tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50275292011-09-04T01:47:15.235-06:00Knitting and mothering!Brynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12836461886316257572noreply@blogger.comBlogger1941100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027529.post-1112361654119889392005-04-01T06:20:00.000-07:002005-04-01T06:20:54.120-07:00

I fixed the big knitblog ring and now it's just a few more rings and the archives to go!

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I'm moving -- knitlet.typepad.com. I still need to move my archives and rings, but go check it out for some exciting crafting action!

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I've been knitting away on the wrap cardigan that I was supposed to wear tomorrow. I guess I could drape the finished pieces on myself, but it's not really warm enough to wear short sleeves anyway. There's been a lot of sewing going on, much of which still needs to be photographed. But here's something my mom finished -- tiny felt bunnies for John. Here's one of the three.John approves.

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I haven't knit much since Thursday. My eight month old son, who was perfectly healthy on Thursday got a little cold on Friday and went to the doctor Saturday morning. After not getting any better Saturday and then getting much worse Sunday, we went to the emergency room with a 104.4 fever and dehydration. It turns out he has RSV and pneumonia. I feel so bad for the little guy. What can you

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My socks arrived today! They're from Kathy, who doesn't have a blog. These socks are so gorgeous that they definitely deserve some blog action.The box arrived packed with extra yarn just to fill the box and a package tied with a hint of the colors I'd find inside. Here are the beautiful socks! They're dyed with Kool-Aid and knit in a slip stitch pattern to show off the colors. I literally

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I've been sewing rather than knitting for the last two days. I recently discovered Amy Butler and finally bit the bullet and got my sewing machine out of the closet. I made a present for someone. If you're due in August and live in Mississippi, you might not want to look if you want a surprise. Everyone else, click here to see everything!

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I sent my socks off last week and this morning I was so happy to see my sock pal Kristy wearing them. A perfect fit! It made my morning to see a picture of socks I'd knit on someone else's blog!

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Someone today told me I look chic. Me. Chic. There was no one else they could have been talking to. I have Stefanie to thank, since it must have been Paris Loop that inspired the compliment. Mine is red.

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Since I hit a stopping point on Elspeth while I ponder the merits of full pattern repeats vs. partial pattern repeats, I started on the wrap cardigan from the new Rebecca magazine. Here's my swatch.John's been teething horribly the last few days, so more blogging to come soon. Hopefully those teeth come in even sooner.

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My sockapalooza socks are on their way. That counts as progress, right?

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I met Michelle at the Littleton Meetup just after she'd tagged me for this. Hopefully she's still want to read my answers even after she had to listen to me go off about my in-laws. I swear, I'm not always so catty.1. Do you knit continental or English?Continental, but I can do both.2. How long ago did you learn to knit?Twenty years ago. I was six.3. First FO?My first project was a swatch made

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Last night was the awesome as ever Littleton Knitting Meetup. So fun! I have never been to such a big knitting group and I met tons of new people. I became a Rowan enabler with the ever-popular Rowan 37. I finished my Sockapalooza socks there, too.New England SocksKnitting on the RoadLang Jawool, DenimMetal dpn, 2 mm (US 0)I also finished up a cap for the Dulaan Project. I knit hats when I have

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I've been knitting on and off since I was six. I pretty much stopped when I was sixteen, having gone completely boy crazy. Why knit when you could think about boys? My freshman year in college I soon discovered stress the likes of which I'd never known before and seeing as how boys helped precious little with that, I took up knitting again. This time I never stopped. Here's my first project from

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We're shipping the 15th, right? I blame Rowan. If it weren't for Calmer, I'd totally be done with my Sockapalooza socks. Instead, I still have a diamond and a half and a toe to go. But look at this teeny little sleeve to Elspeth!I've never knit straight stockinette with Calmer and I love it. Cross everything else off my knitting list -- it's all Calmer all the time here!

