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    New scarf

    January 29, 2015 - By 

    At knitting on Tuesday, I learned a new pattern for a quick and easy scarf. I had some random yarn in my bag so I decided to give it a go.

    quick knit scarf

    The pattern is cast on 9 stitches. Knit 40 rows. Cast off. Then you cut 6 ft lengths of fringe…double over and thread thru the folded  knit piece effectively closing it into a loop. Wrap it around you neck and pull the long ends thru the knitted loop. Easy peasy…just think about your colors….

    quick knit scarf

    In my hands the 3 colored skeins of yarn looked really nice…and maybe as wide stripes it would have worked…

    But all I see is BACON.  And now I bet you do too. 🙂

    I’ll likely end up tearing this back apart and using the scraps for something else.  Oh well…at least I learned something.

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    Loom knitting experimentation

    December 6, 2014 - By 

    I have a love/hate relationship with Pinterest. So often I see something that I fall in love with and want to create for myself and the link either goes now where or just to the photo of the thing I was enamored with in the first place even if it clearly stated that it was a tutorial. This is where the experimentation takes over. I see my goal…now I need to figure out how to get there.

    I’m continuing to experiment with  different stitches and patterns on my knifty knitter loom. I saw a really cool dish scrubbie on Pinterest but the link did no good. After studying the photo a bit I came up with my version.20141206_7331

    I honestly don’t know the terminology for all the stitches…I am a visual learner.

    If you are here actually looking for the pattern I will sum up what I did in “Halle speak” and hopefully it will make sense. 🙂

    Using 2 skeins, cast on all 24 pegs continuing the circle as if making a hat. Knit 20 rows. Bind off. Close both ends of tube and flatten. I sent the strings from one side through to the other and tied them off so it would stay flattened.

    So maybe after all my complaining…I’m guilt as well.  I have no step by step directions. Good luck!

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    T Tuesday: knitting edition

    November 18, 2014 - By 

    Happy Tuesday! T stands for Tuesday_200

    I snapped a photo at dark:30 of my morning coffee spot.dark 30

    The coffee is gone and I’ve moved on to tea. This polar vortex is the pits. It feels like January outside…heck, in the house too.  Cold seeping in everywhere. It’s going to be a L…O…N…G winter if this keeps up.

    The cold temps have me thinking about knitting. Not just thinking…doing.20141118_7269After some experimentation with my own pattern and a you tube video on stretchy binding off…I completed these boot cuffs. I know they fit a tweener size girl but I am waiting on a friend who has average size calves to see if they fits her. Too tight on me to be comfortable but I have those wonderful large Norwegian calves made for trudging through the snow along the fjords. 

    So I mentioned that I did some experimentation. I found out two ways not to make boot cuffs. But I made use of them anyway. Two new American Girl hats ready to hit my etsy store just in time for Christmas shopping.

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    Today is a stay-home day…lots on the list…likely a bit of knitting too.

    What are you doing today?