A Quick Post Before I Leave

I’m off to the State Fair for a few weeks. I’ll be back around the middle of August. It should be a fun and very stressful 20 some days. I’ve been doing my best to pack and get ready but I’m still worried that I’ve forgotten something. Don’t worry, I packed [...]

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My Cow Dilemma

How’s that for a title?
So I made some little felted creatures last January with the intention of entering them as a single project at the State Fair. I wasn’t really happy with the cow, but I figured that I had enough time to make another one before it was time to turn them in.
And [...]

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2008 ISF Update

Well, I’ve been yammering on and on about entering this project and that in the State Fair over the last, what, three months? I really do start planning for each fair about a year before everything is due, it just so happens that I can’t seem to finish most of my projects until June [...]

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Lakeshore Child’s Sweater

I snuck this one in on you. It’s knit with Valley Yarns Superwash in Apple Green. It took me right at 4 balls to make this on a US 9 needle. This is a raglan sweater knit from the bottom up using Ann Budd’s Handy Book of Sweater Patterns. I also used [...]

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I Think I’ll Call You Marissa

This is a really difficult shell to photograph. Neither picture reflects the true color of this shell. The texture is subtle, but stands out much more in person than is shown in my pictures. I used a US 9 circular needle and knit it in the round until the arm holes.

The yarn [...]

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WIP Wednesday: Where I Manage to Post Again

Having finished all of the WIPs from last Wendesday, I have but one WIP to show you today. This is a shell that I’m designing, another State Fair project, in Malabrigo Worsted colorway Cuarzo. It’s soft and lovely and I like how my motifs are coming.

I chose the Inverness Diamond pattern for the [...]

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But Now There’s an Argosy

Baby blanket, that is. Just over 8 skeins of Valley Yarns Springfield (or I suppose you could say under nine), a cotton nylon blend yarn with nice definition and a bit over 100 yards per skein. I used the free Argosy Baby Blanket pattern and US size 6 bamboo interchangeable needles.
This is a [...]

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And We Have a Liesl

These are self-timer shots and they aren’t great because I don’t have the sweater on just right and I’m not posed just right and the sweater was still a little damp from blocking but I wasn’t sure how long I would have sunlight, so you get what you get. And to appease those few [...]

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Finished Sheep Yoke Baby Cardi

I found buttons. They aren’t terribly attractive buttons but they did fit certain guidelines: be 3/4 inch, be machine washable, be somewhat round, and match the cardigan enough that I like it but provide a bit of contrast. Now, the buttons that I really wanted to use were the Incomparable Sheep Buttons from One Planet [...]

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Summer is . . .

My helpers. Beau and Stash hanging out on the deck and getting under my feet. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Baby bunnies. Especially baby bunnies in the grass. Especially baby Dutch bunnies in the grass and in my shirt pocket and on my couch and hopping around their little cage. [...]

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