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Belated Birthday

Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, sweaters

After almost two months of crazy deadlines, I was eager to knit something at a relaxed pace. Since my birthday was coming up, I thought I ought to make myself something. I chose this design, because I thought it might go well with my dresses.

Tags: birthday, buttons, cardi, cardigan, cotton, cropped, green, hexacomb, hexagons, interweave knits, just for me, katie himmelberg, purple, silk, somerset, texture

Read more | Comments (16) | June 29, 2009

Nobody named Ryan here

Posted by limedragon | Filed under accessories, knitting, stranded or fair isle

(Note 1: Sorry about the spot of technical difficulties; after I first published this post, it unpublished itself somehow, and when I went back to reset the status, half the information was gone, so I had to reconstruct it. Note 2: What the heck? It happened AGAIN! I’m not gonna re-reconstruct this silly (and [...]

Tags: braid, earflaps, gray, interweave knits, lambs pride, red, ryan's hat, stranded

Relax!

Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, shawls or stoles

Many thanks to everyone who left encouraging comments regarding my worries about the Logan River Wrap. I took

Tags: challenge, interweave knits, kathmandu aran, logan river wrap, mile, miriam l felton, purple, stashdown

Read more | Comments (14) | February 18, 2008

Rustic

Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, shawls or stoles

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 [...]

Tags: cable, dropped stitches, interweave knits, jeanie, kathmandu aran, knitty, miriam l felton, purple, queensland collection, stole, webs

Read more | Comments (9) | February 8, 2008