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A hat in 36 hours.

Posted in Age of Aquarius hat, gift knitting on January 14th, 2005 1 Comment »

I’d make this hat again – it was better than Cats.

Does this look like ribbing to you?

Posted in YAPOPVS (yet another pair of plain vanilla socks), gift knitting on July 22nd, 2004 6 Comments »

Whenever I knit ribbing, the first few rows look wonky, leading me to ask questions like “was my cast-on too loose?” or “am I a bad knitter?” however, pressing on yields fine results.

I should have made the I-cord first.

Posted in Booga Bag, gift knitting on May 29th, 2004 2 Comments »

Much like my trials with the circular cast on, I have now decided that the creation of any serious amount of I-cord is a reason not to do a project. Knit five, slide, knit five, repeat five hundred times. I don’t care that it seemed to go fast when I applied myself (applied…I-cord…get it? Hee.) [...]

The way of the knitter.

Posted in Booga Bag, gift knitting on May 21st, 2004 3 Comments »

I have a gift to make by Memorial Day weekend, and it’s going well – a Booga Bag for my friend Amy. This is a landmark project for me; when I started knitting again nearly a year ago, I called Amy and said “I want to make you a bag.” We went back and forth [...]

Swatch, and swatch again.

Posted in gift knitting on July 13th, 2003 3 Comments »

Off to France with you – a tout vitesse!

Newsflash: Cotton knits like wire.

Posted in gift knitting on July 7th, 2003 1 Comment »

I made the mistake of tossing Becky’s swatch project into my travel bag as we left on vacation Thursday. I volunteered to make a 6-inch swatch for her because I was making a 5-inch swatch for the Wonton, and how hard could that extra inch be? Knitting with cotton is like knitting with wire. It [...]

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