Archives » October, 2006

Fino and Cashmere

Here’s my Alpaca With a Twist “Fino” purchase from yesterday (color is “ruby slippers”), along with my precious skein of Black Pearl Yarns 100% Cashmere, in colorway “Bamboo”, purchased from YarnBotanika. And oh, is it delicious. I think it will become a pair of wrist warmers. Either that or a neck warmer. Something to wear […]

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Lonesome Skeining

Waist pack and Dish cloth Originally uploaded by Hither-n-Yarn.
I finished the waist pack I was making as a gift. I knitted it on size 7 needles, and used less than one skein of Lion Cotton. Having several skeins of this yarn, I also started my very first dishcloth - the […]

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I Don’t Get It

It’s a gorgeous fall day today. I replaced the grass in my (tiny) front yard with water-wise perennials in the spring, and made sure to include plants that would give lots of color late in the year. And they’re certainly doing that! It’s much more interesting than the grass was.
I picked up a lovely hank […]

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Monday Musings

Last night I worked on my Waist Pack for the Lonesome Skein KAL and cast on for another Green Gable (this time it’s actually green!). I’m planning to take Green Gable to Philadelphia with me next week, and I wanted to have it already cast on and at least have a few rows knitted before […]

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I’m a Screamer

There are some days ya just wanna scream, aren’t there? Especially when you have to rip out hours of knitting. (That never happens, does it?) But screaming is very theraputic. I ran across this cute little doll at Big Lots the other day. If you press her belly, she screams like this. I thought it […]

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