Sorry I haven’t updated in awhile. My laptop has been on the verge of dying- running at a crawl and randomly losing the wireless card completely. Oddly enough, I accidentally slammed it on the coffee table and now it works fine. Heh.
I have been knitting a ton- mostly for my vendor table at the Parlour. [...]
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I designed this pattern for the intermediate knitter- it uses simple cable and slip stitches and is easy to memorize. Works up quickly, it’s nice and stretchy, woo hoo, no more chilly hands. Comment below with any questions or concerns.
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This project started awhile back- before I left Saint Louis, really. I wanted one of those really posh sweaters from Urban Outfitters or Anthropologie, but I wanted to knit it myself, AND from clearance dollar-a-skein, yet still alluring yarn. The sweater this is based on is long gone, but it has my seven favorite features: [...]
Three weddings in one week (including my own !!!)… it must be June! This was a gift I was able to finish in a few evenings. I seem to have a problem with colorwork- not that it’s particularly hard, mind you, just that my mind wanders and I’ll do the same two rows several times. [...]
This was a very easy project with awesome results. It’s the kind of thing you can finish in one afternoon, and makes a good gift item. I used a simple feather & fan stitch, but you could use any other difficult lace stitch you want to practice before jumping into a giant shawl or sweater.
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Since this is my most “hearted” finished object on ravelry, I guess it would a good place to start to offer a tutorial. I’ve tried a few different “fishnet” type projects, including Stitch ‘n Bitch’s “Quick-n-Dirty Fishnets” and Knitty’s “Lolita Legs”. After altering “Lolita Legs” quite a bit, I came up with this:
They are much [...]
