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It’s really quite hard to resist. You know what I’m referring to, right? Color Affection, the immensely popular, hotter than hot, shawl pattern that you can find on Ravelry. With 5000 plus projects to its credit already (it was only published in December 2011), you know that this is a knitting classic, an easy knit… Continue reading All Aboard!
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I might have been a little too ambitious packing yarn-y related things for our trip to DC. First, a pair of socks in stripey-yarn. I’m using String Theory Colorworks in Lacerta. I’m improvising a little pattern with a short-row heel and toe. As soon as I get the second sock done, I hope to share… Continue reading On Pins and Needles
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We’re up in the Washington, DC area for a few weeks and, today, I finally had the opportunity to take the Metro over to Dupont Circle and walk a few blocks to Looped Yarn Works. Located at 1732 Connecticut Ave, NW, I’m already planning my next excursion over to visit, knit and (shhhh!) buy a little… Continue reading Looped!
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Hemlock Ring Blanket – Pattern adapted by Jared Flood I just finished blocking my first-ever, Hemlock Ring Blanket. I have to tell you, once I started knitting it, I couldn’t put it down. Really, it was much, much easier than anything I ever imagined! Nothing more complicated than yarnovers, SSKs, K2togs and PSSOs. Fan… Continue reading FO – Hemlock Ring Blanket (and a Knitting Pictorial!)
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