Knitted History
FOs: Getting Ready for Fall
Hat: Live Dangerously, Don’t Swatch Hat by Susan Lawrence. Made with just over just more than 1 skein of Knitpicks Swish Superwash (100% superwash merino wool, color: Merlot Heather) on #7 bamboo DPNs and 16″ circular needle. Started: September 16, 2007 Completed: September 21, 2007 First, the bad news: This hat doesn’t fit me. It’s [...]
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FO: Bibs for Baby Girl W.
It seems like it’s been a LONG time since I’ve had a finished object. I guess, since there are three, that I should really say Finished Objects. Bibs: Baby Bib O’ Love from Mason Dixon Knitting. Each used just less than one ball of Lily Sugar’n Cream Solid (100% Cottton, colors: Hot Blue, Hot Orange, [...]
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FO Friday: Dorrie’s Longies
Pattern: Longies by Little Turtle Knits. Two hanks of Vermont O-Wool in Cornflower (100% organic wool) on size #6 & #8 Knitpicks Options Circular needles and DPNs. Started: April 2007 Finished: June 2007 Mods: None Months (and months, and months, and months) ago, my friend Leah requested some wool longies for her daughter, Dorrie. Leah [...]
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FO Monday: Socks
Socks off the needles and on my feet – or, on my sock blockers, as the case may be. Socks: Monkey Socks by Cookie A from Knitty. One hank of Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight in Carbon Dating (100% superwash merino wool) on size #1.5 Knitpicks DPNs. Started: June 15, 2007 Finished: [...]
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Finished Object – Ice Cream Monkeys
I don’t think I’ve ever knit a pair socks this quickly. Here are my finished Ice Cream Monkey socks, so named because they remind me of Neapolitan ice cream: Socks: Monkey Socks by Cookie A from Knitty. One hank of Yarntini Variegated in Pure Knits colorway (100% superwash merino wool) on size #1.5 Knitpicks DPNs. [...]
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Finished Objects – Finally!
The weather cooperated this weekend, and I was able to go out in our new shared backyard and take a few pictures. I have to say – I felt a little strange, arranging my knitted objects and my yarns just-so in the grass and on the steps, and then photographing them. I almost wished my [...]
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FO Friday: Short Row Hat, Round 2
This looks a little better than my last try, don’t you think? Hat: Short Row Hat by Vernoik Avery, free pattern from Interweave Knits. Made with just over just more than 1 skein of South West Trading Company’s Karaoke (50% Soysilk, 50% wool, color: Mermaid Mix) on #7 Clover bamboo straight needles, and #6 DPNs [...]
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FO Friday – Mistake Rib Scarf
I thought I’d have a different FO to post today, but this will have to do. Scarf: Mistake Rib Scarf, made with 2 and a half balls of Rowan Yorkshire Tweed Chunky (100% wool, color: Flames) on #10.5 Crystal Palace bamboo straight needles. Started: November 2, 2006 Completed: December 30, 2006 (close enough to 2007 [...]
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FO: Jaywalking
I’m finally finished with my second Jaywalker socks: It’s nice to work in an office where I can close the door! Socks: Jaywalkers by Grumperina. Two skeins of Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock (80% Superwash Wool, 20% Nylon – color: Georgetown) on two 2.5mm Addi Turbo circulars (and DPNs for 2nd toe decreases). Started: 6/17/06 Finished: [...]
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