colorway didn't have a catchy name.  I think it's "blue and turquoise mix" or something like that, but it made a ver...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Neutral Hug Shawl

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Remember the Hobby Lobby Incident ? I've used up four more skeins of yarn from that pile.  Yarn: Yarn Bee, Alpine Authentic (Neut...
Sunday, December 09, 2018

Krampus is Coming!

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This is my favorite (and so far my only) new Christmas decoration of the year. I just need to dig out a little hoop to put him in. Patt...
Saturday, November 24, 2018

Salt and Pepper Socks

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Look -- another pair of socks! Now that the weather has started getting colder, I'm really appreciating the fact that I've knit mys...
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Saturday, October 20, 2018

The First Frankensocks

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I don't understand how this pair can possibly have taken as long as it did (I was definitely in a knitting black hole for days and days...
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Thursday, October 11, 2018

Black Cat Alphabet

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Except my cat is white because I had this pretty grey fabric buried in my stash that seemed like the perfect option for this project. I don...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Violas Socks

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Why didn't I knit this yarn up into socks sooner?!  Yarn: Deborah Norville Serenity Sock Weight, Violas  It's Deborah Norv...
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Monday, October 08, 2018

A Blue and White Quilt for the Church Group

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Back in January I fell in love with this fabric that looks like it's trying to be a Baltimore album quilt. Just look at the willows...
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Thursday, October 04, 2018

Come Play With Us...

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More Halloween stitching!  Someone in one of the cross stitch groups I belong to on Facebook posted a picture of the Grady twins and I ...
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Saturday, September 29, 2018

I Was Looking for Skull Quilts

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I was looking on Pinterest for skull quilts and found a gorgeous one , which it turned out was adapted from a free cross stitch pattern . I ...
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Home is Where the Horror Is

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Late one night in April, thewitchystitcher posted a snippet of a cross stitch pattern on Instagram and asked which iconic horror house ...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Halfway Home Shawl

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Can we all just agree that taking flattering pictures of large shawls, especially asymmetrical ones, is difficult? This one has fantastic t...
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Saturday, September 08, 2018

Apple for the Teacher

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Here's another project I made from Knitted Baskets by Nola Heibreder and Linda Pietz.  Pattern: Apple for the Teacher, in the bo...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Whoo's There?

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I can't tell you how much I love these little Prairie Schooler Halloween patterns! They're so fun and symmetrical and sometimes kni...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Bamboo and Ewe Socks

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This is one of those rare occasions that I didn't lose the ball band before I was done knitting and I actually know exactly what ya...
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Saturday, August 25, 2018

Campside Shawl

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As soon as I stumbled across the pattern for Campside, I could picture which stash yarn would be the absolutely perfect color. I bought thi...
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Monday, August 20, 2018

Gramma's Hug

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Some knitting projects are just a dream from beginning to end. My Gramma's Hug shawl almost fell into that category. I spent a happy ...
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Thursday, August 09, 2018

Aran Basket

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Here's another project I made from Knitted Baskets by Nola Heibreder and Linda Pietz. Pattern: Aran Basket, in the book Knitted Ba...
Tuesday, August 07, 2018

Midwest Barn

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This was one of those accidental projects. I picked up an old magazine at a sale someplace, saw a pattern I liked that only called for fi...