FO: Ready to go public

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Pretty Raspberry Citron

Eleven days from start to finish.  Not a bad pace for me given that there were 440+ stitches at the end.  You’ll see from the finished product that I did not add a ruffle.  Why not?  Observe that little twist of yarn.  When you’ve only got a few yards to play with, [...]

If this is Chicago...

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The beer must be green.  The river must be green.  What you’re wearing must be green, for today, everyone in Chicago is Irish!  It’s a tradition – just like having two St. Patrick’s day parades: one for the Northside Irish and one for the Southside Irish.  Here in Chicago, what part of town you’re from matters.  [...]

Making Raspberry Progress

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Citron-In-Progress

Oh, the joys of ruching! I hadn’t read through the pattern beforehand so I had no idea that the ruching in Citron was all that easy.  But so it is. The only item of note: do not use kfb (knit front and back) as your M1. Instead, use the pick-up between stitches method. It’ll [...]