Monthly Archives: December 2011

The Knitter’s Life List

Hopefully everyone had a great Christmas.  We did.  My house looks like Toys ‘R Us threw up all over it. Since New Year’s is this coming weekend, and it is generally a time of reflecting &  planning for the new year, I thought I would share with you a book that has recently come into...

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In the Queue

One of my goals of the new year will be to actually follow what is in my queue on Ravelry for projects.  I usually add things to my queue and mostly forget about them.  So first on my list is the Garfunkel Hat, a free pattern produced by O-Wool. Cute, right?  Strange is that the...

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Chevron Nook Cozy

A small finished object to share.  I decided my Nook needed a little bit of cuteness.  So I improvised this little pattern for keeping my Nook snug when it’s riding around in my bag. This was the first time I’ve used more than two colors for colorwork within a project.  I was sort of surprised...

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Christmas at the Hill House

It almost looked like Christmas this month.  We had this for one day.  Now today I’ve been driving with the windows down.  My kind of holiday weather! (Instagram pic) I thought I’d just share a little bit of how things look around here at the holidays. Sorry Autumn, that’s not for you… Lots of fires...

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Spinning Shetland

I have a new spinning experience to share with you.  Meet the Shetland sheep, originating from the Shetland Islands of Northern Europe: (Wikipedia image) This isn’t a fiber one comes across every day in the form of top or roving in the sea of merino.  But I like to get my hands on as many...

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