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In my endless quest for something new and exciting to knit with, I dug out three sweaters from the back of the closet. I knitted all three of them myself and yet have never worn them. I am about to unravel the poor things and remake them into something new. One is a beautiful Silkroad sweater which I realised, once I got it on, just didn't suit me ( Read more... ) -
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The stashbusting has not been going all that well, lately. I have rediscovered Sims 2, and also there have been a lot of hot and sticky days when the idea of knitting was complete anathema. I've also been knitting stuff for myself (more on that in a sec). However, I expect to get back on track soon. Someone at work is having a Mother's Day stall to ( Read more... ) -
Midwest Moonlight
I've been a little slow on the FO front lately, but here are a couple of goodies in cashmere.
First off, Midwest Moonlight.
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Several weeks ago, I started 'Ene's Scarf' from Scarf Style. I went like the clappers all through the edging and the kind of eyelet rows, and then one teeny jog pulled a crapload of stitches off the needle... stitches with a zillion yarnovers and the like. I couldn't bear it so I ripped it back to the eyelet row and then put it away ( Read more... ) -
Stashbusting: introduction
I have a lot of stash. I have a large storage system from Ikea which covers most of one wall and resembles the type of shelving unit you get in yarn stores. It is full of yarn. I also have approximately 7 storage boxes full of yarn. Some of it is over 15 years old. Most of it was bought on sale, with the promise to make myself something with it one ( Read more... ) -
OMG REVIVAL
Well. Revival of the knitting LJ, commence!
Last night I bought an absolute crapload of cashmere from my favourite seller, Richard at ColourMart. Two cones of lavender-coloured 'Punch', which should be enough to knit a nice close-fitting sweater, one cone of 'Tarbert' which is a tweedy red/green/black yarn, and a skein of 'Damask Rose' which is ( Read more... ) -
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The new Magknits is out! I really like Donna - good for those of us with boobs *and* waists - and I also fancy Fibonacci, although I'm sure those horizontal stripes would look woeful on me.
Another new pattern I thought was nifty: Sunglasses Condom! This girl has lots of fantastic free patterns - check it out. -
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Well, it's a long time since I've updated here! I'm in a state of flux where the knitting is concerned at the moment. I can't seem to get settled with any one project. I keep adding to my stash and then not using it up - whereas originally the idea was to use up the old crap stuff and buy new beautiful stuff to replace it. Then again, at least I ( Read more... ) -
Goodies!
I got some goodies!
While I was in Sydney this week, quokka took me to Greta's. Greta's is a wool shop, apparently something of a Sydney institution, and Greta is reluctantly retiring and therefore it's likely to be no more very soon ( Read more... ) -
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Behold; my new knitting site! All hail Hope for designing it for me!