All Blog Posts Tagged 'Sport' (5)

A year ago this week, I shared with you all the birth of my newest grandson, Sam… named for my paternal grandfather (which I considered quite an honor).

Wednesday, February 2nd he turned ONE! And yesterday was the big birthday party for a very large extended family. Sam is walking…

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This has been a productive week in terms of UFOs and WIPs! First, I finished my Oregon Socks, which I began in May, 2008, during a trip to Oregon.

The yarn is KP's Gloss in "Parsley." The pattern is Ariel Barton's Cable Net Socks from…

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The last week has been very busy, what with welcoming my new grandson, Sam, into the world, and I had two days were I accomplished very little knitting. Finally on Thursday and Friday I got to knit a lot. My DH asked if I had gone through fiber withdrawal... I think that is exactly what happened to me.

I finished all the knitting on the Karin Tote, blocked it on Friday, and mattress stitched it together on Saturday. Then I whip stitched the strap, and inserted the…

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Well, it is official, I have now been knitting for 4 years. It really doesn't seem like that long, but in this time I have learned a lot, and hope to learn more this year.



For 2009 I was able to complete 45 knitted projects, using 13,859 yards of yarn. And yes, I kept track.



My first completed project for 2010 is the Big Comfy Baby Blanket for my new grandson Sam, that I finished a few days ago - Saturday to be exact.…

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Last Tuesday I finished the Alpaca Hemlock Ring Blanket and posted pictures of it being blocked. Today the happy owner came after her blanket and brought her husband along. They were both very pleased with the blanket. Here is the final picture:

And a closeup of the center petal, which I think is the prettiest part:

Since then I've been working on some baby items for the… Continue