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Category Archives: Crochet and Knit

Crochet, knitting, and other yarn crafts.

Scarf Done!

01-Mar-10

From this:

To this:

Here are some lovely detail shots for you to enjoy:

And the full scarf:

It’s a sampler. I cast on 30 stitches and worked garter stitch on the first and last 3 of each row. The 24 stitches in the middle were where I worked the patterns. I drew from stitch dictionaries, my [...]

Madrona Sampler Scarf

15-Feb-10

So, I went to the Madrona Fiber Arts Retreat this past weekend, which was incredible and fun and definitely put me among “my tribe.”
On Thursday, after an amazing spinning wheel class, I hit the marketplace and bought two things from one of the vendors. The first item was a Turkish spindle. A Turkish spindle has [...]

Recent Knitting

02-Feb-10

Here’s what I finished knitting recently:
Sock Wars V death socks:

I sent them to my victim very promptly, and received my death socks promptly as well. *sigh* So I am dead in Sock Wars, but I did get to participate in killing 2 people.
Iron Knitter Round 1 socks, which I gave to my sister because they [...]

New Pattern, Awesome Hat!

28-Jan-10

My Mosaic Sampler Hat pattern was published at the Knit Picks Independent Designer site today!
I designed and made the first prototype, which I gave to my niece Julia for Krismas, in response to Get Excited and Make Things, which I read about over on Wil Wheaton’s blog back in November.
The pattern costs $1.99 to download [...]

Raggedy-Lan Cape

10-Jan-10

I’ve finished the cape I was making for my mother, and am releasing it on Ravelry as the Raggedy-Lan Cape:

Check out the pattern page on Ravelry to buy this pattern! It’s $4, and it’s a nice, simple knit for anyone looking to practice their knitting and get a nice capelet out [...]