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FO Friday: Surprise Baby Blanket 23 Aug 2013 | 04:25 pm
Pattern: Surprise by Cinzia New York Yarn: Berroco Vintage DK Needle Size: US 8 (5 mm) Modifications: I used a fairly lightweight yarn on biggish needles for a very drapey blanket... almost a wrap,...
Year of Projects 3: Hundred Acre Woods 01 19 Aug 2013 | 03:59 am
SOCKTOPUS: Totally Vanilla • Kandahar • V Junkie • Kwalia • Farmer McGregor • Shur'tugal • 2luvcrew • Vorticity • Rumpled! • Crowley • Om Shanti • Mince Pie Mayhem • Hundred Acre Wood • De Stijl • Fio...
Work-in-Progress Wednesday 7 Aug 2013 | 05:12 pm
For the last several weeks my focus has been almost exclusively on socks - mostly because I signed up for a Socktopus KAL in May and by the time I cast on the first sock I was almost three pairs behin...
Year of Projects 3: Spring Shoots 02 4 Aug 2013 | 06:45 pm
SOCKTOPUS: Totally Vanilla • Kandahar • V Junkie • Kwalia • Farmer McGregor • Shur'tugal • 2luvcrew • Vorticity • Rumpled! • Crowley • Om Shanti • Mince Pie Mayhem • Hundred Acre Wood • De Stijl • Fio...
Finished Object Friday 2 Aug 2013 | 06:38 pm
Pattern: Shark Week by Lisa Grossman (Tsarina of Tsocks), size Large Yarn: Cascade Heritage in Snow and Grey Colourways The flesh colour was created by tea-dyeing 80 yds of Snow Needle Size: US 0 (2...
Work-in-Progress Wednesday 31 Jul 2013 | 05:06 pm
This sock pattern - Spring Shoots - has very unusual construction. The foot is knit as a closed tube, and then a row is cut open at the midline of the ankle to add an "afterthought leg". It's Cat Bord...
Year of Projects 3: Spring Shoots 01 28 Jul 2013 | 05:46 pm
SOCKTOPUS: Totally Vanilla • Kandahar • V Junkie • Kwalia • Farmer McGregor • Shur'tugal • 2luvcrew • Vorticity • Rumpled! • Crowley • Om Shanti • Mince Pie Mayhem • Hundred Acre Wood • De Stijl • Fio...
Year of Projects 3: Caretta Caretta 02 21 Jul 2013 | 09:37 pm
SOCKTOPUS: Totally Vanilla • Kandahar • V Junkie • Kwalia • Farmer McGregor • Shur'tugal • 2luvcrew • Vorticity • Rumpled! • Crowley • Om Shanti • Mince Pie Mayhem • Hundred Acre Wood • De Stijl • Fio...
Finished Object Friday 19 Jul 2013 | 04:17 pm
Pattern: Tea Cosy by Yasmin Yarn: Loops & Threads Soft and Shiny Needle Size: US 7 (4.5 mm) Modifications: I made a pompom in place of the crocheted decorative topper. Comments: In fact I don't ow...
Work-in-Progress Wednesday 17 Jul 2013 | 05:26 pm
This week I'm concentrating on my second Shark Week Sock. It's an unusual pattern - sock two is an entirely different pattern than sock one. Sock one showed a shark swallowing a leg from the bottom up...
