Yarn Along 33

September 14, 2011

After a month deep in the quilting zone, I finally finished my blue socks.  I never thought they would take this long, but I’m very happy with the results. The lace pattern doesn’t really show up in the photo, but it’s there.  I kind of like it and kind of don’t.  The pattern itself is [...]

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Yarn Along 32

August 31, 2011

A few more inches done on these socks.  I want to make them pretty long, so there is still a bit to go, but more knitting happened last week than the week before.  And I’m wanting to move on to other projects, so I’ll be working on these more this week.  Now that Chase’s MIL [...]

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Yarn Along 31

August 24, 2011

I’m still knitting socks.  I’ll be knitting socks for a while, although after I finish this pair, the next two pairs will be for the girls and will go much more quickly.  Then I’ll tear out the brown pair and redo those.  I know that’s the only solution for that pair.    But I’m working [...]

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Yarn Along 30

August 17, 2011

Wednesday means Yarn Along with Ginny over at Small Things. I’ve just gotten back from a two week trip to Ohio to visit Aunt Jo.  Since I was the only driver and spent my days working on a big quilting project, I only managed  just a little knitting while I was gone.   So an update [...]

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Yarn Along 29

July 27, 2011

Just a quick post this week, as by the time you are reading this, I’ll be on the road heading to visit Aunt Jo.  Alas, the camera was packed before I took all the photos I wanted. I’m still deep in sock land.  I finished the brown socks, for now anyway.  The fit really isn’t [...]

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Yarn Along 28

July 20, 2011

I finished the  Brattleboro Hat from New England Knits and I like it as much as I thought I would. The band and buttons just dress it up enough to make it a more polished hat.  I’m going to love wearing it this winter.  I just might have to make more.  One the sock front, [...]

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