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Project planning: Forest Canopy Shawl

Happy Star Wars Day! (May the Fourth Be With You...) Maybe it's because I've knit three pairs of socks this year. Maybe it's because of the purple wrap I wore to Sehlat's wedding. Maybe I'm going slightly mad. Whatever it

FO: Martha's Orchard socks

If they were purple, they'd be Martha's Vineyard socks, but she prefers red. Got this yarn on my birthday excursion to The Loopy Ewe. Yarn: Apple Laine in Red Delicious Pattern: Mine (2x2 rib and braided cable, Sherman toe and heel, picot cast-off) Gauge: 9st/in

Impending sheep fest

Three firsts in one weekend: first solo plane trip, first visit to Maryland, and first Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival! My best friend Rox moved out to Maryland in September and neither of us have been to a fibre festival before. Both of us are knitters and spinners (although that&

Perception of handmade quality

The trouble with knitting a pair of socks for someone with feet five sizes bigger than your own is that progress is slow, and thus not much blog fodder. She tried on the almost-completed sock Wednesday night. "It fits!" The look of pleased shock on her face was

Socks in pockets

Picked up a Circular Solutions port-a-pocket last weekend. It's just big enough to hold yarn and a sock in progress, with a tape measure and Chibi in the outer pockets. It fits in my day bag and keeps the yarn clean, and the fabric is sturdy. Definitely recommended

Travel bug launch

I had a horrible hunch the Slayer sock wasn't going to work. Too tight on one needle, too loose on on the next size up. Frogged the sock and the yarn's in time out. So I made this instead, Loopy's Red Sock Kit that

Snapshot - March 2007

Reading: Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko. Writing: A mystery short story, and editing my 2006 NaNoWriMo novel for Bristow. Listening to: Witching Hour by Ladytron. Knitting: Chiral socks (my own design) with Sweet Georgia Superwash Sock in Slayer from The Loopy Ewe. Spinning: 2oz hand-dyed tussah silk from Spunky Eclectic.

Birthday relaxation

I try and take a day off work for my birthday every year, so today I took a field trip to The Loopy Ewe looking for some red yarn. After someone nearly peeled the socks off my feet yesterday, it seemed expedient to knit her some of her own. I

FO: Elfine Tofutsies

Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit. And it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit, either. Elizabeth Zimmerman Pattern: Elfine Lace socks (PDF pattern file) Yarn: SWTC Tofutsies colour 728 ("Three Feet Short") Gauge: 9 st/in on 2.5mm needle, using Magic Loop technique Modifications: Sherman

Projects in all directions

The second Elfine lace sock is coming along nicely (though you can't see the pattern on sock #1 in the photo), and I'm planning something different for the next pair: Sweet Georgia yarn in Slayer red from The Loopy Ewe. I'll be putting slow

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