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My husband and I have been married nearly five years and although he has socks, hats, gloves and scarves I've never knit him a sweater. I think it all goes back to the first sweater I tried to knit for him.We eloped in May 2000 after knowing each other for two months. When you marry someone that quickly, you sort of forget that you both had plans for the summer that can't be broken and end up

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My Rowan 37 arrived today. I was quite pleased and have started planning new projects. My project criteria are sort of odd, so I'll outline them here.1. Can I wear it while nursing?I'm eight months into nursing my son John and there's no end in sight. Tight, fitted pullovers are not really the best fashion choice for me. I will probably spend two of every three years over the next decade or so

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The whole being a mom thing hasn't been too nice to my knitting schedule recently. John hates sleep and has been on a crazy growth spurt and wants to eat all day. He's not too much into solids yet, so this means I'm on call 24-7 as a milk machine. I can't knit while nursing, but I sure can shop online! Hopefully John will stop needing so much milk so my budget can have a rest.I ordered some

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Although I haven't finished my Sockapalooza socks just yet (three diamonds and a toe to go, they will be done in time for mailing) I started another pair of socks. I've been meaning to make the golf socks from Socks Socks Socks for a while and I just got some cool new spring shoes at the REI sale that were begging me for some short socks.The golf socks fit the bill perfectly. I was planning to

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Yesterday at the Littleton SnB I worked on Clapotis. I'm through section two and not quite through the yarn from one sleeve. There's no way I'm going to finish the scarf for the February Fixathon, but I'm glad I fixed along. Otherwise I would still have an ill-fitting sweater sitting on my desk and now I have a quarter of a beautiful scarf!

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My husband amused my son with the iTunes visualizer this morning while I took some pictures. I couldn't ask for anything more on a lazy Saturday.The New England socks for Sockapalooza are slowly creeping toward the finish. I tried to keep up with my one diamond a day strategy, but it seems that the back of the calf patterning slowed me down. Here's a merged shot of both front and back, oddly

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I do not know how this happened, but believe me it's true. I woke up before my son and husband did this morning and with early sunlight streaming into the room I picked up my knitting and sat down in my glider chair to happily knit until they woke up. Somehow, in the way I moved my butt into the chair, a stray size 0 metal dpn angled backward, sunk into the cushion until it hit the base of the

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I'm hardly the hippest, most up-to-date knitter out there, so I'm sure everyone's already heard all about KnitCast, the knitting podcast. I'm starting to train for triathlons again and listening to interviews or books makes the miles fly by. For some reason Wendy's voice really surprised me. I thought it would be lower pitched -- who knows why? Seeing as how I just handed my son a plastic

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John, in an unprecedented move, fell asleep at 9 p.m. Not quite knowing what to do with myself, I started the second sock for Sockapalooza. John is so sleepy that I even managed to get him to show off the first few rows.

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Last night was the first Littleton Stitch 'n Bitch. It's always fun to knit with a group and this one meets at the newest Tattered Cover. Knitting and books, what more could you want? I ended up sitting next to Mary, who was also knitting a French market bag. As I blithely knitted along, she asked me -- how deep are you making your bag? Turns out I already had nine inches of bag body and the

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Although I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one still waiting, I really want the spring Rowan to arrive. Rowan and Kim Hargreaves new site are starting to irk me. At least one thing is arriving on schedule -- here is the first New England sock for Alison's Sockapalooza swap. The hardest thing is that I can't try the sock on -- my pal's foot is significantly smaller than mine. Sigh...In blog

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Maybe the talent from the amazing women of the Littleton Meetup has rubbed off on me and that's why I'm trying to design something. I figure the worst that happens is I get a rejection letter and then post the pattern on my blog. You need to start somewhere, right? The yarn is All Seasons Cotton, the color Cookie. I'm a sucker for yarn colors with names of food.

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Here's my felted Sophie. She's a tad uneven, but I like her. SophieMagknitsCascade 220Denise Interchangeable circular and birch dpn, 6.5 mm (US 10.5)I ended up putting the bag inside a zippered pillow case, adding some towels and running the hot wash cycle four times. I found out that the red bleeds. The French market bag I'm knitting is also Cascade 220 and my needles are turning green.

