Category Archives: hats

Unraveled Wednesday, 1/17/18.

Posted on January 17, 2018 by

Joining Kat and friends for Unraveling. I am finding the Stitch hat to be impossibly much more difficult challenging than I expected. I mean, how could a hat on US#0s that has both intarsia and stranded colorwork be impossible so freakin’ hard … Continue reading →

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Unraveled Wednesday, in which there is actual unraveling.

Posted on January 10, 2018 by

Joining Kat and friends for Unraveled Wednesday. This was a hat that I knit a couple years ago. I also knit a scarf. They used Malabrigo Rios in Pocion and Piedras, double-stranded with a navy-gold-brown mohair. Tragically, I neither blogged … Continue reading →

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My year in knitting, with a bit of crochet thrown in for variety.

Posted on December 31, 2017 by

Potholders, two.   Fingerless mitts, four pairs.   Mittens, one pair.   Socks, one pair.   Dead baby buntings, several.   Stump covers, two.   Hats, lots.   Cowls, one.   Scarves, one.   Sweaters, zero.   Afghans, one.   … Continue reading →

Posted in afghan, Baby stuff, Cowls, Crochet, Fingerless mitts, hats, knitting, Mittens, Scarves, Socks | 4 Comments

Three on Thursday: FOs.

Posted on November 16, 2017 by

Three things I have finished recently: This hat for donation. I just felt like knitting a hat, so I did. Stranded colorwork is not my forte nor my pleasure, so I kept it to a minimum here. The hat is … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday: October 2006.

Posted on October 26, 2017 by

Remember the Dulaan Project? That’s where these FOs were destined.  08 October 2006 In which I display [lots of] FOs… …and more pictures than you may want to see. My apologies to those on dial-up. No. 1 (each stripe is … Continue reading →

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FFotD & helping.

Posted on October 22, 2017 by

I am currently knitting teeny hats for the East African Preterm Birth Initiative. These little honeys ares pure stash-busting, potato-chip knitting for a good cause. I am using the worsted weight pattern at the linked site, but there are sport … Continue reading →

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You would do the same. You know you would.

Posted on June 1, 2017 by

I am leaving tomorrow for a two-day conference that is a 5-hour car ride away. I am taking three (3) knitting projects. What? You wouldn’t take that many? Don’t be silly; of course you would. I’ve got the yarn all … Continue reading →

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The tale of a hat.

Posted on March 10, 2017 by

Back in aught-ten I won some yarn in a Webs contest that I didn’t even know that I had entered. The yarns were lovely, but I thought that the red and the blue were too luscious for socks (red is 80/20 … Continue reading →

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WIP Wednesday.

Posted on February 1, 2017 by
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Knitter up! And, no good deed goes unpunished.

Posted on January 29, 2017 by

I am pleased to report that time and [nearly] a week of not knitting has largely cleared up my thumb joint issue. Can I get a big HURRAH! Although I had declared myself to be a non-knitter for a week, … Continue reading →

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