I cut my knitting. Don’t worry, I knew what I was doing! When I was knitting the garter st ribbing for the cuff of the Tangled Yoke sleeve I had some trouble getting gauge. My “in-the-round” gauge was completely different
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Recently a knitter asked me about how to seam the Peacock sweater. Great question, Beryl! Especially since the seams are all wavy as the peacock lace stitch distorts the rows of knitting. Naturally you don’t want a scalloped shoulder seam–the
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I have been volunteering in Devan’s class again this year and it’s been really nice to get to know his classmates. Devan is in a grade 2/3 split class and I’ve been showing them how to make pom-poms and most
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… I mark stitches! What do you do in a pinch when you need stitch markers and you don’t have them with you?  I used my wedding and engagement rings! They worked like a charm. I also had added incentive
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I blocked my Mum’s sweater for her. She’s in town for Devan’s birthday and finished knitting the pieces to an Avery sample. I have a piece of gingham fabric on which I drew out all the pattern pieces and sizes
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At the Sally Melville workshops I attended last January I learned a new tidbit for working a reverse stocking stitch seam. Sally suggested working two selvage stitches on each end of the row in stocking stitch. I tried it out
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Not only has it been a long time since I’ve written and much has happened, I just lost the rather long-winded post I was working on!  The most exciting thing by far that I’ve done recently is attend the Emerald
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I’m still plugging away at my various projects.  It’s Eloise’s turn now.  This project was stalled at one point because it was time to measure for the buttons and buttonholes.  I generally think it’s a sign of poorly written knitting
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Yikes! I forgot to post this one!  It’s been sitting around waiting to be published for over a week.  Last night (Sep. 27) I finished up the pink Ruby I’ve been working on. Project Stats: Yarn: Opal Petticoat 1295 and Shelridge Farms
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I’ve been working on a little of everything lately, but wanted to let you know how Avery is coming along. I’ve finished the front and blocked both the front and back. As you can see, I like to join the
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A package of yarn arrived for me at my Mum’s.  I ordered it just before I left for Edmonton and had it shipped here so I could play with it right away (and save a little on taxes!).  I ordered some
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A few posts back I talked about replacing an intarsia block of colour without ripping everything back.  The Lucy cardigan needed another fix.  The turquoise in the first six rows creating the hem also had to be replaced.  I took the time
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