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I went to Miami for Thanksgiving.  I knew I was going to have a bit of downtime between the flights and the 4.5 hour drive to my grandparents for Thanksgiving.  It seemed fitting to take a big knitting project. When I last updated you on Trogdor in July, I was trying to decide about the [...]

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Trogdor the Burninator Knitting chart #3: Rather Dashing, originally uploaded by librarygurl. I got back to work on designing my Trogdor scarf. The scarf body has been posted and, for those who missed it, the Trogdor end has been up for a while. I made the other end with Rather Dashing and his thatched roof [...]

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Boy Baby Bib 1

Boy Baby Bib 1, originally uploaded by librarygurl. Half-Moon Baby Bib I created this pattern based on Leigh Radford’s petal bib in One Skein. When I first made the petal bib for friends I got complaints from mothers who had little boys. They wanted a bib, but the flower didn’t seem right. I tried a [...]

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Trogdor Knitting chart #1, originally uploaded by librarygurl. I am a fan of Trogdor… love him! I want to make a scarf with him on it. The problem is that I have not found any patterns. I have to make my own and this is a big deal because I have never done this before. [...]

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Wavy Gravy Scarf, originally uploaded by librarygurl. I am still trying to get rid of my yarn. I have lots of scraps. I decided to use these scraps to help me as I try my hand at designing patterns. I got this pattern in my head a few weeks ago and quickly started playing with [...]

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I am totally in love with Ravelry. Mostly because I have been able to share my limited collection of original patterns (1 with another being typed up). My patterns are really simple and easy, but I think many people don’t post the details of those types of projects because they are simple and easy. Wouldn’t [...]

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I guess I am a designer

I have been updating my ravelry account with some older projects. It dawned on me, while doing this, that I was a designer. Well, I have designed 1 pattern and altered 1 pattern. I made the decision to post the design for Z’s Baby Block. It has been almost three years since I made them [...]

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Boy Baby Bib 1

Boy Baby Bib 1 Originally uploaded by librarygurl This is it, the final version of the bib for boys. You may recall that previous attempts came out a bit like a square when I wanted the round. Other patterns made boxy looking bibs. I knew the secret to success was in the petal bib from [...]

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Some updates

I think I may be creating my first original project. Apparently my petal bibs are a huge hit in my family. This is according to my mother who, in my place, passed on the bib I made for my cousin’s little girl. My aunt requested something similar for her grandson since petals may not be [...]

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Baby Blocks

Baby Blocks Originally uploaded by librarygurl. These were given as a gift today so I decided to make the picture public and post it to the blog. This is the second baby project: Baby Blocks. There are a total of 8 blocks for baby Zach. You previously saw the block before I put it together, [...]

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