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...keeps the Sockapalooza panic away. I just found my lonely abandoned New England sock for my sock pal and realized that we're almost to the halfway point. I'd better get knitting! I redid the heel and am pledging to knit one diamond repeat a day. Here's where I stand now.Two repeats + one toe + seven repeats + one heel + one more toe = twelve days of knitting. See, there's so much extra

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I was really going to try to reknit the Debbie Bliss scoop neck cardigan. I even reknit and then re-ripped a sleeve. But then the yarn jumped onto the needles all by itself and made this. Apparently the camera also took the picture all by itself and that's why it's so blurry. It's another Clapotis. It's so different from my last one that I won't mind having two. Besides, all of my husband's job

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I've really come around on this whole stitch marker thing. I thought that my superior immune system had let my son and my husband get sick and left me in perfect health. Turns out my body was just waiting for its turn. Since my brain is like playdoh right now, I started a simple project -- the French market bag from Knitty. The nifty increases are the perfect use for stitch markers and make

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I started this Sophie yesterday to have a simple project to work on at the Littleton Meetup but I finished it before it was time to go. It's made of some Cascade 220 I found in my stash -- I honestly can't remember what it was supposed to be. Here's the pre-felting picture. I'm a little afraid to felt it. When I felted a thrift shop sweater in my mom's washing machine just over a year ago

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Can my blog get any more boring? It just may... My son and my husband are sick. I never knew just how much work a sick seven-month-old could be. I got the greatest new book -- Knitting for Two. While the baby knits are very similar to many of the other baby knitting books I have, the maternity sweaters are great! This may fall under the category of way too much information, but it made me

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Wow -- two in a row for me. It seems that everywhere I turn I see Montse Stanley's Knitter's Handbook being mentioned. Since I've given up waiting for POK to be republished and there's no way I'd spend good yarn money on a book that expensive ($150 right now on ebay and it will probably go for more) I decided I should give this book a shot. So far I like it. It's not a great read, but it's

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I swatched for my new afghan project and since that swatch was the same size as one of the one hundred eighty-one squares I need to knit, it sort of got me started knitting on the afghan. Knitting small garter stitch squares is sort of addictive, a back to basics kind of project. I'm actually glad I stopped everything else and knitted on this for a while because I learned that I'm going to need

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After an error on a website, my mother-in-law ended up mailing me a check that I was supposed to use to go get a massage. Well, as nice as that sounds, I decided to, umm, massage my fingers with yarn. It's the new Wool of the Andes from Knit Picks. It's really soft, which surprised me for $1.79 per 50 g skein. I got all of these colors to knit the Heirloom Nine-Patch Afghan from the Winter

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I didn't think I'd be able to do it, but I did! I ripped out my sweater for the Fix-a-thon. I even have a plan to make everything better.

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I finished the écharpe for my mom. When I put it on for the final photo, it was so soft and cozy that I didn't want to take it off. Echarpe Marie Claire Idees, December 2004 Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino, Off White Birch and bamboo dpn, 4.5 & 3.5 mm (US 7 & 4)

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Halfway there on the first sock, at least. I think it's turning out quite nicely. To keep my place on the lace chart I finally gave in and started using a post-it note. I've always been very anti-bookmark, anti-reminder note, anti-pattern placemarker. Before I would just remember where I'd left off in a book or on a project, even if it had been months. Apparently this is the concession my

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At least this one was quick so I started and finished it. It's the bunny designed by Kate. I knit it during John's morning nap -- he woke up just as I was about to take a photo of it. Since babies don't really understand when you say "Mommy needs to take a picture of this for her blog," he tried to grab it. Bunny (Baby size) A Kate Gilbert pattern TLC Amore Brittany birch dpn, 3.5 mm (US 4)

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Although the February Fixathon has yet to begin, I'm fixing a project I abandoned long ago. If you've ever poked around my archives, you may have seen the Debbie Bliss Alphabet Blanket, which I affectionately named the Alphablankie. Click to see it bigger! I knit it while I was pregnant and it was to be John's special blanket. I took it with to his baptism and used it a lot. Then we moved to

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After several false starts on other sock patterns, I have finally made up my mind. Here is the beginning of one of the New England socks from Knitting on the Road by Nancy Bush. Although I'm sometimes all about boldly colored sock yarn, this time I decided on a plain yarn to show off the intricate patterning on this sock.

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Actually, I'm speeding along on projects. I just love my blocking board so much! Here's the écharpe pattern up close. Tomorrow will be sewing day for the ends of the scarf. I bought some incredible little snowflake charms yesterday to go with the mother of pearl buttons. It's going to be beautiful!

