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By Karen B. FO: Blue Garter Kerchief My handspun sock yarn version of Laura Chau’s kerchief turned out even better than I expected. Since I knit in the slow lane, it took an entire week for me to finish and pin to the blocking board (thank Jeebus for blocking wires!). Recall that I used two 200 yard skeins of Crown [...] By Karen B. Several weeks ago, I made myself a promise. Yes, I’ve made lots of them but this one I actually kept. I decreed that there would be no new projects until I finished this shawl. Only then might I even consider other suitors. Now that the hooks are put away and the steam iron’s cool, I’d like [...] By Karen B. At its most basic, that’s all knitting really is, isn’t it? Loops over loops. Only when we apply these under-over-through actions to the loops in a consistent, uniform way do we begin to see the loops build upon one another into a cohesive fabric. This is something that has fascinated me of late. Just how differently designing [...] By Karen B. I originally had no intention of committing to any more deadlines, since lately I’m finding them little more than a recipe for failure. Grand plans. Not keeping up. The usual blah-blah. So why in heaven’s name did I let friend Rachel persuade me to hop onto another Ravelry knit-along (KAL) bandwagon? This time, it’s all [...] By Karen B. Sadly, for the past week or so, I’ve been doing everything but. I’ve done a few more repeats on the ZigZag scarf but nothing that bears a photo update: “Oh, look! It’s longer than last time.” Yawn. Aside from the usual blah-blah (doctor) blah-blah, there’s been quite a bit of design thinking (and sketching, planning, coloring, procurement) [...] |
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