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And the winners are… Grand Prize – RitainAlaska – You won 5 skeins of KnitPicks Wool of the Andes Yarn in Bittersweet Heather and a copy of the Devon Cardigan Pattern . Please email me at iknit2purl2@gmail.com with your name and address in order that I can mail the yarn to you. I will email you a… Continue reading Celebration Giveaway Winners!
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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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Just pull this thread as I walk away: Watch me unravel… Lying on the floor, I’ve come undone. I am so bummed. I frogged my sweater. The striping pattern wasn’t working out as I had hoped and I couldn’t get the gauge with this yarn that I did with my original worsted swatch. Hopefully, I should still have plenty of… Continue reading If You Want to Destroy My Sweater…
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