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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Tour de Fleece 2011 (part four)

This Tour de Fleece is the most spinning I've done in months, and I want to keep up the momentum. One thing I learned from National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is that a deadline has magical motivating power. I will aim to spin three more skeins in 2011,

Tour de Fleece 2011 (part three)

Knitting goes by the wayside during the Tour de Fleece, restricted to lunchtimes at work and some time at the karate studio between and before classes. The knitted projects currently being neglected are an Aria Delicato lace scarf, and a hemp wash cloth using doubled laceweight yarn. I'm

Tweets for July 1st to July 15th

* "Quotes are free, friendly, helpful, and sometimes we have cookies" (from a business card). Shouldn't all businesses be like that? * Welcome to Missouri, where the outfit you wore for the blistering hot morning weather is utterly wrong for the stormy rainy afternoon. * Tuesday back to work

Tour de Fleece 2011 (part two)

My spinning is done on the futon sofa in the craft room, with my laptop on the nightstand playing a familiar movie or TV episode. I have natural light from a big bay window until the sun goes down and plenty of space for Quantum the cat to curl up

Tour de Fleece 2011 (part one)

I think this will be a wheel-only spinning tour, my Majacraft Rose is finally getting some love. I'm going to have a plying day soon but for now it's all singles all the time. I'm working on roving that's a blend of

FO: Kauni Citron

This was my first Kauni project, I think it turned out well. Pattern: Citron from Knitty (Ravelry link) Yarn: Kauni Wool 8/2 Effektgarn in EZ Needles: US6 (mm) Duration: 9th June to 25th June Ravelry project: Kauni Citron I made some modifications to this pattern. Increases were done as

Tweets for June 16th to June 30th

* Black tea, milk, sugar / kettle steam and shiny spoon, / a moment of calm. #TuesdaysAreForHaiku * Found a Ferrero Rocher on my mousepad when I came back from the status meeting, but from whom? My whole team was in the meeting with me... * PSA: If you care about someone and do nothing,

Knitting with Kauni

I've been curious about Kauni yarn for some time. Picked up two skeins in the Kirkwood Knittery 50% off sale at the end of May and started making a Citron shawl (Ravelry link) with it. Both my skeins are 150g with 656yds of sportweight yarn, I have one

Tweets for June 1st to June 15th

* Things you don't want to hear in sparring class #1: "I'm fine. I didn't like those teeth anyway." * This day brought to you by the number 6500, the letters R, P, and M, and the volume cranked up to 11. * Car sales

FO: Dew Point Shrug

This is the first non-accessory garment I have knit entirely on my own. I had help from my mother to make the two cardigans and two sweaters I produced in the 1990s. I've knit plenty of socks, hats, shawls, and scarves since then, but no garments. Until now:

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