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Okay. I Was Wrong.

05.09.2010

I know I said I didn’t like flimsy lace. I know I said I wouldn’t wear something wispy. (I said it here.) I know. I know. I know. But that was before this… I fell in love with this scarf pattern (thank you Anne Hanson) and the color (thank you Enchanted Knoll Farm). I admit, [...]

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Writers or Knitters: You’ve Got To Have The Right Tools

29.08.2010

I went on a spree yesterday—I bought the ball winder I’ve had my eye on. And I found a great swift, too. The ball winder winds skeins of yarn into a center-pull ball, and the swift is the twirly-thing with long arms (don’t you love technical language?) that holds the wool around the pegs. After [...]

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Dear Elizabeth Zimmermann…

09.08.2010

Today, 8/9/10, would have been Elizabeth Zimmermann’s 100th birthday. If you’re a knitter, this is a day to celebrate a woman who gave so many of us permission to knit. And like many others, I owe her so much… I learned how to knit by watching my mother when I was around seven. It was [...]

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Pictures, I’ve Got Pictures…

08.07.2010

I know I go on about knitting, and knitting socks. Here are a few pics… This pattern is called Tesserae by Anne Hanson. The yarn is called Djinni by Dragonfly Fibers, and the color is Heroine 2. And below is a close-up. The cuff here on my WIP is from a pattern called Ninja from [...]

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