Cabled Sheep

International Knitting

cheryl — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:17:40 +0000

My next project is one I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. I bought a few Japanese pattern books, and have been anxious to give one of the patterns a try, but I’ve been a bit nervous about figuring out the pattern. But really, I shouldn’t be. The schematics are very detailed, and [...]

by Cheryl
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WIP Wednesday

cheryl — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:29:57 +0000

After an overload of stockinette, I’m taking a break with garter stitch.

It’s another Baktus, made with some beautiful red Zauberball from Heather. This time I’m just knitting it from the ball, rather than doing alternating stripes. Quick and easy, and mindless other than the increases and decreases. I’ve just made it past the center point, [...]

by Cheryl
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Oscar Musings

cheryl — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:39:26 +0000

I don’t watch the Academy Awards every year, and even when I do, it seems like I’ve rarely seen any of the nominated films. But this year I gave it a whirl.
Because I didn’t realize the show started so early, I missed the first half hour. Which means I missed most of Steve Martin and [...]

by Cheryl
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Radar

cheryl — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:34:16 +0000

Have you checked out Ravelry’s Finished Objects Radar? It’s a live feed of photos from projects being marked as finished.
In other random news, the weirdness of the “The Wizard of Oz” themes in the movies I watched must certainly have been the universe’s way of leading me to this, thanks to Chris:
Bobby McFerrin does a [...]

by Cheryl
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FO: Citron

cheryl — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:04:13 +0000

Citron is finally done!

I thought it would be done days ago, but I had severe ruffle trauma. First I got to row 9 or 10 of the ruffle (out of 11 rows), and was wondering why I had SO MUCH YARN LEFT. Heh. Because when I was doing the increase row for the ruffle, I [...]