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STRIPES

Hello Crafty People! Wow! The Rumblers sure have been quiet this summer! I know that I’ve been busy! I’m juggling two jobs, not much time off, the hottest summer ever, and super dry weather. I know that I haven’t been … Continue reading

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Parallelelelelelellel…

Despite my lack of activity around here of late, I have actually been knitting. Far too mcuh in fact. My right elbow is now protesting, I idiotically kept knitting through the slightly tingly-numb phase, and am into a full on … Continue reading

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Bella’s B-day

It was my niece, Bella’s, birthday recently so of course I had to knit her something. After I gave her the presents (fingerless mitts and a headband), I scooted her outside and told her “Knitters do lots of crazy things … Continue reading

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Purple Socks

My knitting hasn’t been working out, lately.  It’s not that I haven’t been knitting, it’s just that my projects haven’t been turning out the way I want them to.  The choices I’ve been making matching patterns to yarn haven’t been … Continue reading

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Tweet-tastic

Remember back when Emily introduced the game-knitting challenge? Being a big fam of Lee Meredith I was very excited (I have three of her patterns on the needles at the moment, tragic isn’t it?). Well, along with a hat from … Continue reading

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Glitter Zebra

I have finished another Game Knitting project for our April Challenge. I think that it might be the best Game Knitting project I have ever knit! I love it so much. Here’s the sneaky picture: Yo Em, what the hell … Continue reading

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Sunday Morning Stripes

It is no secret that I love stripes. They are so addictive! Here’s my latest striped project: I just cast this off the other day! I love it. It’s a HUGE garter stitch stripey blanket. I make a lot of … Continue reading

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Fraternal Twin Hat

My latest finished object was created from the leftover yarn from my mostly pink handspun hat. The funny thing is that is hat has very little pink in it at all.  That’s just one of the unexpected joys of working … Continue reading

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Shelburne Scarf

I strategically planned this project to be eligible for two competitions – our Knitters Rumble March dyeing challenge and Art-by-Ana‘s March KAL. I used a yarn dyed by Ana and combined it with a yarn I dyed myself.  The resulting … Continue reading

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X-treme Knitting!

Well, time for the last of my road-trip projects, on the face of it a pretty straight-forward knit, a plain sock, knit with self-striping yarn for maximum stripey fun with minimum effort. I used Paton’s Kroy, a very nice reliable … Continue reading

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