Three new designs
Woohoo! THREE of my designs were selected for an upcoming book by a well known publisher. There is very little I can tell you about the projects right now except that I’m eagerly awaiting the yarn. While I wait I’m
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Two-Handed Two-Colour Knitting
I’m slogging away on my Rockin’ Sock Club stranded socks. I say “slogging” only because I’m finding the knitting awkward and I really need to do something about my technique. My hands cramp up and I’m having a hard time
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Rockin’ Sock Club
Up until now I’ve never joined a sock club or participated in a knit along. Am I missing out? So this year I decided to join the Rockin’ Sock Club by Blue Moon Fiber Arts—of course you know that they
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Travel Knitting
We went to France for spring break so there hasn’t been too much knitting happening around here. I carefully planned a project for the trip—the Pinkerton shawl from Interweave Knits Spring 2011. I bought a delicious skein of Hand Maiden
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Newfoundland Bubble Mittens
A couple of weeks ago Devan lost his (my) Newfoundland trigger mitten at school. We’ve scoured the school top to bottom and checked the lost and found repeatedly. No mitten. I wore these mittens when I was his age, living
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Your Knits
Hi Holli. I’m attaching two photos of finished sweaters. I love your patterns! Thanks so much for many hours of great knitting… Well, thank you Jan for sharing your photos and your kind words. I just love the colour combination
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The Rabbit Problem – Children’s Book
In the 13th century, mathematician Fibonacci popularized what later became known as the Fibonacci sequence of numbers: each number is the sum of the previous two numbers, starting with 0 and 1. This sequence begins 0, 1, 1, 2, 3,
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Submission Deadline
I’ve been busy as a beaver but there’s nothing I can show for it. I haven’t been submitting to publications very much to date because my schedule didn’t allow me to commit to short deadlines. I have more flexibility now
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Shozo Socks
Devan has new socks in yellows and golds–his favourite colours. I test knit Shozo, a pattern written by Nigel, my step-father. It’s toe up with a great method for working the gusset, heel turn and even the heel “flap” looks
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National Sweater Day
Today is every knitter’s favourite day. We knit for this day so that our families have sweaters to wear. Although it’s not like we need an excuse to knit! Today I’m wearing my Tangled Yoke Cardigan which I knit, of
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