The Comfort Zone

I was looking for something already in stash to use for Wendy Bernard’s new Crisp vest pattern, and came across this long forgotten fuchsia yarn which was “stashed” behind some books that I haven’t read because right now I only have time for working and knitting.  It’s a beautiful color for spring and I did [...]

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I finished the cuffs on the baby sweater and made ties for the front and it’s so cute that Comfy Bear agreed to model.  This concludes a sweater, berry pie hat, and blanket for baby Sweetpea (I kid you not that is her middle name) and I am still not tired of knitting little things.  I’m [...]

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Regrets, I have a few;
My bobble failure I’ll not mention.
I did what I had to do
Creating bobbles with apprehension.
I planned each bobbled row;
Each careful stitch along the pieway,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Yes sir, those are bobbles baby!!  Lousy song writing aside, I really did it!  I made bobbles my way.  [...]

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R-r-r-i-p.  I confess I can’t knit bobbles.  I completed two more rows of the dreaded bobbles and “That’s all I can stands, I can’t stands no more!” (Forgive me Popeye).  There has to be a better way and I plan on finding it by starting over again using worsted weight yarn.  I have already confessed [...]

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Have you ever knitted bobbles?  Are you still sane?  The abuse is out of control at Chez Comfort Zone and I don’t know who is getting the worst of it, me or the bobbles.  Berry Pie Hat is as sweet as berry pie and I was moving right along on the pie part when the [...]

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