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Category Archives: Knitting
Waffles for Brunch for Botswana
I still haven’t made my first “grownup” sweater–I have all the yarn for Ardent but the daunting task of the knitting math needed to alter the sizing means that for now, I’m sticking to my old habit of easy, instant-gratification … Continue reading
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Colorado spinning
A few weeks ago I took a quick trip back to Colorado to visit family and friends. I stopped by my old LYS, where I’m pretty sure I ended up leaving Maggie Casey with the impression that all Montreal knitters … Continue reading
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Avoiding pain while knitting
Like every other knitter on the planet right now, I’m making a slouchy beret-type hat. I’m using a variation on purse stitch, an open lacey stitch that in this case is achieved by alternating rows of *yo, p2tog* with *yo, … Continue reading
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quick and easy (mismatched) mittens
Using a basic, any-yarn/any-gauge mitten pattern from Kate Gilbert, I dashed off these mittens a few weeks ago: Unfortunately, while the first mitten fits great, the top decreases on the second were completed after I’d had a few bottles of … Continue reading
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Striped baby footwear for Botswana
A while back I found out about a drive for handmade items to be sent to Botswana with a doctor who founded an HIV/AIDS clinic there. The Botswana Project is in its third round of donations, having already sent dozens … Continue reading
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Turkish knitting, and a long-forgotten library book
Several years ago, back when I was still a fairly new knitter, I started working on some patterns from a book called Hats On! by Charlene Schurch. In a few of the patterns the author makes reference to a book … Continue reading
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FO: handspun polar bear
A friend of mine is moving from Montreal to Dubai, along with her husband and one-year-old daughter. For Iseult’s first birthday, I made this little polar bear as a memento of her Canadian birthplace. The pattern came from here, and … Continue reading
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