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Dear Interweave Knits , I love you. I hate you. I both hate and love you at the same time. My faithful and clever readers have just spent several weeks carefully choosing a sweater pattern for me to knit, and a color for me to knit the pattern in, and here you go, publishing the new Winter 2009 IK with a cover sweater that makes me breathless with desire
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And the winner is... The Farmer's Market Cardigan, by Connie Chang Chinchio! Whoo-hoo! Everyone please give Connie, the designer of this fine cardigan, a round of applause for designing something so unusual and so flattering. I love this sweater, and I'm thrilled that you folks chose it for me to make for myself! You have such good taste :)
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Knitting For SOAR You might have noticed that I did not post last week (bad blogger!). My excuse? I was at Interweave's Spin-Off Annual Retreat , learning all about my most favorite thing: Yarn. My SOAR adventure was, in part, a mission to find out more about this beloved substance, to see if I could make better yarn choices in my knitting. I figured
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I went off to Rhinebeck, New York, last weekend, to immerse myself in the fiber world at the huge annual NYS Sheep & Wool Festival. Did I have fun? Does a knitter have dpns under her sofa cushions? It was fabulous. One llama tried to pick me up and get frisky with me on the first date. The llama kissed me several times on the face, then nuzzled
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The leaves aren't just falling outside, they're dumping themselves in huge thick carpets on my lawn. I've started wearing a coat when I walk the dog, scuffing my waterproof boots through the rivers of leaves on the sidewalks. Autumn has arrived here in southern Ontario. I've started mentally inventorying my cold-weather gear, and, given
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Tutorial: Sock Toe Chimneys by Sandi Wiseheart This is an easy, neat, and nifty way to finish off your sock toes if you just can't face the Kitchener Stitch that particular day. I learned it from Lucy Neatby; she has her own tutorial with extended notes here . Here are my Socks For Zombies to Knit in their natural, UFO state. Notice that the toe
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One UFO Down: 17 Left To Go I've had a pair of socks sitting in my knitting basket for, oh, I think it's been over a year now. Way back when, I wanted to make a pair of socks to be for Nicholas, so I opened up the bin containing my sock yarn stash and told him to Pick Something. He chose a lovely yarn ( Socks that Rock ) in a bright colorway
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After last week's post, many of you sent in the most amazing, supportive, you're-not-alone emails and comments...thank you. Beyond the compliments (blush), I found much wisdom there in your words, much strength, much companionship as I embark on this new part of my life. Each email, each comment seemed to express something worth pondering about
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We have arrived at the place in my knitting where it's all about steadfastness. Despite endless rows of sameness on the back of the Bolero , I must be unwavering in my vision of cuteness and Just Keep Going. This is the point where I sometimes abandon my projects--the long stretches of stockinette, the endless sleeves, the Back Without Boundaries
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This is so embarrassing. How many posts have I written about putting a lifeline in one's lace knitting? Maybe you could be gentle and just not answer that. Because I could go back and count the lifeline posts myself..I'm going to guess there's at least three of them, probably more like five. Could be more, who knows. (Eek. How many posts