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The Bonus FOs: Cowl edition

I can’t believe that my most recent knitting FO post was back in early februrary. Shocking. Sorry to leave ya’ll hanging like that.

Pattern: Thermis by Kris Knits (ravelry pattern link) project page
Yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Merino Worsted in Marron Oscuro (152 yards)
Needles: US 5 (3.75mm) Inox Express circular (lazy loop method)
Mods: Instead of casting [...]

WIP Wednesday

Patterns:
Hedgie (aka Smith by Ysolda) in Noro Silk Garden Sock
Pearl Drop sock in Madtosh sock
Dr. G’s Memory Vest in Malabrigo Worsted

FO Friday: Something a bit different

If you click through to the photos, I’ve added a bit more facts into them
I’m super happy to be sharing with ya’ll a journey I took this summer to gain back me. One where I was willing to face the camera again. Its funny I design clothing for a living and I [...]

A week in review:

Mondays are all about peace:
I’ve been super busy with so many things that completely forgot plus I wasn’t even home on Monday so that doesn’t help the routine.

Peace an etymology:
A simple definition that is two fold.  Harmonious relationships and the absence of stress or anxiety.
How many of us struggle with those around us?  Maybe there [...]

WIP Wednesday – actually on time nay a bit early

Let’s review all the still OTN projects before I show you the new cast-on in celebration of sending the secret squirrel project off to its home.  FYI the secret squirrel project will be revealed the weekend after Valentines Day, so look forward to what I’ve been hiding from ya’ll.
First up, the Wheat-ear Re-Mix.

I cast off [...]

FO Sunday – the Christmas edition

Eeep…. I hunkered down on 1-1-2009 to knit some instant gratification knits and 4 days later and 4 FOs later, I realize that I left ya’ll hanging with no FOs and me with a backlog of FOs to show.  You saw hints of many of them on the mosaic on New Year’s Eve.
Details are on [...]

WIP Wednesday – the unseen kind

I am done with all the projects that you saw last week, but now that means I need to buckle down and work on a commission for a yarn company.  Mums the word till it is released.  I have been knitting away all day and had many false starts and icky ideas but I’m super [...]

FO Friday – Bead Around My Neck

Pattern: Faberge Cowl by Nina Machlin Dayton Raveled Here
Yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Merino Worsted – 3/4 skein in Polar Morn
Needles: Knitpicks Harmony Interchangeables US 8 (5.0mm)

Mods: None unless you consider shorter and less beads as a mod.  I bought 3 tubes of beads and ran out so I stopped.  It was 5″ tall.
Facts to Remember:  [...]

WIP Wednesday – knitstoned & David Paul Boreanaz

I have been knitting my little heart out for the Ravelympics. I had a 24 hour late start and I had a few days of no knitting. I finished first sock Sunday night. Monday I cast on and knit my daily need to finish by the end of the race, but had [...]

WIP Wedensday – A little sockiness

I have been working really hard lately with the Ravelympics. I was so busy that I totally missed out on casting on my sock the day the Olympics started. Instead I got it on the needles the next morning. So far, I feel on track to finish on time. I would [...]