The Comfort Zone

In the last post I talked about the great new dishcloth pattern I discovered–the one that is knit in a semi-circle but turns out square.  The square emerges from two yarn over stitches in the center of the cloth.  Unfortunately the two yarn overs leave holes running down the center of the cloth making kitchen [...]

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On Saturday morning, while I was cleaning the kitchen after breakfast, I realized how ratty some of my dishcloths are becoming and vowed to knit a few new cloths–right then!  I hit the computer looking for something different in dishcloth patterns and found a simple mitered cloth that, while knit in a semi-circle, miraculously becomes [...]

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Here is sweet GD#3 in Hera Mountain.  Doesn’t she look cute in her new braces?  Don’t ask how I got the dark red color to start right at the feather and fan border.  It was totally luck! 
As soon as Hera Mountain Ridge Shawl was off the needles the question of what to do next [...]

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Hera Mountain Ridge Shawl is showing real progress but the lovely white alpaca and the beautiful crystal beads for GD#3’s wedding bag were sitting there in the basket whispering sweet nothings to me and I caved.  I feel so ashamed! 
One project at a time is just not possible for me but I did manage to restrain [...]

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The Old Man of Storr is finished and blocked.  I could not stop myself from adding the extra color to the cool blue of the STR Spirit yarn.   “Color, color” kept going through my mind.  It’s warm and cozy and colorful so I guess that makes it a success.  Hera Mountain Ridge Shawl is next [...]

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