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Back to my knitting, and other stuff

Published on September 11, 2006

Aaah, the knitting is so peaceful, the monotony is so soothing.  I’m doing the Irish Hiking Scarf, and using KnitPicks Swish Superwash in Fired Brick.  It’s working up very nicely, the pattern is simple with a C6F every 8th row.  No checking the chart, finding your place, excessive counting.  No measuring – when ya run […]


Another Cast-On to learn – Can old dogs do this?

Published on July 14, 2006

This is the cast-on called for in that little Calliope sleeveless shell pattern I got for the purple and hydrangea yarns, Shine Sport from Knit Picks.  Eeeesh.  I got to “For back, Channel Island Cast on xxx stitches,” and I was already in trouble.  http://www.haveayarn.ca/stitch/08_2005_stitch_of_the_month.htm I fought with the pattern at work this afternoon, and […]


A Handy Thing I Found

Published on May 24, 2006

Always in some store or other, always looking for something I don’t already have (or have, but can’t readily find!), and while in JoAnn’s Fabrics, I found containers for yarn made by a company called Snapware.  I bought the 2 smaller ones and I like them.  One for longer-shaped skeins, one for the more rounded balls. […]


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