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Simple (but colorful) socks
Probably the last pair of Christmas socks for this year. This yarn is the "Phoenix" colorway from Twisted Fiber Arts - it was a fundraiser after their studio burned. I basically made the pattern up as I went along using a simple plait cable and eye-of-partridge heel flap - I started a different pattern that involved eyelets at the color ( Read more... ) -
Wonder Woman shawl
The pattern for this came out on Ravelry, and I knew I wanted to make it before i knew who it was for.
(Now it's a surprise present that needs to go to the post office, for someone who I don't think reads this journal).
Tons of garter stitch and short row shaping, and a pleasant-to-work-with yarn.
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Foofy Scarf Thing
This was one of those projects where I was attracted by a sample project in a yarn store, and got the yarn without having a recipient in mind for the final object. I think I was also intrigued by the yarn itself, which claimed to have mink in it. In the intervening years, it was tested for fiber content and turned out to be angora / wool / ( Read more... ) -
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Does anyone order books from paperbackswap.com ? I used to trade books via them, but then I drifted into e-reader only, and have been using it as a mechanism for "I will send these books to someone who wants them because I don't". So I have way too many credits, if anyone who is still using the site wants some.
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Small Green Projects
A pair of socks, for a Christmas present. I am not sure why the copy machine / scanner at work crops to legal size, when the glass is so much larger, but probably the answer is that I'm not scanning a piece of paper. The pattern is called "Gimli" and is meant to suggest complex metalwork - the twisted stitches move every round, and the main ( Read more... )
