December 21, 2006
by Julie
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Sometimes a 15 year old boy just has to make cookies. Mine decided at 3:30 yesterday afternoon that he wanted to make cookies for all his friends so we pulled out so I dug out The Joy of Cooking Christmas … Continue reading
December 20, 2006
by Julie
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At this point in the year when the days are shortest my body clock gets confused and I begin to wake up at 4 am for some weeks. I usually get quite a bit of knitting done in those quiet … Continue reading
December 19, 2006
by Julie
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Yesterday morning I whipped up a "Cranberry Hat" using canKNITian‘s freshly minted Helping Hats pattern, hot off the presses. This is Plymouth Galway chunky I picked up last week at Wild and Woolly in Lexington. I went down a needle … Continue reading
December 18, 2006
by Julie
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Here’s the beginning of an olive sweater for Jason knit with Sierra from Knitpicks. It’s the cover pattern for Men In Knits and as is usual for me I’ve gone down a needle size to get gauge. This will give … Continue reading
December 17, 2006
by Julie
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The log cabin socks are complete with their very pointy toes. I really need to start doing measurements on my preferred toe so I can sub it more easily for the ones I’m less keen on. This yarn was perfect … Continue reading
December 16, 2006
by Julie
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And in my case it wasn’t Pooh’s delightful hunny bees but rather the sewing machine. Yesterday afternoon I put together some more sock needle rolls after an inspiring trip to the quilt shop where I found some gorgeous koi fabric … Continue reading
December 15, 2006
by Julie
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We are having some unseasonably warm weather right now and the cats are just in heaven. Winnie camped herself out on the bottom stairstep and soaked up the sun all day long. She didn’t even budge when I pulled out … Continue reading
December 14, 2006
by Julie
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After seeing button wreaths popping up all over blogland I decided to give it a go myself. I raided my button collection for some harmonious buttons and cut myself a wool felt backing then whipped out the glue gun and … Continue reading
December 13, 2006
by Julie
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Here’s the afghan square with ends woven in and blocked out to the right proportions. This is knit with Zara’s superwash merino size 4 needles using stitch number 307 from The New Knitting Stitch Library. It’s going out in the … Continue reading
December 12, 2006
by Julie
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I’m finally making good progress on my afghan square for Comforting Jenn. For some reason I always have a heck of a time getting gauge on my squares, probably because I never use a pattern rather I just choose a … Continue reading
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