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by Hannah on November 14, 2012
It's the time of year when everything has moved indoors and the windows are staying firmly shut against those grey skies. The more time I spend puttering around the house, the more I want everything to smell lovely to help combat those winter blues. I've been making my own chai mix on the stovetop and that tends to do the trick downstairs, but upstairs it's a no-man's land of bunnies and ever damp towels. SO, I decided to make some lavender and cedar sachets to tuck into drawers and hang on doorknobs and hangers in my closet. |
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by Jenny K on November 14, 2012
Like many knitters, as soon as I feel a chill in the air and the days start to get shorter, I start to daydream of what I like to call my perfect autumn sweater. For me - that means it's a sweater that is cozy and super soft, it's longer in length and has a big, billowing cowl neck. If all of the stars alligned and my aesthetic requirements were met, I would also throw in another request: to be made of a light and lofty fiber that is at the same time very warm. And after much contemplation, I finally found the sweater of my dreams: Francis Revisted by Beth Silverstein. Now, I have to admit - usually when I have all of the specifics imagined and planned out, it is almost always close to impossible for that dream to become a reality. So you can imagine how delighted I was as soon as Reverie arrived at the Knit Picks headquarters! It definitely met my light and lofty requirements in addition to being super soft and warm. |
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by Knit Picks Staff on November 9, 2012
Ever since Kim and Jenny K taught me to crochet a few weeks ago, I've been on a roll! I've hardly put the hook down. I grabbed some scraps of Brava Bulky in Black, White and Dove Heather and made a few Granny Squares to make a pillow! The squares are all done and ready to be attached - I'll just have to pester Kim again next week to show me how to put them all together. I'll sew a pillow base with some of the beautiful fabric from Connecting Threads... |
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by Hannah on October 10, 2012
I'm in serious stashbusting mode these days. As I'm packing up boxes of books, bags of clothes and wrapping my dishes in paper in preparation to move to a brand new apartment, I've had plenty of time to size up my rather ponderous stash of yarn. I've gotten rid of several paper bags full of yarn that I hadn't even thought of using for at least a year (I'd even moved some of it three times!) but I still feel a little bit embarrassed at just how many balls of Palette and Wool of the Andes Worsted I have kicking around in baskets and tucked under my futon. I just can't bring myself to part with even one more skein! So, between packing and cleaning I've been busily trying all sorts of new patterns, just to convert those balls of yarn into potential presents. |
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by Hannah on October 8, 2012
I've been steadily honing my crochet skills over the past few weeks. I started with some plain, square dishcloths in single crochet, then amped things up when I started and finished a Granny Stripe blanket in two weekends and finally I've tackled my first project "in the round"! I was inspired to pick up one of my smaller hooks when I spotted Yvestown's free crochet Flower Coaster Pattern on Pinterest yesterday. |
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by Kelley on October 1, 2012
I'm beginning to appreciate the knitting side benefits of my gluten-free, bake-free lifestyle. Two weeks ago I was feeling a bit like a mad, obsessed knitter. That was before I began to see the results of the hours and hours of knitting. |
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by Hannah on September 26, 2012
I was skimming through the bookshelf here at work last week when I spotted Coastal Knits by Alana Dakos & Hannah Fettig. I love the photography in this book, not to mention the lovely patterns! I was especially struck by the Sand and Sea Shawlette. It's the perfect size and height to be either a comfortable fall scarf or worn as a small shawl. |
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by Hannah on September 20, 2012
At first I couldn't come up with a new project to show off our new fuzzy, ever so soft Reverie yarn. I was tired of making cowls and mittens, and with the 90 degree weather we've been having I just wasn't in the mood to make more hats. But then I found Barbara Prime's free Fuzzy Mitten Lamb pattern on Ravelry which is just the perfect way to show off Reverie's lovely fuzzy halo. |
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by Hannah on September 12, 2012
Oh man, there's nothing better than a fully finished project! Blocked and everything! It's a rare thing at my house so when a project actually makes it through all the steps and winds up actually wearable, it's time for a little celebration. My Tempest cardigan just became one of those sought-after treasures. |
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by Stacey on September 10, 2012
So all I want to knit at the moment is fingering weight garter stitch scarves: Does that mean I'm regressing as a Knitter? Well, in all honestly, they're not like the garter stitch scarves I made when I was first learning to knit - these all have a unique construction, which makes them much more entertaining to work on. I've made all three of these over the past couple of months (and this doesn't include my Color Affection, also in garter stitch with unique construction that I also finished this summer!). |
