A good yarn

Yarn budget? I don't need no stinkin' yarn budget!

nobody@vox.com(avanta7) — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:18:42 -0700

Normally, I don't hide yarn purchases from my spouse. I hid this one. 20 skeins at $14.00 per? Yeah, you'd hide it too. Of course, posting the evidence on a public blog more than likely defeats the purpose. But, then again, he doesn't read ...

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Knit one, crochet one

nobody@vox.com(avanta7) — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:57:52 -0700

I've had a book in my hands more often than yarn over the last couple of weeks. It's hard to juggle these two favorite pastimes when I've never been able to enjoy audiobooks. Reading has always been a tactile experience for me: the weight of th...

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The garter stitch shawl has found a home

nobody@vox.com(avanta7) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:01:45 -0700

My first big knit project, a mohair blend garter stitch shawl, has been sitting here for the last several weeks telling me it wants to go live with someone else. I finally decided it was right, and took it to work today to give to a purple-loving...

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Jordan's cardigan, finished!

nobody@vox.com(avanta7) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:55:34 -0700

Behold, the loveliness! The front. The back. The front, again. Detail of eyelet yoke. Now, let's hope it fits its recipient. Living some 1600 miles apart made in-progress fittings a tad difficult.

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Yarn overs

nobody@vox.com(avanta7) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:03:18 -0700

Hmm. Knitting eyelet isn't nearly the ordeal I thought it would be. Before I started, I read the little section on yarn-overs in Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Knitting (the most useful knitting resource book I own). If you don't have a your o...

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Rowan has entered the building

nobody@vox.com(avanta7) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:09:57 -0700

Recently, and courtesy of Ravelry, I discovered Rowan, and instantly became smitten with their patterns and their yarn. I subscribed to their pattern book, and my first copy arrived in the mail yesterday. With it came this nifty little lapel ...

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Allie's afghan, complete

nobody@vox.com(avanta7) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:47:19 -0700

Lookie! Isn't it pretty? Now to find her address and ship it out.

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Project progress

nobody@vox.com(avanta7) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:03:34 -0700

My niece's sweater (that's "jumper" to you UK folks) proceeds apace: Considering the sweater is intended for Jordan's autumn birthday and her first year in school (kindergarten, woo hoo!), I probably shouldn't let it take up so much of my time a...

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Recent projects, finished and otherwise

nobody@vox.com(avanta7) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:08:28 -0700

Picture heavy post! Two finished baby blankets for a friend who is having twins: Felted crochet hook pouch, to keep all my hooks in one place: A sweater for my youngest niece, in progress: And, because so many people around me are ha...

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New knitting toy

nobody@vox.com(avanta7) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:14:57 -0700

Just as I should never enter a bookstore alone, I should never go into Michael's alone. Yesterday, I was on the hunt for a particular yarn, and needed a couple of circular needles and some large-size crochet hooks. I didn't find the yarn. I fou...

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