Potholder Mania
Posted by limedragon | Filed under crochet, decor
Back in May, it was potholders and hotpads all the time, as I worked feverishly to finish the set of five I needed for this swap. Even though I dithered about it at first, I couldn’t resist joining Hot Pads! And Potholders – The Swap. We had to crochet five potholders, and we could use any [...]
Tags: aunt lydia, blue, cotton, crochet, crochet cotton, green, hotpads, pink, potholders, red, swap
Winners! And another new design!
Posted by limedragon | Filed under contests, designs, knitting, socks
Thanks everyone for the great comments on the previous post! Here are the numbers picked by the Random Number Generator matched to the commentors (The first two get the copies signed by Stephanie).
9-knittymama33-turtle15-Megan S. 28-Linda 22-Cassie 10-Eryka Jackson 5-Amy 36-Bev Adam 4-rina
I’ll email the lucky winners later today; congratulations, and enjoy the comic! (If [...]
Tags: blue, blue-green, cables, comics, contest, design, giveaway, green, insidious, prize, ravelry, rib, sock-wars, socks, swtc, tofutsies, yellow
Wee Gifts
Posted by limedragon | Filed under baby stuff, knitting
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Tags: baby, bib, blue, blue steps, booties, cute, gifts, green, sideways
Gift #3
Posted by limedragon | Filed under accessories, knitting
Here is the last of the gifts I made for my recommendation letter writers!
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Tags: araucania, blue, blue-green, gathered scarf, gift, ranco, scarf
The battle may be lost, but the war is not over
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting
I tried to knit myself some socks. I really tried. All I can offer as evidence is this slightly blurry photo of stockinette.
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Tags: blue, bmfa, brown, cursed, socks, str, yarn stash, yellow
Potholders
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting
By chance, I found out that Metro Meals on Wheels were asking for donations of handmade (knit, crochet, or sew) potholders. They would be used by drivers or given to clients. They are looking to collect 800 by this coming holiday season (deadline Dec 5), but have an ongoing goal of 8,000. Look for the [...]
Tags: blue, blue-green, charity, cotton, drops, garnstudio, garter, grandmother's favorite, hot pads, lily, lion cotton, lion-brand, meals on wheels, mn, multi, ombre, peaches-and-creme, potholders, sugar n cream, trek, yellow
The story of a little skein
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, shawls or stoles
(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 [...]
Tags: blue, colinette, dad, forest canopy, gift, grandma, green, health, jitterbug, lace, purple, shawl, susan lawrence
Ravelympics 2008: FO #2
Posted by limedragon | Filed under general, knitting, socks
I was really suprprised at how quickly I was able to knit these. It took only 6 days (I took one day off to seam and finish the Loon sweater). Considering that these are my first ever pair of stranded colorwork socks, I’m very happy with them.
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Tags: anise, blue, colorwork, fairisle, green, knitwhits, pink, purple, ravelympics, shoes, socks, stranded, tan
Ravelympics 2008: FO #1
Posted by limedragon | Filed under kid stuff, knitting, sweaters
Whew, I finished my first project for the Ravelympics on Monday! :) I’m really happy with the results. It wasn’t a difficult pattern, but was time-consuming. With this, I earned medals in Sweater Sprint and Colorwork Cross-Country.
Tags: black, blue, child, colorwork, duplicate stitch, ewecanknit, gray, intarsia, kids, loon, medals, pullover, ravelympics, sweater, white, yellow
Ravelympics 2008: Days 1-7
Posted by limedragon | Filed under kid stuff, knitting, socks, stranded or fair isle, sweaters
(Many thanks for everyone’s kind comments about the bunny pullover. I’ve been so focused on my Olympic knitting that email, blog-reading, and the like have fallen by the wayside, sorry!)
The Ravelry is doing a fun knit/crochet/spin/dye/whatever-along during the 2008 Olympics, with over 5500 members participating. I signed up with two projects and two teams: The [...]
Tags: anise, bernat, black, blue, colorwork, ewecanknit, fairisle, green, intarsia, kid, knitwhits, loon, olympics, pink, purple, ravelympics, socks, stranded, sweater, tan, white, yellow