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Meet my écharpe. I love languages that I don't really know, since basic words can become exciting names for projects. I'd never call a project "scarf" but the word just sounds so nice in French. It's basically a razor shell type lace with a lovely two row repeat. Even my sleep deprived brain can remember it without a problem. I'm going to one more bead store this weekend in search of the

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First up is the February Fix along over at Alison's blog. I'm also joining the Scarf Style knit along as I have four scarves planned from this book. Here's my progress on the ruffle scarf so far. It's a very simple pattern to memorize, which is perfect for me right now.

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... the more I want to rip ii out and fix a million things about it. The shoulders kind of slump, the back neck is a little low, the scoop is too scoopy. After seeing how brave Alison is being about ripping, I'm going to take the plunge myself. Too bad I sewed all those ends in... To soothe my knitting pain I have three brand spanking new small projects going. One is a gift and one is a

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I finished it! Click to see it bigger! Noro Scoop Neck Cardigan Debbie Bliss Noro Collection Noro Silk Garden, 86 E Denise Interchangeables, 5 mm (US 8) The only problem is I don't really have a shirt to wear under it. I saw a woman wearing it at A Knitted Peace the other day. She wore it with a turtleneck, which might be easier (and warmer) than finding a scoop neck t-shirt. I like the

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The sweater is all one piece now! Click on the image to see a bigger version. I also got this little lavender heart at my grocery store's floral department today. It makes my kitchen so pretty!

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...thy European neighbor's craft shops. I love Marie Claire Idees. It's a beautiful fantasy of some sort of perfect craft-filled existence. And there's this scarf in the winter 2004 issue that my mom and I just love. There are these great beads/sequins on the ends of the scarf. They use them in another project in this issue, too, providing a great up close shot. I am convinced these do

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I went to A Knitted Peace today to spend my gift certificate from my mother-in-law. Armed with a small knitting library of potential patterns, I went in search of yarn. I bought yarn for three projects, the first of which was two skeins of Kureyon. I was already feverishly casting on when I decided to take an acquisition picture. And I just couldn't stop knitting. Simple projects are good

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I'm finally using the blocking board I got back in October. Four out of the five pieces for the Noro Scoop sweater fit on it. Blocking is really much easier with a grid board instead of towels draped over the kitchen table. I think I'm entering a new era in knitting, where my sweaters will all look professional due to their actually being blocked.

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I had such a great time meeting everyone at the knitting meetup! I got to meet Stacey and Libby in real life and met a bunch of other people whose names I will probably remember next time. It's always fun to see other people's projects and talk knitting. Since nothing I was working on was a talk and knit at the same time type project, I started and finished an entire project this evening.

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My iBook has fallen prey to the dreaded logic board failure. Good thing Apple extended the warranty, huh? I'm going to keep trying to blog on my husband's computer, but that computer is sort of in the midst of a comprehensive exam paper, so blogging will have to take a back seat. Sigh...

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I tried so hard, but when there would have been two bright fuschia stripes right next to each other due to a knot, I gave in. I broke the yarn and joined a new ball. The front of the cardigan looks so much better than it would have. I also got my swap match for Alison's Sockapalooza. Since I decided that doing SP4 would be the equivalent of spending money on yarn (thereby breaking my

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Well, not really, but I'm incredibly proud of this! I finished my first 5k (3.1 mile) race since John was born. Really, I finished! I used to race triathlons, so I'm used to seeing all sorts of bizarre pre-race rituals. I've never seen anyone do this before a race, though. It's fun being a mom. And I knit on the drive to and from the race -- what could be better? Here's one of the

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This may look like a new project, but it's not. I started this at my parents' house over the holidays and just never got a photo. So I'm not breaking my knitting resolution! These are the sleeves of the scoop neck cardigan in the Debbie Bliss Noro book. It's knit with Silk Garden, a yarn that's really growing on me. Although I'm trying to not be controlling about color placement, I was happy

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Well, I guess two doesn't quite qualify as a menagerie, but I do have a growing collection of knitted animals. The Noro Bear and the Noro Bunny are posing here in John's crib. I figure it might as well get some use since he won't sleep in it. He'll play in it, but forget sleeping. Noro Bear and Noro Bunny Debbie Bliss Noro Book Noro Kureyon Boye aluminum dpn, 3.25 mm (US 3) Here are their

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I finished the Spey Valley socks and my husband really likes them. Apparently they're very cozy, since he fell asleep right after he put them on. Spey Valley Socks Knitting on the Road Kroy sock yarn, Hickory Inox metal dpn's, 2.25 mm (US 1)

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This picture is meant to illustrate the lack of sock knitting economy in our household. The unfinished sock is how far I can get on my husband's foot with one skein of sock yarn. Maybe now that we have John, I can get a pair of baby socks out of the leftovers on the third skein.

