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Seven smallish shawls

Attempting to work my way through the sock yarn stash, I got Rosemary Hill's eBook Seven Small shawls. The patterns are meant for sock weight yarn, and I have enough of that to make 24 pairs of socks. There will be seven patterns, plus a few goodies, released

Tweets for July 16th to July 31st

* There's no interesting way to report progress on knitting a scarf, "slightly longer than yesterday but not long enough yet." Bored now. * Best spam blog comment EVER! "HELP! I’m currently being held prisoner by the Russian Mafia and being forced to post spam comments

FO: Sparkly Little Leaves shawl

This shawl had the longest cast-on I have ever done, 331 stitches, compounded by accidentally casting on an extra fifty stitches. I learned a new stretchy cast on (YouTube link) for this project that I'm going to keep using. Pattern: Little Leaves (Ravelry link) Yarn: Miss Babs Yet

Spinning FO: Falklands 3 ply yarn

My cat tried to eat this wool as I was spinning it, which proves it's a merino cross-breed. She's never tried to eat any other fibre but merino. She didn't get any but I'll be watching when I spin up the rest

Recipe: Honey-roasted Swede (or rutabaga)

This recipe isn't mine, we found it several places on the web. It works, and the result is delicious! * 1 swede (rutabaga) peeled and cut into ¾ inch cubes * 3 tbsp of honey * 3 tbsp margarine or butter, melted Heat the oven to 400F. Mix the honey and melted

Cashmere tangles

Another day, another horribly tangled skein of yarn, this one much worse than the Malabrigo sock. My Jade Sapphire silk/cashmere 2 ply from the Loopy Ewe was the worst tangled mess I've ever encountered. It took about two hours to untangle it by hand. I put it

Tweets for July 1st to July 15th

* There should be a phrase for accidentally casting on 381 stitches instead of the 331 you need, and I think it's "absent-minded dork". * Graduated Redneck 101: bought fireworks & shot beer cans with a .22 handgun. Awesome 4th of July! * "I went and shot the

Camelot's Round Table found

Telegraph News: Historians locate King Arthur's Round Table. Researchers exploring the legend of Britain’s most famous Knight believe his stronghold of Camelot was built on the site of a recently discovered Roman amphitheatre in Chester. Legend has it that his Knights would gather before battle at a

Sparkly Leaves

Working on Little Leaves, a beaded crescent-shaped shawl (Ravelry link). One point has a slight glitch at the centred double decrease, but it's not bad enough to rip out. The silver-lined root beer beads are perfect with the Roasted Pumpkin colour yarn: Worked on this sat on the

FO: Timey-Wimey shawl

Finished the Medusa Cascade, a little shoulder-shawl for days when the AC is too enthusiastic in its cooling duties. This is my first knitting with beads in, I used a 1.3mm crochet hook and some Earthfaire 6/0 seed beads. I tried to put them in randomly, which is

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