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Well it has been a while since I have been on my blog. I finished the sweater for my Mother-in-Love several weeks ago but just found the pictures and thought I should get these posted. It turned out GREAT!

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Another Work in Progress. The sweater is progressing nicely. I have class tomorrow and will keep posting pics of… Continue

I finished these today. I love them. I am amazed at how much the felting process changed them. I will probably live in these. I am going to crank out a bunch of them for Christmas gifts too. Warm feet are a great gift. I used Fiber Trends felt clogs pattern and Patons Classic Wool in That's Pink (two strands), Chestnut Brown (two strands) and some mystery cream colored yarn (one strand of cream and one strand of brown) for the inner…

While I was trying to learn right handed knitting I finished a hat for the Hubby.

I was tired of the concentration that my sweater was requiring so I started goofing around on another hat. I don't know what got me thinking about changing colors and how to do it, but I suddenly just had an IDEA about how to alternate colors. Little did I know that I was floating the threads and I think I have successfully taught myself colorwork. I really like the… Continue

Well this is an old addage that I just re-visited. The Sweater class I started last week seemed to be going okay. I knit left handed so I had to overcome a couple of challenges right away. I had a tough time getting guage, so went from the suggested size 7 needles down to a 5. About three inches into the sweater I re-checked guage....too loose again....frog...frog...frog. I cast on and knit the first couple of inches 5 times and couldn't get it right. I finally went back down to Swatches to… Continue

I started a sweater class yesterday. I'm making a neck down summer cardigan from Knitting Pure and Simple. The yarn I am using is Plymouth Yarn, Royal Llama Linen in a lovely shade of green. I am knitting this for my mother in law and so far it is looking very nice.