Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have not been ignoring the blog, really. I just haven’t had much to say. I’ve been a bit here and there on my health and I think you can tell that my last few posts have been a bit, well, off. I’m on the mend at this point, again, I think, but I could [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I didn’t just stop at one little bit of nothing (aka hand embroidered table scarf), I also bought some other little nothings. I found this beautiful little hand towel (maybe?) with a sweet tatted edging in pink and white. Now, I don’t like pink, but the tatting was too pretty on this to [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I was visiting my grandmother some days ago and she mentioned that she had a table she wanted to give away. At first my uncle was going to take it, and then my dad, but in the end, neither one of them took it. I thought it had a lot of potential so [...]
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Posted in 2008 Knits, shawl on May 5, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Knit from my own handspun Merino/Corriedale blend roving that I purchased from Maine Woods Yarn and Fiber on Etsy, this lovely shawl finally graces the Japanese Maple tree. While I originally started this shawl as a triangular shawl in February, the design just wasn’t speaking to me. There was something that just didn’t [...]
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Posted in 2008 Knits on May 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
After my first failed attempt with this yarn, I went through several of my stitch pattern books and several pattern books looking for just the right combination with this yarn. After much consideration, I finally settled upon the Rose Lace pattern (also known as the Rose Trellis Lace pattern) that can be found in [...]
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