Little WIPs



Twas a rainy day in the capitol city, so much so that I'm glad it was warm enough to keep us from being up to our knees in snow. Yeah, it was a soaking wet day, but cooler temperatures could have made it a whole lot worse.After nearly [...]

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The A.V. Club Hipster DishragYarn: Lily The Original Sugar'n Cream (100% cotton; worsted weight)Color: Bright Navy and JuteNeedles: US 7sStitches: 40I'm sure you're sick of me writing about these by now. Rest assured that I'm posting this part just to fulfill the FO details for my own purposes, [...]

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South West Trading Company has issued a new sock book, Socks ala Carte, with innovative flip pages to help knitters design their own. They’ve also offered a free pattern from the book  on their website, for a pretty pair of socks called “Prestige”. A nice chance to give the book a little test drive before [...]

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This Christmas I wanted to make something special for my friends who write for The A.V. Club. What could be better than their outlet's logo knit as a dishcloth? Probably many things, but coming up with this pattern was within my skill set.Readers of comments appended to [...]

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The other day I was shopping at Amazon for my sister-in-law’s Christmas present, when I noticed that this book (which I had not seen before) was now shipping.  Since Folk Socks, which I was going to get, had a long shipping time (I ordered it from Knitpicks instead) I got this lovely book.  I’m so [...]

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Rough drafts



How did I make the secret project? Begin with knitPro. Use a pen to trace where three distinct circles should be and a colored pencil to indicate which blocks should be used for letters. Label row and stitch axes. Find an old envelope to scribble [...]

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I seem to be incapable of fixing the row count for this pattern myself, and I have outsourced the solution.
Here is the new and improved tech edited Russian Princess in Exile pattern.
I would like to apologize for the confusion the previous version caused.

Author: Parallax Knitting

Tags: free patterns, hats, knitting, patterns, yarn

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Gloomy day yarn

Since it’s a gloomy day here (we had snow and ice last night) and I have to go to work tonight (Advent reconciliation service) I thought I would cheer us all up with some random yarn prettiness.  These are the latest additions to my sock yarn stash.

Socks That Rock lightweight in Moonstone. I bought this [...]

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It is revealed



I know that I've been tantalizing you all with talk of a secret project. Now that it has reached its destination, I can reveal what it is.The dishcloths you see are my best attempt at reproducing The A.V. Club logo. My friend Donna, also a knitter, and [...]

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Stuck



I've cut back significantly on the Christmas knitting this year. I'm finding that decision to be a great relief. I've been in a bit of a knitting funk this December and am taking longer than usual to finish things. I've been busy, although when am I [...]

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