25 Oct
Gauge
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Here is the delayed post about my discoveries about knitting and purling…
I’ve always known that (like many knitters) my purl stitches are looser than my knit stitches. I’m not really sure why this is, but it just ‘is’.
However, since I first learned (again) to knit several years ago, I somehow “unvented” a technique [...]
22 Oct
Hmm…
I had another idea for a post all in my head for tonight. I was going to talk about gauge, knitting and purling, and various techniques, blah blah… I even took pictures to illustrate.
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Then about a hour and a half ago while I was on the phone with a friend I heard a loud boom [...]
21 Oct
Square one
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I finished knitting the first square for The Great American Afghan tonight. (I didn’t say I finished the square – there is still lots of work to do, but the knitting is done.)
One mystery that I am looking at today is that my gauge is off. Normally, I am what you’d [...]
20 Oct
As if I really needed to start another (yes another!!!) project…hehe
I’ve joined the latest craze at The Yarn Corner: The Great American Afghan Sherri got the books in on Friday, and I bought the book and the yarn for the first square, only to get home and realize that I didn’t have the right size needle [...]
14 Oct
Mom
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Mom and I spent the day today at the beach in Ocean Shores. We left just after church this morning and went to the quilt show at the convention center.
Wow! That is all I can say about most of the quilts!! Before I started knitting, I used to do some quilting. I [...]
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