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Very slow progress on this fingering weight henley.

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I finally finished this beret on Boxing Day. beret on a plate anyone? [flickr] It’s cute. crappy mirror shot, I am not feeling well [flickr]

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selbu modern I am painfully slow knitting this. I keep picking it up when I have a spare 15 minutes, looking at it, and putting it back down. Part of this is not being up to the mental task of reading a chart and part of this is that I am not happy with my [...]

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I had a dream about this beret [Kate Gagnon's Selbu Modern] earlier this week. I blame knitblogland and flickr and ravelry. Onto the bandwagon I jump! just a start [flickr] I pondered. My yarn is packed aside from the few projects going to temporary housing with me and the stuff that I am destashing. I [...]

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I swore off swaps last year not because I’d had any bad experiences, but because I was worn out from participating in and organizing swaps. During that time, there was one swap that I very much wished I had relented and joined. Emily (Yarn Miracle) organized the Wee Tiny Sock Swap last year as a [...]

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I have been following Jan’s (be*mused) absolutely gorgeous mitten knitting (also this one). Each mitten is gorgeous — the patterns, the colors, the shape. Oh, mittens! I had a couple of talks with E (Poking My Eyes Out) about not wanting to knit two mittens. I just want to knit singles. But possibly many, many [...]

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The cold I have is kicking my butt. In three plus weeks I’ve gone from a minor cold to a major cold with a stop at bronchitis and a stall at sinusitis. I’m tired and cranky and if I want to start a new project, I will, darn it! just a basket of woolly goodness [...]

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I had quite the weekend, finishing three projects. I don’t think I’ll be anywhere near that productive for the rest of the year, but it sure feels good now! fingerless mitts Quick Stats Mitt Pattern:none, but I can recommend Eunny’s endpaper mitts for a similar pattern. Stranded Patterns:Both stranded patterns are Faeroe patterns listed in [...]

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Phew! I finished the big handknit project for this holiday — a sweater for one of my sisters (I hope she doesn’t read this post before tomorrow afternoon!) based on a sweater I’ve long been inspired by — Adrian’s (Hello Yarn!) Wave Yoke Sweater. I even swiped her wave pattern for the yoke! I added [...]

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Two sleeves for the holiday handspun stranded yoke sweater thing (heh) are done: two sleeves: done! Yes, the pattern at the cuff is slightly different than the previous version (seen here). I thought this would fit with the sweater as a whole much better. I hope the mismatched cuff color isn’t too… strange. I’ve started [...]

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