Category Archives: Knitting

Alpaca toque

Posted on September 14, 2007 by Leslie

Remember that handspun alpaca yarn I made? Well, I went ahead a knit a toque with it. I knit it on size 8 (US) needles and used a mock cable pattern in place of ribbing. The decreasing at the top … Continue reading →

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Cabled toque

Posted on September 4, 2007 by Leslie

This knit up incredibly fast–just a few days. I used Jaeger Shetland yarn in grey tweed (recycled from a handknit sweater I bought, much too large for me ever to wear) and adapted this pattern. The original called for bulky … Continue reading →

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Thank you Nadia!

Posted on September 1, 2007 by Leslie

Believe what you may have already heard: Ravelry is, in fact, the best thing ever to happen to knitting online. There’s something very satisfying (and not just because of my OCD tendencies) about being able to log and catalogue all … Continue reading →

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Baby Blanket FO

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Leslie

Pattern: Estonian Lullaby Baby Blanket, from Fibertrends. Yarn: Dale Baby Ull, in yellow (a bit more than 6 skeins). Needles: Size 6 Denise circs. Notes: I knit this for the recently-born daughter of some friends of mine. It’s not a … Continue reading →

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Monkey FO

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Leslie

I knit this monkey a while back for a friend’s daughter’s third birthday. She was born in the year of the monkey and has a lot of monkey-themed stuff, so it seemed like a good choice. The pattern was from … Continue reading →

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Sachet FO

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Leslie

This was the wee sachet cover I was working on, out of lace/fingering-weight alpaca spun on my drop spindle (cotton sachet bag on the left, sachet cover on the right): And here it is in finished form: The sachet was … Continue reading →

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Handspun sachet WIP

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Leslie

The sachet WIP: The one on the left is the actual cotton sachet (filled with lavender and rose petals). I’ve knit the sachet holder (on the right), it just needs to be finished. Ugh I hate seaming so much! I … Continue reading →

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