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Monthly Archives: September 2006

When the yarn speaks

Sometimes, you just have to listen to the yarn. A couple of days before I left on my trip I stopped by my LYS to purchase yarn for the ISE. Since I wanted to start working on the scarf during the trip, I didn’t have time to order anything on line, so I had to [...]

Just how long is the trip from Ottawa to Zurich?

Is it long enough to:
- sew the shoulder seams on the baby sweater
- Knit the neckband
- knit the button band
- rip out the button band after deciding you don’t like the colour you chose
- re-knit the button band in a different colour
- knit the buttonhole band- sew both arms to the body
- sew the side [...]

A bit of this, a bit of that

I headed back to work this week after my vacation. I must say, it’s a lot easier to keep the blog updated when I’m not spending my day at the office. This work stuff really cuts into the knitting and blogging time.
The sweater is finished. I finished it last weekend and then wet-blocked it. I [...]

Crossed Cables and Smelly Yarn

My new Knitpicks Options needle set arrived yesterday, and they’re just sitting there, still in the packaging. Why? Because although I have a gazillion ideas of things I want to swatch for and cast on for, I’ve decided to do some monogamous knitting until my sweetie’s sweater is finished. When the sweater got cast aside [...]