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Finally Woke Up from my Knitting Funk
I gotta admit, after finishing The All Around Stitch Dictionary, I was knitted out. Completely and utterly knitted out. I was so knitted out, that all I knit were socks and little squares. I knit,...
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Fair Isle Vest, So Cal Style? Is that a Thing?
So, I'm going to the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool festival for book signings in October. Yes, Rhinebeck. For those of you not-yet-annointed (that would be me as well), it is a sheep and wool festival held...
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What a Relief: I Actually Do Like Knitting After All
Any serious sock knitter who takes themselves seriously, in all seriousness, has at least one pair on the needles, another pair whose second sock is knit halfway, and at least one new skein in the...
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Makers Gonna Make (no matter what)
About five weeks ago I had carpal tunnel release surgery on my dominant, right hand. This was the type where they cut and open part of your wrist and palm--not the endoscopic type.The worst part of the...
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Oh, Frogging!
They call it "frogging" or "tinking," and sometimes "ripping out." I guess it really depends on what you're doing. If you've just found an error and have to go back a row or two, it's called "tinking,"...
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The Trouble with Bringing Yarn on Trips
So this is me getting ready to leave for a week-long camping trip, but not the peachy skin part--that's a filter (anything orange-y is my favorite, even if it is my skin).Next to me is a stack of...
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An Extra Skein is Like an Extra Seat at a Table
So I took two skeins of yarn with me for our week-long camping trip. I remember I was wondering if I should just take one, because I'd probably not really have time or the inclination to knit due to...
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No-Think Socks? I Think So!
My mom was a woman of short cuts. If there was a product out there labeled "instant," she'd be on it. Once, she painted the living room and kept changing the color because it wasn't quite right. Then,...
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The New Edition of Vogue Knitting: The Ultimate Knitting Book
Wow!I got my hands on the new edition of Vogue Knitting and "Wow" is pretty much my summation.When I first started knitting (again) in 2002 or so, I picked up the earlier edition because I'm one of...
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Look Away!
If you're some sort of a knitting purist or something like that, then you might want to look away. Because I just did some major knitting surgery.I've been in a knitting funk, partially because I've...
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Clever Chevy
Let me tell you, I started this pattern three years ago. Three!I have always had this love for Missoni. That chevron and all the colors. Like many other knitters, I thought that I could select a bunch...
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