tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57133186698267694382011-04-22T08:36:54.867+12:00A kiwi knitter living in old Wellytown.Dianteehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04534754049624162834noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713318669826769438.post-36084979668347835022009-03-20T19:55:00.005+13:002009-03-20T20:16:26.089+13:00

I've been looking after my DD today who has some sort of weird virus which I haven't seen before. But we have a nice time keeping each other company and chatting.I have been finishing off these socks this week. I started to knit these for the solid socks January KAL on Ravelry but didn't get them finished as I got sick of the tiny cables and decided that I wasn't sure they were going to fit

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This is going to be.Does this help?Or this?Have you guessed yet. It's been a favourite pattern that I have been preparing for for a long time. Collecting up different colourways of Noro Kureyon from different places and I've finally started and it's fun. I have to knit about 20 of these rectangles and then join them all together. Even though every piece is the same pattern the different

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Hope to keep this going a bit more regularly from now on.Said goodbye to my DS who went off to university in Christchurch a couple of weeks ago. I'm missing him but I know he is fine. It's very strange as he has hardly ever been away from home but seems to be adapted really well.I have been knitting. Mostly socks of various kinds as you can see. Find details on Ravelry as I can't remember them

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And I would like to be in again but I am going to be very careful about what I promise. Have been knitting socks and acquiring stash all year so am looking forward to this. I want to try out new ways of making socks. Also would love to take part in a swap. cheers

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Hi, thought I had better get back to this. It's been a long wet miserable winter here but we are finally coming out of it and today the sun is shining mostly and there is only a mild breeze. The bluebells are out.I have been knitting (of course). Current favourites are:The Myrtle leaf shawl with willow border from Victorian Lace Today in Dream in Color Baby, colour Strange Harvest. I bought

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Hi thereIt's been a while since I posted anything on here but I haven't been idle. Projects completed include:Serendipity socks from the Socks that Rock sock club - January - STR lightweightTangled Yoke cardigan from Interweave Knits Fall 2007 in Naturally Yarns Harmony 8 ply.Leafling socks, Socks that rock sock club - March STR mediumweightand Salvia from Knitter's magazine No.86, made with

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Hi, how are you all? I was lying in bed last night about midnight planning what I was going to write here. I'd been at Stitching Group and had come home all hyped up with looking at everyone's work and thinking about my own. Love going to my various groups but I often can't sleep afterwards.Stell asked about my sock clubs. Actually one of them is a sock club and the other is really a yarn

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Hi, this is bit of an up-date of what I have been knitting (or actually mostly crocheting) and what my plans are for this year.Spent most of my holidays crocheting various scarves, some for presents. I finished my Boteh scarf from Interweave Crochet, Spring 2007 in Handmaiden seasilk (Sangria) and sent it to my sis for her birthday.I also made one for myself in Colinette Jitterbug (Marble). I

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Well, it's a long time since I've been on here. Hope you all had a decent holiday and some fun over the Christmas/other holiday break. Lots of picture on this one. We all went off to Victoria in Australia for Christmas and met up with lots of my relations whom I hadn't seen for about 30 years. Really great to catch up and meet all their children and children's children. Here's a photo of

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Hi, I know some of you are celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend( Happy Thanksgiving) but I've only got three weeks until my Christmas holidays and I have done NO Christmas shopping. Think it might be very basic this year. I have had hints from the teenage daughter who wants either a new iPod or a new digital camera! I'm trying to think of something more imaginative and creative and it can't

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Hi, thought I would show off what I achieved during the UFO Weekend. Finished piecing a large log-cabin quilt with flying geese sort of. Here's another photo. Quilting next!I also finished piecing this quilt which I made from left-overs from another quilt - overestimated how many blocks I would need. Surrounded by fellow UFOers.It was a great weekend. Sharing everyone's stories and quilts

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Hi there, well I'm stuck on socks and loving it but all my other projects are suffering. Am off for a UFO weekend this weekend. Yes, it is for finished unfinished projects and starting new ones. The best thing is, no housework and no cooking for two whole days. Yayyyy! I'm planning to finish piecing a very large log cabin quilt I have been making for a friend and hopefully layer it ready for

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Hi, a short one this time. I wanted to say I have joined the Southern Summer of Socks KAL so I will get some of my largish stash of sock yarn knitted up. Some of it I'm saving for the Chevron Scarf from Last Minute Knitted Gifts which is gorgeous. I'll have to pick the yarn for that first.We're supposed to set some goals for this KAL and these are mine:1. Knit a pair of socks from every type

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I finished the lacy cardigan from the Cleckheaton Vintage Hues pattern book. I love it and its quite warm and cozy. It took 8 skeins of Cleckheaton Vintage Hues which I got half price at Spotlight. Love this colour combination but have not yet found the right pin for the cardigan. I knitted the pattern as written and it went very fast on 6 mm needles and the bulky wool. The size is 12-14.I

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Good Morning. Running a bit late this week. I finished my Juno and sewed it up. That's a close-up of the collar above and the whole thing below. Have decided I don't like the buttons - too shiny and will have to find something else. I couldn't get a decent photo of it on me so this will have to do.DetailsPattern: Juno from Rowan 40.Yarn: Rowan Yorkshire Tweed

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Look what arrived today in the post, Romantic Hand Knits by Annie Modesitt and the latest offering from the Spunky Yarn Club. I will be pouring through the book this afternoon and thinking about what to make with the Spunky yarn. Lovely to get "surprises" in the mail box.Finished Juno from Rowan 40 except for sewing on the buttons so next time you might see a photo if it looks okay. Colour is

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A finished sidewinder sock. Fun to knit and I really know how to graft now. I love the way the colours form in the handpainted yarn. Here's another picture of the sock before I grafted the toe. Looks really strange but works out really well. A great, well written pattern. The sock appears too wide but fitted beautifully when I put it on. I guess it's something to do with less stretch on

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Well we're having a bit of a foggy day here today after a week of mostly sunshine and cold weather. Have finished my jaywalker socks, find the pattern here. Here's a picture. Sorry no fancy sock blockers.They are made from Lornas' Laces sock in Childs Play. Can't remember where I got it though. Don't know why they striped on one foot and not the other. A fun pattern but don't think I'll

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Hi, this is my first post. I decided that it was time I did some posting. I'll try not to be too boring. Have been on a knitting binge for a while but do a bit of quilting from time to time especially of the art quilt sort (sort of anyway). Am knitting Juno cardigan from Rowan Magazine 40 at the moment but it is all in pieces at the moment as I struggle my way through the long, long collar (

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