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WIP Wednesday

First of all, thank you ALL for your sweet thoughts on yesterday’s blog post. It’s not something I want to get into publically right now, but those who know me well have pretty much figured out what I was talking about. It’s not anything terrible - no divorce pending or anything like that. [...]

WIP Wednesday and TdF Update

Yes, I have been spinning every day since I started the Tour de Fleece. I haven’t been taking pictures because, well, it doesn’t actually look all that different.

It’s really, really thin, and I know I’m going to ply it. I just haven’t decided if it’s going to be a 2- or 3-ply. [...]

WIP Update

So, I’ve been surprisingly faithful to one project since last week’s WIP Wednesday post. In fact, other than swatching for the Mystery Stole 3 KAL (more on that in a minute), I’ve only worked on my Molly Weasley Sleeves.
Last week, I showed you this picture, but like I said then, that wasn’t an accurate [...]

Jack Sparrow’s Favorite Socks

Okay, so maybe I’m taking some liberties with assuming they would be his favorite socks. Kind of tempting to make some and mail them to Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, though, just to see how grateful they would be for fabulous handknit socks… Where was I? Oh yeah, the Pirate Socks: [...]

Jessica - A Felted Purse Pattern

Jessica - A Felted Purse
My hairstylist is very big on pink (She had pink streaks in her hair when I first met her). She saw one of the felted bags I had made for myself and jokingly asked me to make one for her. I decided to design a little fluffy bag for her as [...]

Geek Chic Dice Bags Pattern

Geek Chic Dice Pouch
Since hubby is a hard-core D&D geek, he has lots of dice. I decided that he needed a nifty bag to keep them in, so I made the red version. Then I decided I wanted it for my dice, and made the felted version for him. The smallest one was made for [...]

Red "Shopping Spree" Poncho Pattern

Shopping Spree Poncho

So named because hubby and I ran around the yarn section of AC Moore grabbing every red yarn we liked until we found a combination that seemed perfect.(Adapted from Melanie Scoles’ “That Seventies Poncho” in Debbie Stoller’s Stitch ‘n Bitch Nation. Lace edging pattern from “Tricia’s Shawl” in Sally Melville’s The Knitting [...]

Knitting Patterns

So, I got a very sweet message from merrymom today, asking about the pattern for my red poncho. I adapted it from “That Seventies Poncho” in Stitch ‘n Bitch Nation, adding the cables and the edging and the turtleneck. So, I have written it up, as well as the one for the dice [...]

Jayne Hat pattern

There has been some discussion of the Jayne hats on the Knittyboards of late, so I figured I’d post the pattern I worked out for the hats I made for Kris and Ed.
Jayne Hat
Cascade 220, doubled throughout – 1 skein each in colors 7825 (orange), 9404 (yellow), and 9444 (red) – makes 2 hats
Gauge - [...]