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2009: Planning

Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, yarn stash

I recently upgraded WordPress on this blog and decided a makeover was in order. It took several tries (I hoped to find a magazine style layout that worked to my liking, but no luck), and I really like the new look. Fresh and simple at the same time. I hope you all like it too. [...]

Tags: afghan, goals, handwarmers, hessian, knitting, list, lopi, money, parents, patterns, ravelry, shawl, site updates, socks, stash, sweater, theme, wordpress, yarn, yarn diet

Read more | Comments (8) | January 5, 2009

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

Read more | Comments (8) | August 20, 2008

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