Tag: Yarn
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Oblique + A Year
I’ve been wearing around my Oblique Cardigan a lot lately and it occurred to me that it’s gotten about a years worth of wear by now. I thought it would be fun to do a little update on how my sweater has been doing. It still has no buttons. I never found the right buttons…
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A good day for mail
Today I got a lot of nice yarn-y stuff in the mail. First, I got my Tea Time sample back from Knit Picks. That was a nice surprise because I hadn’t thought it would get returned to me in time to take it to England. Next I got some yarn that I intentionally ordered so…
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Multicolor Yarn
I’m pretty terrible with multicolored yarn. It looks so enticing in the skein/hank/ball, but I just don’t know what to do with it! I needed a new mindless project to work on while watching telly so I decided to try making a scarf with the balls of Crystal Palace Taos yarn that I had taunting…
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Cotton/Acrylic vs. Cotton/Wool
I really am not a summer person. I’ve been feeling hot, lethargic, and unphotogenic. That means two things. I have a pile of knits on my desk that have been waiting for me to model and photograph them and I haven’t knit anything since Saturday. I balled some yarn intending on knitting but that didn’t…
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It’s here!
My yarn came in the mail yesterday so I can finish up my second version of this sweater. Hurray! Now all I have to do is figure out where the sweater is packed away and where the needles are boxed up. Ick. All of my stuff is still in boxes from moving from school to…