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FO: Summer Purse

Finished the Summer Purse: I really don't like sewing things together. Attaching the strap was hard, it's a canvas webbing belt, and I doubled it at the ends to keep it from fraying. The button is a wooden octagon I picked up in a fabric store,

The Great Unknown

I am going to try knitting Faina's Scarf by Fiber Trends. It's a geometric lace scarf, to be knit with Elsebeth Lavold's Silky Wool in Dawn Rose (colour 12), which is a dusty pink colour. I was planning to knit the Koigu Patch of

Life and knitting

On Monday I discovered the cure for the common cold, it works almost instantly. Struck oil in the back yard on Tuesday and invented a car engine that runs on cold fusion lunchtime today. My cat Quantum got nominated for the Nobel Prize for Economics and the novel I wrote

Pattern help

Came in to work to find a pretty bag containing two balls of Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted yarn, and a lovely card from Nancy. Thank you! Cuddly soft yarn in a good colour, what in the world do I knit with it? It happened that today was a mite chilly

Saturday random

Saw AAA get into my friends locked car in under five minutes, turning up only thirty five minutes after they were called. Wonderful service! I've never seen anyone break into a car before. Taught two people to knit today, mother and daughter. It went surprisingly well. Got a

Opal

New Opal sock yarn is coming out, four collections later this year. The Rainforest collection has some good colours, especially the Fish, Flamingo, Owl, and Tiger. No, it's not the legendary Opal Tiger, but it looks like the same colours.

Factoids

Remind me never to drink a whole can of Redbull. Never again. Jittery and fast-forward-speed all morning, much to the amusement of my officemates, dull and nauseaus all afternoon. Next time I'm sticking with grapefruit juice. Still working on the back of the summer purse. Planned out the

Summer purse

Finished the front of my handbag. I think I'm going to need a fastener. There is an inset pocket, topped off with a half inch of contrast-coloured ribbing. I like it so far. There will be a patch pocket inside the back, and contrast-coloured sides and base. I

Design mine

I started making the new purse. The front is mostly knitted now, it's lime, turquoise and yellow variegated Lily Sugar n Cream, the inset pocket is lime Sugar n Cream. Picked up a light blue canvas belt in an army surplus store to use as the strap. Pictures

Houston, we have a problem

I had this nifty idea. Knit a blanket out of all the leftover bits of yarn! Then each time you see it, it will remind you of all the wonderful projects you've completed, it will be a piece of living history. Nice idea. I got this far with

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