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I'm not making real life resolutions this year, but I am making two knitting resolutions. 1. I will finish up everything I've started before I start anything new this year. 2. I will not buy any yarn, needles or ANYTHING this year. If I'm given yarn, I do get to keep it. The exception to this rule is Alison's Sockapalooza. If there's nothing in the stash that's suitable for my sock

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A partial archive of my knitting in 2004.

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I'm pretty sure I forgot to put up the picture of the almost finished Noro Bunny. The bunny was so much easier to make. If you're thinking about making the bear but are put off by all the seaming, start with the bunny.

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Having run out of small, mindless knitting projects on vacation, I found a pattern for knitted toy balls in Piecework. My mom has been reading this magazine since day one and someday I plan to go on a spree and use a bunch of the Piecework knitting patterns. Maybe as soon as I'm done with everything in the stash. Ha! Using some fuzzy acrylic I found in my mom's meager yarn stash (we're

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Remember the elephant jacket? I last worked on it two and a half months ago. My finishing frenzy continues! Elephant Jacket Phildar Tricotez Calin Phildar Pegase Denise Interchangeables, 4.5 mm (US 7)

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My mom's house must have a good influence on me. I'm finishing projects. Really. Here's Freda, the Rowan International subscription project. My family thinks it's sort of weird. I like it well enough. I went with a contrasting ribbon since I couldn't find something that matched well enough. And a modeling shot. You can't see that I'm wearing fleecy reindeer pajama bottoms to complete

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When your entire family is in some sort of food-induced coma in front of a football game, you too can randomly surf blogs and find wonderful things like these ski masks. Thanks Swapatorium!

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Noro the Bear is as done as he'll be until I'm home. When I asked my husband to find some fingering weight black wool in my stash to bring with him to my parents' house, he was gripped with such an intense fear of searching through my yarn closet that I relented. The bear will get a face after the holidays. I knit the pieces in the order given in the instructions leaving the color placement

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The Kureyon bear is now in only eight pieces!

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We're having lots of FUN! Yes, I've been hearing that song over and over in my head. I came out to my parents' house very early for Christmas. The good thing is that I have tons of knitting time. Freda is done, but needs to be blocked. I also think it really needs the so-called optional ribbon unless I want it to fall off my shoulders and rest on my hips like some kind of bizarre mini skirt. I

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Okay, so I made one more Christmas present. It's really just a gauge swatch, but it could be seen as a really big coaster or even art suitable for framing. Ha! It's the giraffe patch option from the Phildar baby sweater I have 99% finished.

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The last of the Christmas presents! Welsh Country Socks Folk Socks WoolEase and Encore Boye Aluminum dpn's, 3.25 mm (US 3) Cabled Hat Hat Trifecta WoolEase Bamboo dpn's, 4.5 mm (US 7) While normal, sensible people would pick up an old project they'd put aside, I started a brand new one. Although I can't be the only one in the knitting blog world who got the Rowan renewal present of four

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Here's a set of Christmas questions I found on Two Sleepy Mommies. 1. Egg nog - yum or yuck? Yuck. Always. 2. Stay up until midnight on New Years? Maybe not this year -- we have a five month old and take what sleep we can get! 3. Prefer white or colored lights? White. 4. Favorite holiday song? O Come, O Come Emmanuel. Technically an Advent song, but it's my favorite. 5. What is your

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Although I'm not quite done with the last of the Christmas knitting, I've had these leg warmers as my car knitting project. Super-Easy Leg Warmers Last-Minute Knitted Gifts Cascade 220, charcoal Addi Turbo 16" circular, 5 mm (US 8) This also gives me the chance to show the blog world that I think I have 1950's pin-up girl legs ever since I had my son. Round legs are hot!

