a day late…a dollar short?

I know that I promised to post pictures yesterday and I didn’t.  I forgot.  Mea culpa.
This weekend I visited my friend at her new store, Spirit Wind West (where my jewelry is on consignment) and bought a couple greeting cards.  This is one of them; I had to frame it and put it in my [...]

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it’s about time!

I finally finished these socks

Took me long enough. Pictures of completion to come.  But I have the itch to knit again and am casting on another pair of socks tonight from the book, Socks from the Toe Up, by Wendy Johnson.  I think either Tic Tac Toe Up Socks or Serpentine Socks or Labyrinth Socks [...]

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pooling. and not the swimmy kind.

Socks that Rock Lightweight in Little Bunny Foo Foo.   I do not like the pooling that occurs with STR.  I won’t be using STR for socks anymore unless someone can tell me:
1.  a colorway in which this does not happen
2.  how to knit socks with STR in a special, magical way that stops this from [...]

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marge’s socks

I finally completed my Aunt Marge’s socks last night.  I blocked them and shot them this morning and after posting I’ll pack them up and send them off to her.
Wha la-

Spring Forward socks, pattern by Linda Welch
Yarn:  Koigu (KPPPM) P324, 2 skeins (actually, 1.75 skeins)
Needles:  KP fixed circulars, 32″ 2.75mm with help from KP dpns [...]

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guess what i finally did today?

I have two pairs of hand knit socks. I’ve knit a couple other pairs, but these I’ve knit for myself (meaning, my big, huge feet with an unusually high arch).  I haven’t worn them yet because as much work as I put into them, I didn’t want to ruin them, get a hole in [...]

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