The Comfort Zone

Yup, I finished the first Posh Yarns Sophia fingerless mitt.  It’s 100% cashmere and ohhhhhhh soooooo luscious.  The cables on this pattern are a little odd, but it turned out to be very pretty on the hand. 
You know how I was worried that organizing my stash in Ravelry would make it apparent that I do [...]

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The STR Calico fingerless mitts are finished.  Knitting with Blue Moon Fiber Arts STR in medium weight is my favorite knitting experience.  It is the perfect yarn for me—the right weight, the right amount of smooshiness, all the right colors, and a beautiful FO every time.  If I weren’t multi-yarn obsessed (like all knitters) I [...]

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First there arrived a wonderful box from friend Anne in Northern Ireland, filled with beautiful (happy birthday) yarn.  She sent gorgeous Posh Yarns gifts including blue Lucia 4 ply cashmere sock yarn, vibrant Eva silk and cashmere, and 100% cashmere Sophia in lovely earth tones, which will be long fingerless gloves.  I’ll post a picture [...]

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Seduction Socks from spring 2007 Interweave Knits is a beautiful sock, but because the pattern is only 8 rows long and each repeat adds less than an inch to the sock, it is s-l-o-o-w!  I would say tedious, but not quite.  It is an easy pattern for such an intricate look, and can easily be [...]

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Another Bag                               Suede Needles
Do you ever find yourself in a position to ask, What next?  What other stuff do I knit next?  Socks–already have two on the needles.  Treasure Bags?  I’ve done it to death.  Sweater?  Too hot.  What next?  Not knitting is not an option, so I guess I will keep on knitting my STR Moonstone [...]

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