Tag: Yarn
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Queen Anne’s Lace Gloves: Gloves for a Lady of Leisure
Is it just me or does winter sewing seem to take longer than summer sewing? Maybe it’s all those thick fabrics, linings, and long sleeves. I do have a few things I’ve recently sewn that I want to write about soon, but I don’t seem to have pictures of them yet. In the meantime, my…
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Knits for Guinevere
While I’m waiting for the skirt of the dress I’m making for The Monthly Stitch to finish hanging so I can hem it, I thought I’d post a couple more of my finished knitting projects. This one is the January Baby Cardigan which is available as a Ravelry download. I love the look of the mock-cables…
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Guston Sweater Revisited: As Much Like a Cheeto As Possible.
I’m going to interrupt Aunty Laura’s saga of dress refashioning and change the subject entirely. To knitting, in fact. Last year I asked Pete what color sweater he wanted, and part of the description he gave me of the “burnt orange” he had in mind is that it “wouldn’t make him look like a Cheeto.”…
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Quick Knit Project: Taylor Shrug
This is a quick knitting post for a quick-knit project*. The Taylor Shrug, specifically. Once I got the concept of what the thing I was making was supposed to look like, it was a very easy knit. The directions are minimal, which is not necessarily a bad thing, since much of the directions that are…