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I totally forgot to do the whole reveal thing -- Cat was an awesome secret pal. I was pretty sure it was her after a book from amazon arrived and I couldn't resist peeking at the name. But there was that 1% chance that some people had teamed up to be super sneaky and send things through each other to their pals. Thank you so much for making this so much fun! And since I like putting pictures

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I have finished up two more Christmas presents! Bow Knot Scarf A Katherine Original Pattern TLC Amore, Lake Blue Denise Interchangeables, 4.5 mm (US 7) Bow Knot Scarf A Katherine Original Pattern 2-ply Round Barn Merino held double, Teal Denise Interchangeables, 4.5 mm (US 7) And one of the two Welsh Country socks is finished! Finally, a bit of knitting humor. When my husband and I

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We went on our first ever family showshoe trip this weekend. After an hour or so, my out of shape body said no more (hey, I deserve time off from training -- I carried a BABY around for nine months with no breaks!) and John and I went into the so-called lodge at the cheap, close ski "resort". John happily sat in his hiking backpack next to me, I knitted on some scarves for Christmas. While

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My son is probably going to cut his first tooth in the next month or so and he's quite busy with the pre-teething routine. This involves, among other things, lots of drooling, chewing and waking up all night long. I thought my sleep deprivation was over a few months ago, proving I know nothing about babies and am learning as I go. I still did get a little knitting done. The Welsh Country

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I decided on another pair of socks instead of a hat/gloves present. But they're far less boring. I'm adapting the Welsh Country socks pattern from Folk Socks, the second knitting book I bought when I really started knitting in college. I was swatching just to see how the colors go together. The mostly acrylic swatch met with untimely flattening with my iron because I was in a hurry to just

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Here's the cabled purse -- such a quick little knit! Cabled Purse Last-Minute Knitted Gifts Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool, Bilberry (65% wool, 35% silk) Crystal Palace Bamboo dpn, 2.75 mm (US 2)

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I finished the socks! Plain Old Socks Priscilla's Dream Socks, Fall 2000 Interweave Knits Wool Ease Sportweight Boye aluminum dpn, 3.25 mm (US 3) I also started a hat while I watched Desk Set, one of my favorite Hepburn and Tracy films. The pattern is free, in the Hat Trifecta from Boogie Knits.

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... to Last-Minute Knitted Gifts! Here's the purse I started and just can't put down. In the book it's knitted with a solid Koigu, but I'm knitting it out of Elsebeth Lavold's Silky Wool. The design is less complicated than it looks -- after one repeat I didn't need the chart any more. I started the second sock, too, but I'm not taking another picture of those until they're done and I never

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There is no one in my family over the age of say, four, who has feet that could be considered small. I finished the first of the pair, finally! I also finished something from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts for my last secret pal mailing. I needed something to break up the monotony of the sock! I'm going to make myself cast on for the second sock tomorrow, sigh...

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Katie sent me this beautiful tatted cross in exchange for some sock yarn. Isn't it wonderful? I can tat, Meriah taught me how before she moved, but this would have taken me forever because I'm not good at tatting yet. Besides, this makes for a great blog picture instead of an update on boring man socks.

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My speedy work through my Christmas knitting list is about to slow down. Although they're knit with sport weight yarn on 3.25 mm needles, men's socks are just big! I'm hoping to have them done early next week, since I'm going to let myself start a fun Christmas present next. No more of this acrylic for ease of washing straight up stockinette or ribbing!

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Another two Christmas presents are finished! Color Wave Scarf Lion Brand Free Pattern Lion Brand Color Waves, Blue Lagoon Denise Interchangeables, 4.5 mm (US 7) Men's Hand Warmers Last Minute Knitted Gifts Lion Brand Wool Ease, Black Crystal Palace bamboo dpn, 4.5 mm (US 7) Bolstered by such early success with Christmas knitting, I even added another project to my list -- the cabled

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I finished the first hat, the color wave hat. I did have a little help though. Color Waves Hat Lion Brand Free Pattern Lion Brand Color Waves, Blue Lagoon Denise Interchangeables, 3.75 & 4.5 mm (US 5 & 7) I also made myself some buttons so I can watch my progress. The white blank buttons are the ones I have to finish for Christmas; the gray blank buttons are the ones that would be nice

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...to bring you a special Christmas present knit blog. I was suddenly filled with some sort of spirit of giving that made me go to Hobby Lobby and buy this. Almost all other projects are suspended until Christmas knitting is complete. It's this time of year when ball band patterns start to look really good to me. Here's the first one, a bias scarf knit in Lion Brand Moonlight Mohair.

