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WIPs and Woes

While I was knitting along on my Austermann sock at SnB Tuesday night, I thought that something didn’t look right about the color pattern. When I got home, I compared it to the finished sock.
Woe.

The color repeat of the blue-gray-ish color is not as long as it was for the first sock. It’s only about […]

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Curved Shawl Progress

I finished most of the body of the VLT Curved Shawl when I was in Detroit - I only had a few rows left to knit, so I decided to finish them up so I could get it off the needles. I still have the border to do, but I have a ton of commitments […]

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Curved Shawl, the beginning

I’ve started on the “Curved Shawl” from Victorian Lace Today, using the Jade Sapphire Lacey Lamb used in the book, but I’m knitting with US2 needles instead of US3 since I knit loosely and don’t want to run out of yarn. Sheesh, it’s like knitting with thread. In fact, I used quilting thread as lifelines. […]

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On the Money

Just had a couple of moments this morning for a quick Dollar-and-a-Half snapshot. My husband says he prefers the cardi without the t-shirt underneath. I don’t think I’ll be sharing that photo with you, though.

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Dollar Done!

My Dollar and a Half cardigan is done, and I’m quite happy with it. Even though I reduced the sleeve length by only doing 2″ of ribbing instead of 4″, they’re still quite long - down to my knuckles like in the pattern photos. When I blocked the body of the sweater, I pulled it […]

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