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The story of a little skein

limedragon — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:34:36 +0000

(Quick note: My dad’s health has declined since his long illness a couple years ago. This past summer, he was accepted as a candidate for a heart transplant, and last week, he was admitted to the hospital and is now waiting for a new heart. My cousin up north is also in the hospital with kidney-related problems. Wish us luck and healing!)

This cute little skein in lovely blues and greens was given to me by my parents after a trip to Michigan for a family reunion in August. Grandma liked the colors, so I decided to make something for her, and I knew just the thing.

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English Crystal

limedragon — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:26:28 +0000

With this little tablecloth or lace square, I completed my personal February challenge for Stash Down 2008: the Logan River Wrap, and something lacy with the Omo.

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ILY, Logan

limedragon — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:53:40 +0000

The Logan River Wrap was such an enjoyable project. Everything went smoothly, the pattern repeat was easy to memorize. I did have yardage issues, but the wrap gained length during the blocking process, which made up for that.

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Pretty Jay

limedragon — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:33:07 +0000

Logan has dried and is now unpinned. Photo shoot this weekend. : )

I feel so spoiled! Mom surprised me last week with these lovely skeins....
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Relax!

limedragon — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:54:26 +0000

Many thanks to everyone who left encouraging comments regarding my worries about the Logan River Wrap. I took Opal’s advice, “block the living hell out of it,” to heart and did exactly that.

The result? See for yourself....
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Short

limedragon — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:37:44 +0000

I cast off Logan last night, and managed to get a so-so picture in the waning daylight....
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Harmony

limedragon — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:03:43 +0000

Progress has slowed a bit on the Logan River Wrap, but I did finish the 25th repeat last night. I’m using the last ball of yarn right now, and I’m not sure I will have enough for all 29 repeats and the upper border. I’ll probably put in a lifeline at the end of the 28th repeat and see how it goes. I was going to show you all the lower border, but I forgot to take a picture, whoops!

Here’s some pretty yarn for you! This is the January shipment from the Harmony club (link in sidebar). ...
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Rustic

limedragon — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:57:21 +0000

Now that I had a plan worked out for the Omo yarn, I decided to start the other stole I wanted to knit, the Logan River Wrap. I was attracted to its rustic tweedy, and cozy appearance. By lucky coincidence, when this issue of Interweave Knits (Winter 2007) arrived, WEBS had the exact yarn on sale, in a gorgeous deep purple. It was fate! ...
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Omo, Take 3

limedragon — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:52:35 +0000

After the Jeanie fiasco, I perused my copies of Victorian Lace Knitting and Kinzel’s Modern Lace Knitting for ideas on what to knit next. It took a while (there are many lovely things to choose from!), but I finally decided on “English Crystal,” a square design from Kinzel’s first volume. ...
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