Almost FO: Pretty Thing Cowl

This pattern (Ravelry) definitely lives up to its name.  It’s certainly a very pretty thing.  The pattern is gorgeous, but was actually a pretty easy knit.  Unfortunately, it seems that this yarn (Ravelry) + this pattern is not a great combination.  I’ve tried on the cowl and it just seems to flop over, completely.  I’m [...]

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WIP Inventory

Knitters, do you ever look around at all the works in progress and be amazed at the effects of the ailment known as startitis?  Check out this pile of WIPs:
There are, not one, but two sweaters in that pile, including the Twickenham Hoodie that I’m making for Jake.  I made good progress on the front [...]

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Back From Monterey

I spent most of this last week in Monterey, California for the Internet Librarian conference.  An early flight out on Sunday morning meant that I was able to spend some time exploring the city on Sunday afternoon before I passed out from sheer exhaustion and time change insanity.  Here are few pictures from Monterey.  I’ve [...]

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FO: Go Big Red Hat

This weekend, Jake and I will be heading to Columbus to watch the Badgers take on Ohio State.  The Badgers actually have the better record at this point with a surprising 5-0 start, but OSU is ranked #9 and only lost to USC, another highly ranked team.  In any case, I’ll be wearing a Badger [...]

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FO: Cabled Clutch

Check it out! I actually finished something. Actually, I’ve finished a whole bunch of stuff in the past few days, so expect to see a bunch of posts soon.
This is the Downtown Clutch from 101 Luxury One Skein Wonders*, the primary reason that I bought this book – though I do expect [...]

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FO: Australia Hat

Yes, folks, it’s true, that’s an actual finished object you see below:

Pattern: Freyja Hat (Ravelry) from Interweave Knits Fall ‘09.
Yarn: undyed wool that Jake’s parents brought back from Australia and a couple of different yarns from Rare Yarns Essentials that my friend Janelle brought from New Zealand. I’m lucky to have world travelers who [...]

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Australia Hat

As I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve decided to put the yarn that I’ve received from various world travelers to use in a version of the Frejya Hat from the latest issue of Interweave Knits. I’m about half way through the second set of color repeats:

And here’s a close up of the color [...]

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Traveling Yarns

My friend Janelle stayed at our place last night on her way to New York, where she’s moving for school. She was recently in Australia/New Zealand, and remembered my yarn habit when visiting a winery that also included an alpaca farm.
The yarn is from The Rare Yarns Company. There are two [...]

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Bad Bloggery

Yikes, it’s been quite a while since I’ve blogged.  I think this is partly due to the fact that I’ve finally realized how long it’s been since I finished knitting anything.  The blog has become primarily a way to share my knitting and it sucks to realize that the knitting, though ongoing, hasn’t resulted in [...]

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Progress

On Sunday, I’m leaving for a week to attend the ACRL Immersion program in Florida.  I’m very much looking forward to Immersion itself, but the idea of traveling there and back leaves me exhausted just thinking about it.  I flew to Wisconsin in June, then to Chicago for AL just over two weeks ago, so [...]

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