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This is a big step away from my typical blog posts, so here goes. I'm knitting Twilight Lace from the Winter 99/00 Interweave Knits. Here's my progress so far and a closeup of the lace pattern. Nothing so interesting about that, right? But I'm shortening it to make it into a chapel veil. As in covering my head when I go into church. I've been working on it for several weeks, but

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I got Weekend Knitting out from the library again to make some quickie garter stitch mitts. I used some handspun I made two summers ago when I borrowed a friend's wheel. I could never find a great use for the yarn until I thought of this pattern for them -- it's a great fit! Garter Stitch Mitts Weekend Knitting Handspun 2-ply, roving from Woolgatherings Denise Interchangeables, 4 mm (US 6)

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I am growing more and more obsessed with all things French. It started innocently enough with a trip to Le Central on my first date with my husband. Moules et Frites! Then a few of my favorite movies on DVD (Le Diner de Cons, Le Placard). Then a copy of Marie Claire Idees. Then came Phildar. Now, according to Ina Garten, they sell roasted beets there, ready to eat! That seals the deal for

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My secret pal is just so amazing. I know who she is (at least I think I do) but I'm having so much fun with this secret thing that I'm not going to really guess until the reveal next month. Shortly after the book arrived in the mail, I got another package! I seriously wan't expecting it, so you should have seen the dance I did at the mailbox. Several of my neighbors probably think I'm crazy

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I'm way too easily amused. Although I've been reading some other blogs about Clapotis and I'd looked through the pattern, I didn't realize that once you hit section 4, you get to rip TWO ladders for every repeat. Yeah! I'm knitting it with Classic Elite Waterspun, which does stick a little on the laddering, but isn't so bad. Besides, I got it cheap from Elann a while back. Here she is in

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Like everyone else in the country, I'm trying to burn time while watching the election results. So here's a post. I've had an, umm, interesting month. So I haven't finished anything. I have, however, started projects. Here's the plain one -- leg warmers from Last Minute Knitted Gifts: And the fancy one -- eight laddered rows of Clapotis: Really, there's a tiny eighth row on the

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I think I have the best secret pal ever. My son has some sort of cold and this whole week has been less than fun. No knitting, no sleep and having to use that awful nasal aspirator on him. But he's doing much better and today a present arrived! It's the book I wanted so much at the store and couldn't justify buying, Last Minute Knitted Gifts! Thank you thank you thank you! And I'll email

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As I seem to be incapable of actually finishing anything these days, here's an outfit a friend of the family sent to us. Tone is from Norway and is an incredible knitter. Unlike me, she still uses needles smaller than 3.5 mm for entire garments! I'm liking the bigger needles these days... So here's the beautiful Norwegian baby outfit. And a closeup of the cable panel. And John

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Apparently I have every knitting gadget known to man now. Here's my super blocking board!

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Take one sleeping little boy add some good television and a Noro project. Knit until baby wakes up. Ahh...

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Oh my goodness there's a bear along! What more could I want? My friend Meriah also started a blog. When I met her she wasn't yet a knitter, but she did just about everything else. She said something about dimensional Brazilian embroidery and I asked if it was like stumpwork. I could not believe that I'd just used the term "stumpwork" in a conversation with someone my age! She moved to

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Last night our furnace stopped working. In my sleepy haze around 2 a.m., I wondered why John wouldn't sleep in his co-sleeper and just bundled him into bed with me. Turns out it was 58 degrees in our house. Brr. While waiting for the repair guy to come this morning, I bundled John up so warmly that he fell asleep and I knitted to keep warm. It got me wondering why on earth I was knitting a

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Today was my 26th birthday, when you think I'd be getting a little too old to be excited about such things. Not so! We went hiking and on the way home, my husband forced me into Showers of Flowers to buy a skein of Kureyon for the bear I mentioned yesterday. And it turns out they were having their fall sale! I got a bag of the now discontinued Waterspun at 50% off. (At this point I

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