Socks and trust
It’s been a while since I successfully knitted a sock, so when I saw there was a sock version of Noro Silk Garden, I ordered one and camped out beside my mailbox until it arrived, then carried it around like…
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How to ruin your knitting the right way
Interesting discovery: in the past few months, I’ve made two projects that deliberately incorporated ruining your knitting. You may remember the waterfall scarf: That lacy pattern down the center is formed by creating a run in the knitting. If you’ve…
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Who should wear this hat?
I made a hat for someone specific, and when I was finished, I second-guessed myself. I’m not sure if she’ll like it or want it or think it’s burdensome. And yes, we’re in spring now, but there will be other…
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Jesus’s stripey scarf (with photos!)
Last Thursday, Kiddo#3 had a mega-meltdown tantrum, and when I finally got him to at least stay in his room, I wanted to do something that would make me appear utterly bored with the histrionics while I still supervised. Knitting…
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Life imitates art imitates life
Late year, while fixing a toilet, I got an idea for the final scene of Honest And For True. Two scenes, actually, because in order to have the main character fixing a toilet in the final scene, I should have…
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The hat update
I thought you might like to know what we decided about my son and the hat knit for charity. As it turned out, the hat I intended to donate was too big for my son, so I agreed to make…
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Hat and scarf and hat again
For some reason, I didn’t feel like knitting in July and August. I can’t imagine why. I tried swatching something in September, but it was a disaster, and we won’t talk about that. Instead, at some point in mid-October, I…
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my first sweater: finished!
On Saturday, I cast on to knit my first sweater ever, and on Saturday evening, I finished it off. That’s me, a natural at knitting. Here’s a photo: Okay, so it’s not exactly a sweater anyone can wear, but it’s…
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a writer gets needled
While at the writing conference this Saturday, I sporadically pulled out my knitting. Between classes or waiting for pitch sessions, the needles and the yarn were a calming influence. Plus, knitting told me something about myself that I did not…
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the unseen
I finished my Sunday Swing socks, which are kind of a Frankensock because I used the body pattern of the Sunday Swing Sock and the heel/gusset pattern and the toes from the Sleepy Hollow socks. I think they came nice….
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