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Why is it that two skeins laid side-by-side can look exactly the same, but  when you knit them up, they look like this: I suspect that the baby won't notice, right? Right?   Finished the seaming tonight. Now it just needs a little swish and block and some buttons and it'll be ready for Fall's chilly breezes. Darn! I meant to take ...

My team placed 25th in the Dragonboat Festival last weekend. We were 24th going into the finals, the top 25 teams (out of 77) got to compete in the final round. Our poor showing in the last heat was for the most part due to timing. It occurred less than an hour after our previous heat; we hadn't had as much time to recover as the other ...

Here it is, the six day sweater.     We had a nice overcast evening; perfect for photographing those tricky oranges.   Pattern: Knitting Pure and Simple Neck Down Pullover by Diane Soucy Yarn: Araucania Nature Wool Chunky, color 108 ~7 skeins Needles: size 9 + 7 (Addi Turbo circs + Brittany dpns) Size: I knit the small ...

of someone else's life, apparently. You might think that after speed-knitting a sweater over the past week, I might want to knit ANYTHING but another sweater.   You would be incorrect. That's the beginning of my Diamond Pullover. I purchased the kit from Peace Fleece in the spring of last year. There's a grainy picture of the sweater ...

I just bound off the hem. Seemed like a good time for an update.  I look less-than-thrilled, no? This was our third photo shoot. It was a tough shot to get in the late-day light. That's not a pond behind me, that's a sunbeam! Oh, and I 'm glad that I ripped out those rows yesterday. I think it only came out to five. I avoided ...

Why do I procrastinate on finishing?   This lovely little kimono was knit + seamed at least two months before the baby for whom it was knit made her arrival. So why did I wait until after she was born to sew on the frog? That's all it needed - a 10 minute task. The pattern calls for a ribbon closure. While beautiful it seemed ...

Joy of joys, I am blogging from my own computer. I finally received my replacement power supply from Gateway; a full week later than they promised it. No surprise there as they had let me down at every step of the process. As promised, here's pix of Rhapsody in Tweed. The front The back The gusset And a squinty-eyed shot ...

Look! A finished object! Yes, the picture is crap. For the few hours of daylight that remained after finishing this puppy, my photographer was sick and flat on his back. Although he gamely took a few shots, his vantage point on the couch led to unflattering angles. So you're going to have to wait until he is well for better shots. No ...

The first week of school was fun. I love the first week: seeing old friends and classmates, new books, no homework. I feel like this semester will be more manageable than the last one. I plan to post once a week through this semester. Any more than that will be a bonus - and if it's less often, well, I'm sure you'll find some way ...

Remember Vimmerby? As you may recall, I was concerned that I had stranded this too tightly. I wanted to block it before making a decision to rip or not. I steam blocked it using crude 20th century methods (a damp cloth and an iron). Remarkably, steam blocking removed pretty much all the puckering. The severe puckering along the edges is in ...