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"tough on pills, easy on fabric" giveaway
Are your knits plagued by pills? I know the answer is yes. If you are a hand knitter, then you cannot avoid pills. All knitted fabric, machine knit or hand knit, will pill at some point, usually...
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Happy Easter
While we observe the solemnity of Holy Week, this week also tends to be when my husband and I observe major spring cleaning duties in the garden! Our kids visit Easter weekend and it being...
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winners revealed and another w-i-p parade
I thought it would be a good time to update my Rav page with my works-in-progress.Here they are!I purchased the yarn for the Floyd vest by Martin Storey. It's for my son's BD in September, so not a...
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my kidsilk haze obsession
Below is a modest sample of my Kidsilk Haze stash, which numbers in at about 40 skeins. Yep, it's a small fortune in yarn I admit, but luxury yarn is my vice, no, my obsession. Calling KSH a vice...
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roses
Well over half of our roses are blooming now,with the others following in a week or so. Look at them!Lovely Anja, AKA IamSnowfox, one of the German Rowan Ambassadors is visiting California and is with...
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how to grow a pear in a bottle
Last year I grew pears in bottles (original post) then filled one bottle with clear brandy and the other with vodka. They've been resting for a year and this spring or summer we'll have a party and...
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Once Upon A Time
Once Upon A Time is a new inspirational book by the talented knitwear designer, Marie Wallin. Take a minute and scroll down to view some of the prettiest sweaters ever designed for young folk. The...
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echoes
Kim Hargreave's newest book, Echoes, should be on the shelf of your local yarn store already, but if not, it soon will be. In Kim's hands, the newest trends turn elegant, timeless, and classic...but...
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capturing summer
I always loved to sing and when I was 8 or 9 my mother signed me up for a summer school choir. It was just one hour in the morning, I could walk to the class and be home well before lunchtime. I only...
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Recap of TNNA
While it's still fresh in my mind, I wanted to write a little recap of my visit to the 2015 Spring/Summer National Needleart Association convention held last weekend in Columbus, Ohio where yarn...
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be my baby
Long time readers might say, uh-oh, Kristen knit another owl sweater! But I never tire of this pattern! When I ask a new grandma what sweater she would like for her newest grand-baby, she almost...
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dad friendly
Well, hello! Knitionary has been a bit quiet this spring and I have missed you all so much! It's been hectic for me these last few months, with what seemed like a year's worth of activities and...
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Winterscapes
Today I received the OK from Rowan to start previewing the 2015/16 Fall/Winter yarns and books. As a Rowan Ambassador, I receive a preview pack each season containing sample skeins of the Rowan new...
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Pinkie
Me: I finished something pink.Him: Nice!Whenever I make something in pink, my husband says, "Why don't you just knit everything in pink?" It's nice that he likes me to wear pink because I like to...
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Easy DK Knits
Rowan is introducing three new DK weight yarns this season. I previewed Alpaca Merino DK last week and today's previews are for Pure Wool Superwash DK and Super Fine Merino DK. Pure Wool DK is...
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early Christmas
I just finished a fun project this morning. Even though I'd made these tiny trees before, when Martin Storey came to my town and my local yarn store, I couldn't resist taking a class from this...
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big parties and little
Last night we had a dinner party for six that was meant to be a much bigger party. Last week we sent out emails to the 12 guys that my husband plays golf with on a regular basis. We were punished...
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the perfect fit: sleeves
Knitting top-down, set-in sleeves is a technique I learned years ago, and from that first time it became my go-to sleeve construction. It is the best way to get a perfectly fitted sleeve. It...
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