29 Feb 2008, 6:26am
in knitting, shawls or stoles
by limedragon
18 comments

English Crystal

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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18 Feb 2008, 6:54am
in knitting, shawls or stoles
by limedragon
14 comments

Relax!

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. more »

Harmony

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). more »

4 Feb 2008, 6:54am
in accessories, knitting
by limedragon
10 comments

ID10T

(Surprise! I have finally rolled out my new blog theme. Simple, but cute, and totally me. Stop by and check it out!)

Remember these socks? Frogged them. I thought the yarn (Omo) would be nice with something lacy. How about Jeanie? Pretty cables and dropped stitches? What could not be more fun? more »

21 Jan 2008, 6:08am
in knitting, socks
by limedragon
16 comments

Veni, vidi, vici

Remember these terrible, horrible, no good, very bad socks? I was tired of them hanging around, unfinished and making this knitter all kinds of unhappy.

No more!

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16 Jan 2008, 7:24am
in accessories, knitting
by limedragon
14 comments

Goldilocks

When I started putting away the few colors of left over Wool-Ease I had pulled from stash for the Gansey Watch Cap, it occurred to me that I could make my own marled yarn by mixing and holding different color strands together as one yarn.

But what to make? Hats! I needed to add a couple more to my packet for Cornerstone.

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7 Jan 2008, 7:09am
in accessories, knitting
by limedragon
20 comments

A little cheese, a little whine

I cast-on for my first project of the new year last Friday. I was full of excitement, hope, and knitting promise. The yarn was a good match for the pattern, light colored with good stitch definition. A very good start!

ganseycuff.jpg

Alas, the most unexpected and most terrible thing happened! more »

4 Jan 2008, 6:23am
in knitting
by limedragon
23 comments

Rationing

Last year, I half-heartedly said I would knit from stash. I did OK with this, but I also added too much to stash. Looking through my archives, there’s a definite pattern: most of the shopping happened during November and December. Is it a pathological need to stock up on woolly goods in preparation for the cold winter?

Anyway! I’ve decided to come up with a “yarn regimen” in part inspired by Knittymama’s Ten Project Challenge. To keep a lid on the impulse shopping, I’ll keep a list of yarns, colorways, or other items to purchase. That way, I’ll have some kind of guidelines in hand when I can shop.

But before I go into details about the yarn regimen, I want to outline some personal knitting goals I would like to accomplish this year. more »

 
  
 
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