Whee! Finally starting to make use of my craft room for its intended use, rather than storing things and spodding. Here's two things I've made between Friday and today:


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I worked out where I went wrong last night. The pattern said to pick up & knit 9 stitches, place marker, then knit 10. I had picked up one stitch per row, rather than spreading the 9 stitches across all the rows (about 20). So then the only thing that seemed to make sense was that knit 10 stiches meant pick up & knit 10 stitches. So I did. ( Read more... )

22:40 Turning my first heel. Also first time doing short row shaping. Should have used that to give teddy3 a tummy, not increases & decreases. #

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12:37 twitpic.com/1omin - Taxi protest getting in the way of the taxi I was in :-) #

21:21 What is knitting through the back loop for? #
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• 21:10 Knitting my first (giant) sock. Not worrying about getting the size right (am using the wrong yarn & needles), but practising techniques. #

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• 14:09 Not happy with tiny hat 8, but it's done. Hopefully I'll learn from it (should have done the bottom differently, cables should be smaller) #
• 16:10 Um... Can anyone think of a use for a tiny little hat that's too small for a bottle of Innocent? :-/ (tiny hat 9) #

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Did I mention I was knitting bears for orphans in Vietnam? They've arrived! My two are the ones on the left of the first photo - pink jumper and orange dress.

I love the photo of all of them.

Here's more Irish bear photos, including in progress shots of teddy 3, which I'm still knitting. With fair isle!

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Well, it was sunny earlier. It's starting to look a bit grey now and I think it's about to rain ( Read more... )