29 Mar
Those are what I finished (and blocked) yesterday. The color is a little off but it my lightning situation is not ideal at all (I type looking up at the one light that blew out that I keep forgetting to replace). I’m really happy with them and blocking made them look a lot better – [...]
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23 Mar
I got back from France this afternoon! I’m actually really happy to be back in Vienna – I like it more than Paris and Lyon. That being said I did have fun and I ate lots of good food and took touristy pictures (well only a few – I felt like it was a bit [...]
Posted in food, not knitting by: knitguy
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16 Mar
The lovely Neuroknitter tagged me on Friday for the 7-fact declaration and, of course, I didn’t go check on her blog until tonight so here goes…
The rules are: 1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 [...]
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16 Mar
This is the original cuff for the Cobble Stone Pullover
Its knit in garter stitch is and kind of poofy in a very bad way. The bottom border, which is also in garter stitch isn’t nearly as bad for whatever reason.So after a few months of it sitting on my other bed (there are two beds [...]
Posted in knitting, sweater by: knitguy
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08 Mar
First and foremost a I need to send a large thanks out to Peril whose package finally made its way to me (after an attempted abduction by the Royal Post). She was originally just going to send me liquorice but, because she’s awesome, included 50g of a baby camel and silk blend! Its amazingly soft [...]
Posted in fiber, knitting by: knitguy
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05 Mar
So lately during my psychoanalysis and existential class I’ve been designing colorwork designs. Its only when whatever is being talked about isn’t worth writing down, and I still take notes, and its also my way of keeping myself a bit more interested during a three hour class (and keeps my mind off of my grumbling [...]
Posted in knitting, yarn by: knitguy
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02 Mar
I decided last week that I needed to use up some of my fiber stash. The red, gold, and chocolate brown is from a batt of 100% bamboo from Loop. I had used the other two 1 oz batts and, probably in an act of procrastination, separated the three colors and put them into ziplock [...]
Posted in spinning by: knitguy
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