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Efortless Cardigan

September 13, 2011

My back is still really sore so you will all just have to wait a few more days to see what we have been up to in the back yard. At the moment I could not handle sitting at my computer for long enough to write the backyard post. In the meantime I thought I [...]

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Knitting and a Cup of Tea

September 20, 2010

This weekend was awesome, EBN and I spent time in Canmore. We ate great food and kept great company. Much of this weekend was spent relaxing in front of the fire with my knitting. I started a new project. I needed a distraction from the small and intricate daphne purse. I bought lovely pink wool [...]

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Cowl Update

August 10, 2010

Last week in Kelowa I stopped at a fabulous knitting store called Art of Yarn. While I was there I picked up a big beautiful button to add to my cowl. You may remember that I finished knitting the cowl a couple weeks ago. The button is a handcrafted by a company called Lantern Moon. [...]

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Cowl Completed

July 23, 2010

After weeks and weeks I have finally completed by first non-dishcloth knitting project! If anyone is interested, you can check out my previous post discussing the start of this project. The previous post also contains a link to the free pattern for the Fear of Commitment Cowl designed by Julie Weisenberger that I am sporting [...]

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Stuffed Animal Knitting Projects

July 6, 2010

Now that I have finished a couple of knitting projects (I am nearly done my cowl and will post pictures next week) I have bits and pieces of wool laying around. What do you make with your left overs? I was thinking of making a couple small stuffed knit toys. Here are a few cute [...]

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Dishcloth Completed!

May 25, 2010

After lots of swearing and two unravelling incidents that I would rather not talk about my first knitting project is complete. I think this dishcloth was a great project to start out with because it was small and its triangle shape allowed me to practice both increases and decreases. As you can see, they are [...]

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Cowl Knitting Project

May 18, 2010

Tomorrow morning I am off to Make One Yarn Studio with my friend Julia. Julia and I have been trying to get there for a couple of weeks now and tomorrow is the first time our schedules actually work! Tweet This Post

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Unravelling

May 17, 2010

I spent my weekend doing two things, yard work and knitting. When I have a bit more time to post I will give you all the low down on the yard work but for now it is all about knitting. Check Out andrés yeah on Flickr Tweet This Post

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Dish Cloth Stitches

May 13, 2010

Still plugging away at my first dishcloth dishcloth and I have to say the knitting is getting easier. Once my friend MJ who taught me to knight went home, I was on my own and feeling rather overwhelmed. Luckily I found this amazing website called Knitting Help. Wihtout knitting help I think I would have [...]

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Knit an Easy Dish Cloth

April 30, 2010

There is nothing quite like sitting around with a good friend and knitting. I am grateful to MJ for being extremely patient and teaching me how to knit this week. I am currently working on an easy dishcloth (I found the free pattern on ravelry.com) Once I finish three clothes I will move onto something [...]

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