The Comfort Zone

I couldn’t wait to get started on Colonnade by Stephen West.  Great designer, beautiful pattern, what’s not to love?  As it turns out I did not love the double yarnovers!  I like a unique design as much as the next knitter but this one didn’t fit into my lifestyle.
After completing the initial stockinette neck section [...]

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When the weather is good and the hummingbird display is exceptional and the Merlot is cool and earthy, who wants to knit scrubbies?  It’s hat time baby!!  I started out sitting on the patio with the first scrubbie and just couldn’t get into it.  Do you get the idea that I’m having a problem with [...]

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Meandering Vines is finished and I couldn’t be happier!  It is not as long as I would like, but that’s what I get for even starting a long rectangular shawl.  I think I will stick with triangles from now on.

I’m ready to start the scrubbies this weekend.  Aren’t the colors pretty?  After reading the pattern [...]

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This is It’s All About The Scarf from Sadie & Oliver, and even though I dislike knitting ruffles like others I know, I had to knit it anyway because it is so cute.  The problem was that it wasn’t very exciting when I finished it.  In fact, it was so un-cute that DD didn’t even [...]

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Actually I call them pooffs but I don’t know why.  If you haven’t seen the information about knitting bath scrubbies on Wendy Johnson’s site, Wendy Knits, take a jog over there and bask in the glory of the best idea for Christmas gifts to come along in at least a year!!  Everybody uses them—don’t they?  [...]

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