Little Sophisticate

We’re still waiting for the little one (two weeks to my due date!), but I have another baby knit to show off. This is the Baby Sophisticate pattern, and I’m totally in love.  This is the 6-12 month size, but other Ravelers said it runs small. I hope this will be just the right size [...]

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Daybreak Shawl

The final shawl I have to show off is Stephen West’s Daybreak pattern. I saw this shawl going around Ravelry and loved it’s shape and style. I picked yarn that is outside the range of my normal color palette but I really like the results. This shawl is springy and energetic, and very easy to [...]

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Shawls, take two

Another shawl that I finished a while ago and photographed this weekend is the Eliina shawl.  I was lucky enough to receive a gift certificate to the Stitch House from a friend, and I decided to buy this beautiful purple cashmere yarn with it. I liked this shawl pattern because of it’s beautiful edging.  Of [...]

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Shawl Party, part 1

I’ve been really lax in getting these finished objects photographed, but in the past 6 months or so I’ve done a lot of shawl knitting. Now that the temperatures have warmed up a little, Tom and I were able to take some nice photos in the park. I’ll post a few shawls over the next [...]

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Down to the toes: baby footwear

I’ve also made a pair of baby socks and baby booties to warm the feet of the little one. These socks are from a pattern in the Summer 2005 Interweave Knits. I’ve used the pattern to make baby gifts for a couple of friends, and I think the results always come out cute.  I also [...]

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Take it from the top: baby hats

More baby craft goodness! I’ve made two little hats for our fashionable future baby. This first hat is the Greenleaf baby hat, which I made another version of a year ago for a friend’s new baby. I think it’s cute and classic. I made mine with a silk-wool combo that will hopefully be soft on [...]

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Vacation memories, in knit form

I was really impressed with the wonderful scenery Tom and I saw when we were on vacation in Oregon and Washington. While in Portland, I wanted to buy some yarn that reflected the environment around me so that I could knit a vacation memory. I bought three balls of Aslantrends Bariloche kettled dyed yarn from [...]

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Use It up: Juliet Scarf

This was finished a while ago, but I completed another Use it Up project by knitting the Juliet Scarf from some leftover Knitpicks Cotlin.

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Pay It Forward Package #1

A while ago I mentioned that I had received my Pay It Forward package from Phantom Moon, and last week I was able to send out my first package in return! Now that Curly Sue has received the package, I can share the contents with all of you.

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Use it Up: Fuzzy Lap Blanket

I managed to finish up another “Use It Up” project using yarn from my stash. This yarn was originally intended for a shawl, but it was the wrong weight. So I created the Fluffy Lap Blanket from Weekend Knitting: 50 Unique Projects and Ideas

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