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UFO: Tropical Clutch

UFO alert!  I’ve had this project on my needles since May of 2013.  It’s about 3/4-way finished, but I…

Hard Decisions & a Little Luxury for a Little Doll

I bought some lovely cashmere blend yarn from Knit Picks a while back – from their Capretta line.  I intended to use it for some…

We’ve Come Full Circle!

You may have noticed that I recently redesigned the blog – I hope you like it! You may also like this funny coincidence:  My very…

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To Finish or To Frog?

Last Spring I began knitting a cowl out of sock yarn… which is exactly as tedious as it sounds.  I chose this pattern…

RIP Blue Angel Shawl

Back in the summer of 2013 I was super excited to sign up for a mystery knit-a-long with Craftsy.  Well, the danger…

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(comically large) socks from hell!

So, I finished sock #1 of Eric’s socks on Saturday and had him try it on. As I expected it was way too…

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Frogging is Knotty

After much internal debate, I decided to frog the knotty or knice socks. I just couldn’t imagine myself doing that cable pattern over…

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Frogging Cressida (finally)

This morning I finally frogged the pieces I had knit for my Cressida sweater to harvest the yarn for Tess. I had only knit the…

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nasty “shawl”

This is supposed to be a shawl, but it ended up scarf-width and not much longer than what is pictured here. I have this…