April 2008

Adventures of a new sock knitter

by Liz on April 29, 2008

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I did something stupid last night: I frogged my first completed sock. Which, really, is not that stupid if you think about it. I like the yarn and I want to use it for another sock, so of course I should rip out my first completed sock, just maybe not immediately after completing it, and [...]

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Weekend Knits, Nothing New Edition

April 28, 2008

I didn’t get a ton of stuff done on the knitting front this weekend. I had way too much laundry to do, and I spent a lot of time apartment hunting and the like. But now that I have a place to live in August (with plenty of room for my stash!), I have more [...]

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The reason knitters have a bad reputation

April 26, 2008

I subscribed to Interweave Knits after purchasing the Spring 2008 issue and liking so many of the patterns in it. The Summer 2008 issue was supposed to be my first subscription issue (it hasn’t arrived…) and I have to say, I’m starting to rethink that subscription. Every. single. thing. in the Summer 2008 issue is [...]

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Setting goals and taking names

April 24, 2008

Browsing through my inventory of knits from the last bit of 2007 and those I have completed thus far in 2008, I’m not very impressed. I haven’t exactly finished that much. It’s a little embarrassing actually, especially because I spend so much time knitting. So I’m setting a goal for myself: I must finish at [...]

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Weekend Knits, Picnic Day Edition

April 22, 2008

It was a busy weekend, so this edition of Weekend Knits is fairly long. I’d grad a cup of coffee or something and get yourself situated, because you’ll be here for awhile. Summary: sock, wiener dogs, Hexacomb Cardi, and a finished Tilted Duster. Thursday night I ripped apart my Anastasia socks and decided to stick [...]

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If I tell other people about it, then I have to do it

April 18, 2008

Meet Chi, the [partial] Owl: I’ve been working on this gimpy little owl since the beginning of March and I still haven’t finished him. I’m working with this pattern, and I must say, it’s one of the most clear and well-written patterns I have ever seen. If you are interested in knitting an owl, I [...]

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Knitting Poll of the Week: How many projects?

April 17, 2008

So, my fellow knitters, I have some questions for you – just out of general curiosity. Mostly, I wonder because I don’t know any knitters except for my knitting friends online. All of my friends are non-knitters, so I get made fun of a lot for how much I knit, and how much I spend. [...]

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Choices.

April 16, 2008

It seems that a lot of my life comes down to making choices. Even my knitting life. What project will I knit next? Which yarn should I use? What color? But it’s the real life choices that are the most difficult. The ones that take the most thought and have the ability to change your [...]

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Confessions of a sockless knitter

April 15, 2008

Yes, I’ll admit it, I’m a bad knitter. I’ve never knit a pair of socks. My queue is full of sock patterns and my stitch books have tons of post its with “sock!” written on them, and yet, I’ve never made a single sock. I tried, once. But I think it was a little too [...]

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Weekend Knits, Martini Edition

April 14, 2008

This weekend was very exciting. One of the best weekends I’ve had in a long time, actually. I don’t particularly recall what I was doing Friday evening, but I know the night ended with What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? and chocolate. Saturday day was spent shopping for used books at Sweet Briar Books. I went a [...]

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The hourglass question

April 11, 2008

I feel like I should begin this post by making 3 key points about me and my body before getting into the real issue at hand: I am a skinny person. No, not one of those imaginary skinny people, or one of those people who diets 24/7 and works out everyday to be skinny. I’m [...]

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I have knitting organization envy

April 10, 2008

I like order in my life, and you wouldn’t think it by looking at my room. I’ve always been terrible with clothes because closets simply don’t work for me, but everything else in my life has a place that it belongs to and goes in. Except my knitting. And this is for several reasons: My [...]

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One skein wonder + Malabrigo = a happy knitter

April 9, 2008

I went to my LYS last night to buy the yarn for my Hexacomb Cardigan (which I will begin knitting as soon as I finish my Tilted Duster!) and I found something that I liked at a decent price. I ended up purchasing Plymouth Jeannee (color 26 from the Spring line, and a nice light [...]

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