Archive for July, 2008

Knit Picky strikes again…


For those of you who don’t know, I work at Knit Picky.  And I get tempted – a lot.  Today, it was more than I could handle.  Does it make it better since I have plans for all of it??  Here’s what happened… I want to knit Riding to Avalon AND I’ve been wanting to [...]



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Now we’re JayWalkin!


OK, so I started these in December and it is now July.  I don’t know why they took me so long….it is not a ‘hard’ pattern.  To my defense, I have finished a few things between then and now.  Here they are: UFO Report: Hellfire (C*eye*ber fiber) Socks Poet’s Pullover Basic Ribbed Socks *2 Berroco [...]



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Crochet Project #1 – Done!


Here is my bag:   It is holding onions to show its size…the strap is a little shorter than the pattern says, but I had to end it there because I only had 2″ to spare at the end.  It still sits very comfortably on my shoulder.  It ias a fantastic bag.  I prefer this [...]



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Third time is a charm…or maybe 4th…


I am still crocheting.  Guess what!?!  I’m just as much of a perfectionist when it comes to crochet as I am with knitting!  I have torn back – several times.  Here is what I have learned with this project: 1.  In the world of crochet, you go under both loops.  I knew this, but for [...]



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Trying my hand at crochet…


We had a great holiday weekend!  Bugga and Jammer loved the ocean – Bugga was jumping waves and didn’t mind the salt water at all.  I finished my re-do of Coachella.  I took out 8 rows and am much happier with the way it fits.  I’ll post a new picture as soon as I have [...]



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