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I haven't got much done lately, with being sick and sore and stressed and grumpy. I've started making the scarf that I've been asked to make by my friend (the word 'commission' is still pretty scary) and it's about 1/3 done. I have a slight lack-of-fluffiness issue, but that can easily be solved with a quick trip to Spotlight or Lincraft. I'm ( Read more... )

Stress seems to make me knit more. Mhm, hm. Yup, that must be it ( Read more... )

I was going to wait until I had finished more stuff before I posted again (procrastination being the better part of my weekend), but I'm having ex-flatmate server problems at the moment, and it seems I'll be losing internet access in a few days, and might not have it back again for up to a week. It's fairly usual for me to not post for a week ( Read more... )

The knitting has slowed down a little, cos I had to read the Harry Potter book. But thankfully that only took me until about 3pm on Sunday, so I have my normal life back again! Whether or not that's a good thing remains to be seen ( Read more... )

Oops. I went to Lincraft and I bought some stuff. Quite a lot of wool. I'm a bit ashamed. Here I am hiding behind it.

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I'm pretty excited because I've had my first request! Emilie wants me to make 2 Jayne Hats, which I'm very happy to do. I don't have anything suitable in my stash, and I don't have much time to go yarn-shopping. I foolishly went to Spotlight today. The place had been decimated. Apparently a huge sale had just finished. I should have known. So I'll ( Read more... )

I'm a bit short on blogging mojo today, but I wanted to post a quick update on what I've been doing anyway. I've been experimenting with the mitred squares AKA Magic Squares) from the No Pattern Knitting book I got from the library. Here are some of the swatches:

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I have been thinking a bit about my blog lately. I've been reading a lot of other blogs in the last couple of months, and I've been getting Blog Envy again. All the other blogs are so pretty and professional-looking, and mine is ugly and has crappy, un-artistic pictures and no touching and insightful revelations from my private life at all! It just ( Read more... )

I just did something very very naughty! I was looking around the blogosphere (for lack of a less well-used term) and I found KnitSimple magazine. It's put out by the same people that make Vogue Knitting, and it's apparently aimed for the knitter without much time (i.e. me) so it must be all right. (Well, it's more about instant gratification for me ( Read more... )