I started digging the garden today in my quest for my own home grown flax:
I am quite tired now. I have spent practically my entire adult life living in apartments and am wimpy about digging. I figure that if I dig about this much every day left this week, I will be ready [...]
May 17th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
Okay, so I was a little disheartened about the whole Christmas present sweater fiasco. I was so demoralized about having to undo the stitching and unraveling the sleeve caps (again) that I kept procrastinating on fixing the problem. Then my mother came to visit, and she suggested just pinning the extra fabric, stitching [...]
May 17th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
I have finally convinced my boyfriend to take some better pictures of me in Lyra’s coat:
It is also just warm enough to actually wear it.
Author: Parallax Knitting
Tags: cardigans, Fibre, flax, free patterns, handspun, ideas, knitting, linen, patterns, spinning, sweaters, yarn
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May 15th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
I got this yarn in the mail a couple days ago, but I haven’t had time to write about it yet:
It’s from Brooklyn Handspun, and it’s called Instant Gratification in the “Kinda Camo” colourway.
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May 15th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
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May 15th, 2008 by knittingclub in knitting
This weekend we drove from Vancouver to Saskatoon. This is not really knitting related, but here are some pictures from west to east:
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Tags: Fibre, flax, handspun, horticulture, ideas, linen, spinning, Uncategorized, yarn
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Here is the first PDF of the patterns I published in Magknits of the last few years:
Kaleidoscope
If you are interested in the yarn I used, please see Princess Farms’ website.
If you like the pattern and want to see more, consider making a donation:
Or check out my patterns for sale.
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