Friday Finale
Hi everyone. This week I cast on the wrist warmers and started to knit them. I love the simplicity of the DROPS Design Extra 0-903 neck warmer and wrist warmer pattern. The only challenging part are the short rows on the neck warmer. I keep forgetting to wrap them...
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The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men…
...Often go awry! I thought I had Anne Budd's book "The Knitter's Handy Book of Knitting Patterns" out and in my knitting bag, but apparently it has been packed into storage somewhere. So instead of using one of her hat patterns, I downloaded a free pattern called...
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Prepping for Knitting
Hi everyone! I've been busy winding skeins of yarn into balls. This is Fleece Artist's Canada's 150th Birthday National Parks yarn in DK weight. Great for hats, neck warmers, and fingerless mitts. I plan to make more hats from Anne Budd's book "The Handy Book of...
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Hi All – Update
Still packing, packing, packing. Moved most of the stuff downstairs that we need for the month. Still have to get a small table, 4 chairs, a small cupboard, and the dresser downstairs. Might not happen tonight. We'll see. I'm waiting for Hubby to finish his...
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Moving Along
I decided to do some knitting to fill in pockets of time between packing and medical appointments. To that end I finished knitting a hat, neck warmer, and pair of wrist warmers from Fleece Artist's Canada's 150 Birthday yarn in the Sable Island colourway. The hat is...
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Life Happens
People who have been reading my blog for a while know that my dad passed away the end of April. I was totally immersed in dealing with "The Shirt Project" for the two months following his death. "The Shirt Project" was the remaking of about twenty of his old L.L....
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Motoring On
Hi everyone! I'm back from our little trip. The trip was a great time to engage other artists about their work. I was able to attend the Okotoks, Alberta spinning drop in and take my knitting. It was interesting talking to the ladies and I was able to wind my next...
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Weekly Review – Update
This past week I've been busy listing items for sale online, and selling them. I spent too much time this week sorting LEGO for sale. LOL Also listing furniture and selling it. We'll gradually get this house cleared out! I had no idea we had so much stuff packed...
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The Shirt Project – DONE?!
Wednesday evening I finished off the fourth and final quilt of The Shirt Project. Those who recall the origins of the project know that my goal was to make about 30 items from Dad's old L.L. Bean shirts for descendants of my father who wanted them. To see the...
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The Shirt Project – Almost There!
I've been working off and on, between company, on Dad's L.L. Bean shirt project. I finished the third moose and flying geese quilt and am onto the fourth quilt - a puppy quilt. The puppy fabric arrived in the mail Tuesday. It is Woof-Woof-Meow from Moda. I...
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The Shirt Project – Quilts
I was lamenting I might have to buy cotton yardage for the binding for these L.L. Bean shirt quilts, and then thought about it and asked myself "Why?". Surely I or one of my friends would have something I could use! Before going to my friends I decided I needed to...
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Quilting Along
The Shirt Project continues! I've moved on to designing quilts from Dad's old L.L. Bean shirts and quilting this week. I started out trying to keep it simple, so it would go quickly and look good - a simple 4.5" square quilt with stitch-in-the-ditch quilting. When I...
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