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Posted in Knitting Projects, Knitting Techniques on Apr 25th, 2012
, a photo by librarygurl on Flickr. I have to ask myself, at this point in time, why I thought making a ribbon scarf was a good idea. See, everyone is making these. You find this new ribbon yarn everywhere. You knit into the holes of the ribbon to make this pretty scarf with layers [...]
Posted in Knitting Projects, Knitting Techniques on Mar 19th, 2012
IMG_0214, a photo by librarygurl on Flickr. I have already written a post about my goal to knit 12 pre-selected items this year. I wrote a little about the frustrations I had felt right away with some of the projects I have selected. Well, I officially have my first completed item! This is the Danica [...]
Posted in Knitting Projects, Knitting Techniques on Nov 30th, 2011
You may recall, or you can go back and find the post, a few months ago I made my grandmother a homespun shawl/blanket. I realized I couldn’t just let my other 3 grandparents live without their own hand knit items. I started with my maternal grandfather. Why? Because Grampa live in MA and it’s almost [...]
Posted in Knitting Projects, Knitting Techniques on Aug 31st, 2011
IMG_4798, originally uploaded by librarygurl. Emily, Adam and Lev have officially received their gifts. This means I can show you more! Here is the blanket I made for Lev. I wanted to play with cables and this blanket was perfect. I loved the subtle cables and the V shape they create. Side note, one of [...]
Posted in Knitting Projects, Knitting Techniques on Aug 16th, 2011
IMG_4803, originally uploaded by librarygurl. I don’t always have knitting wins. I have plenty, but every so often I just flat out fail. This weekend I needed a quick project and wanted to finish my summer knitting project list. On the list was this cute felted candle holder pattern. I got the yarn on my [...]
Posted in Knitting Projects, Knitting Techniques on Jun 16th, 2011
IMG_4727, originally uploaded by librarygurl. I have been on a cable adventure this summer. I have had this pattern sitting in my ravelry queue for years. What pushed it forward? A new obsession with cables and I actually purchased the handles. When I mentioned the project to Pat he gave me a warning, the bag [...]
Posted in Knitting Projects, Knitting Techniques on Apr 24th, 2011
Felted Wine bags, originally uploaded by librarygurl. I have been trying to finish this project forever! I decided to do these as part of holiday gifts in 2010, but the pattern was back ordered and it didn’t get here until well into the new year. I had three skeins of the Lion’s Brand alpine wool [...]
Posted in Knitting Projects, Knitting Techniques on Feb 1st, 2010
One Loom Mittens, originally uploaded by librarygurl. I have been sick for the past few days. I have been using my scrap yarn to make projects. With all the things I knit for Warmer Winters I have a significant collection of Wool-ese thick and quick scraps. I found this neat pattern to make adult mittens [...]
Posted in Knitting Projects, Knitting Techniques on May 17th, 2009
The scarf Originally uploaded by librarygurl The second scarf I made for Katie (upon her move to NYC) was this easy cable scarf. This is my second attempt at cables and I figured out why I had so many problems with the first project (Gabby’s shrug, which I frogged). It had to do with the [...]
Posted in Knitting Projects, Knitting Techniques on Apr 8th, 2009
Icord scarf Originally uploaded by librarygurl I don’t have many adult male friends who get knitting gifts. This year I happened to have two of them who asked for scarves. I hunted down this fantastic pattern to make an I-Cord scarf. Essentially, knit 6 icords. I picked two colors, but the pattern calls for three [...]
