Frustration and Compulsion

I haven’t posted in a little bit because I’ve been too frustrated with my Noro washi and linen purse. I have about 10 rows left and no more linen This means that I have to rip back about that many rows so I can have enough to attach the handle, and then my [...]

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Cable Tutorial

you’re welcome Amanda…sorry about the crappy pictures.
Example is a 6 stitch front twist cable, twisted every 4th row. Do not attempt cables until you are comfortable with ribbing.
Step 1)work in p6,k6 rib for 4 rows. (remember that for ribbing you knit on the Right Side and purl on the Wrong Side, so row 2 will [...]

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random thoughts…

This will be my next haircut. Color included. I’ve always loved it, but because I’ve been afraid of bangs for some reason I’ve never gotten it. Also, any cut that only has one look kindof scares me, but then again I never do anything different with my hair anyway, so I’m being silly [...]

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SWAP!

So I finally got the Summer Interweave Knits Magazine that Amanda of Frenchtoastcake bought for me!She also sent along some lovely yarney goodness that I have no idea what to do with Including some goat-wool roving she dyed herself, and some unspun raw silk roving. Maybe I’ll learn to spin?In return I sent [...]

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new stitch!

My host-mom has this sweater with these beautiful stitch panels that I couldn’t figure out for the life of me, so I took some pictures and posted them in LJ Punk_knitters to ask for help, then ended up stumbling across exactly what it was by myself anyways It’s Brioche stitch, and it’s fabulous [...]

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close call

My LYS has had buckets and buckets of sale stuff since March, and I picked up a whole bunch of odds and ends including a few balls of Filatura di Crosa “Primo” 100% Wool that I thought would make a great felted purse. Since I don’t want to have to ship yarn home in August [...]

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lace hates me, but I love it anyway

I’m designing a halter-top using the rest of the chartruese cotton-rayon I used for my minisweater (I hope I have enough). I was looking for a lace edging to put along the bottom and came across This , and decided to try the second one. But not only does the pattern not seem to work [...]

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WIP Bamboo-handled purse!

I’m finally using that washi yarn I found for something… I’m knitting it with a ball of that linen I found the same day. It will be a small bamboo-handled purse, maybe for my friend’s birthday. I came up with an interesting way to show off the washi. I didn’t like how it got hidden [...]

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Key-hole minisweater alterations pattern

OK, so the yarn I used was 3 strands of cotton/rayon (67/33%) yarn (very shiny, NO stretch). The gauge came out to be 16st X 21st in 10cm knit fairly loosely on 6mm (size 10 US) needles.To get a similar drape, look, feel etc I would suggest trying Berroco Cotton Twist, KnitPicks Shine, or maybe [...]

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Finished! (except for buttons)

So, it’s not really a boobholder, considering I have no boobs to speak of And the neckline is way different. It’s sized a bit weird, and I did only half of the increases for the body.. strange pattern maybe. And of course I adjusted the gauge though, maybe that messed it up. I [...]

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