Just Knitting Around

Black Russian 2

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Finished! It’s Blocking! Next stop–New York City!!

Faux Russian in the dyepot1

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Faux Russian in the dyepot. The water has almost cooled, and the dye is not fully exhausted. Maybe I used a little too much dye? I cooked it for about an hour, and it has been cooling over 3 hours.

Black Dye Job Yarn

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Here is the remainder of the yarn from the Faux Russian. I test dyed it black this morning and I think it came out pretty good. The shawl is in the dyepot now.

Faux Russian 100%

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At 12:30 AM EST I finiished the knitting of the Faux Russian. I am going to leave the grafting for tomorrow since I am so tired I annot see straight. Tomorrow I dye and block, Wednesday I pack and Thursday I leave for the Big Apple.

Faux Russian 75%

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No time to blog. Must. Keep. Knitting. The Faux Russian is now 75% complete. I started the second hank of yarn. Its a good thing I ordered it. My goal is to dye on Monday. Will I make it?
Can you name that tune?

Snow 3

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I got a bit of knitting done on the shawl and reached the halfway point last night. This picture is why I got caught up last weekend after falling behind. Without the big snow, I never would have gotten this far since I was supposed to […]

A few weeks ago I was in Yans and Fabrications and saw a little bag on display. It was the Clutch You’ll Never Give Up from One Skein. It was so cute, so one skein of Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bulky and a couple of hours later, I had this:
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(Pen included for […]

Beaded Rib Bearfoot

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I am working on a pair of socks in Mountain Colors Bearfoot, my favoirte sock yarn, in a beaded rib. I am doing these separate rather than two at at time like I usually do, up since I am showing a friend how to knit a toe up sock. […]

Faux Russian

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I do love a good white Russian. This one is a pretender. It is the Faux Russian Stole from a Gathering of Lace. My plan is to wear it when I go to New York at the end of the month. I wanted something classy for the symphony […]

STR hole

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I blew out the heels in my Socks That Rock.
I finished them in April of 2006. I still had some of the original yarn (look how it has faded though) and bought some brown wooly nylon to reinforce it, and I am going to snip a stitch, unravel the heel, […]

Bucket Hat

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I really liked this pattern, which is the Chick Knits Bucket Hat. I think a slightly snugger fit might be better, but I was afraid to felt it more since I didn’t want it to shrink any more in height. All in all, a good pattern and a […]