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Festivus Bitterroot

For the 2010 Festivus I drew yarnpiggy and after much hither and thither, and a few false starts, I ended up making her a Bitterroot shawl out of Kauni Effektgarn, complete with beads. I’d never added beads to a shawl … Continue reading

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Shawl Dreaming

I decided to make the dayflower daydream shawl for a friend when she got pregnant. My idea was that it might be a christening shawl, if she didn’t already have one. My mother was of the opinion that white was … Continue reading

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Purple Hannah

One of my knitting buddies (beentsy, to be precise came up with the idea of the knitting group (we know each other through the Terminal City Yarn Wranglers group on Ravelry) holding a swap, so we could all receive knitted … Continue reading

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Lace Design

I spent much of the weekend at Sivia Harding’s lace design workshop, put on by the West Coast Knitters’ Guild. I love knitting lace, so the chance to learn more about the design process to jump-start me into designing my … Continue reading

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Finished Catkins

I posted about the beginnings of this long ago, here are the final photos. It was a fun knit, architecturally interesting, small enough to not get boring. My daughter uses it as a hat, doll blanket, scarf, and toy carrier, … Continue reading

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