Happy World Wide Knit in Public Day

The Yarner June 19, 2010
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We’ll be out knitting in Confederation Park for as long as the weather holds. Lotsa shade there, but don’t forget to bring something to drink. Check Ravelry for a rain location. Can’t wait to see you all out.

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Knitting marketbags again

The Yarner June 17, 2010
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My LYS was nice enough to provide some charity yarn for this charity project. Here’s the one I finished today:

marketbag

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Road trip

The Yarner June 15, 2010
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Went on a stash enrichment excursion with the girls today, to Janie H. Knits in beautiful Perth. We reveled in yummy yarns and wonderful books, then went for lunch in a really nice bakery cum cafe and came away with huge piles of treasures and large dents in our wallets.  Good day.

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I decided to frog my stash-buster wrap

The Yarner June 14, 2010
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It had languished long enough. I wasn’t really happy with the way it looked, and consequently other project caught my eye. And the more I looked at that big pile of odds and ends and single skeins, the more I thought what a great ASJ that would make. So this is my FIFA Soccer Championship project.

I slightly fudged the pattern. My idea is for a loose fitting jacket with the drape of a shawl. We’ll see how it goes.

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The Yarner June 10, 2010
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Forgot to bring my knitting to knitnite today (Yeah, I know. Just … never mind, ok?) and consequently had to buy yarn to start sth new (the hardship). I think it’s going to be a shawl or stole. My own design, this time, which is a bit exciting. If I like it, I’ll write up the pattern for ravelry. We’ll see.

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Finished and blocking

The Yarner May 27, 2010
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Finished and blocking
Originally uploaded by hianja

I’m quite pleased with it. The extra repeats keep the shawl from sliding off my shoulders. It’s almost like a cape.

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Black Lace Scarf

The Yarner April 30, 2010
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Black Lace Scarf
Originally uploaded by hianja

Finished the test knit. Bit of a boring knit in the middle there, but with the 12 row repeat still not quite mindless enough to do it blindly. I don’t know if I’d do it again, but I do like the way it turned out, so all’s well that ends well.

And I’m now free to start on my swap mitts. I have the tiger’s permission to use the left-over yarn from the dead fish hat, so they’ll be orange and brown.

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Joined a swap

The Yarner April 23, 2010
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for fingerless gloves/mittens today. Good thing though that the swap isn’t until the end of June, ’cause I still have a test knit for a lace scarf to finish. I should really pace myself a bit better.

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Good use for a rainy day

The Yarner April 17, 2010
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Had a blast today with a handful of other knitters making body doubles of ourselves as dress forms. Picture a bunch of girls covering each other in duct tape like in this tutorial:

duct taping for mannequin

The resulting mannequins look quite professional, and I started using mine already. It makes trying on a half finished sweater so much easier.

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Another pair of socks

The Yarner April 12, 2010
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Birch socks
Originally uploaded by hianja

One can never have enough of those. This is Cherry Tree Hill yarn. Sockittome Select. Sooooo soft and luxurious. Love it. Ok, back to work.

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