From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Pattern for Flared Legwarmers

January 21, 2009

I finally wrote out what I did and hopefully you can benefit from my experimentation.  I haven’t had anyone test knit these, so if you do knit them, please let me know how it went and whether there were any problems.

Flared Legwarmers Pattern
Materials: worsted weight yarn (about a skein and a half for the small), [...]

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Xmas Mittens also

January 20, 2009

These are the second pair of mittens I knitted for christmas presents. These particular ones now belong to my sister Andrea. I used the pattern for herringbone mittens on Ravely, and just changed the colours and made the pattern checked instead of herringbone. The colour combo was suggested by her husband and it was perfect [...]

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xmas mittens

January 19, 2009

These are the mittens I made for my sister Corinne.
I made three pairs of mittens as christmas gifts and neglected to take any pictures of them before giving them away. So I’m using pictures that the recipients took. These are the exact same size, I promise. I think my dad took this picture and I’m [...]

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Elvish Hat Done

January 18, 2009

I finished my Elvish hat in record time. It was a really fun knit. I like the points at the bottom, but I think this style of hat will look better on the kids than on me. So no picture of it on me this time.  I really like the way the stripes in the [...]

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Progress on Vaughans sweater

January 16, 2009

About three quarters done.  I’m working on the yoke and I’m about to start working in rows instead of working in the round to make the placket in the front.  Another sweater that is going way faster than I thought it would. Maybe I’m a faster knitter than I thought.
I used to prefer crochet over [...]

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