All Blog Posts Tagged 'sampler' (10)

High Fiber—Sampling Cross-stitch.

We had a rare treat at Vintage Stitchers this week:

Carol picked up this great cross-stitch sampler in a silent auction. It's worked on evenweave. What a lot of work must have gone into it! Here's a closeup:…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on October 15, 2012 at 8:30am — 23 Comments

Sweater Workshop Sampler... part three

First the moral, then the story:

Never try to learn something new with a screaming migraine!

I'm starting on my third day of a migraine, off and on... more on than off. However, I really want to finish the Sampler so I can get on to the business of actually creating a sweater. So, when my head isn't screaming too loudly to think or breath, I'm plugging away on it.

The problem with that though, is that my neural synapses do not fire properly when under the stress… Continue

Added by Elianastar on May 21, 2010 at 10:00am — 14 Comments

Sweater Workshop Sampler... TaDa!

After... what... two weeks of procrastinating and sabotage, I finally took scissors to the Sampler and performed surgery on my Sampler. It now has its final element installed: an Afterthought Pocket, a la Elizabeth Zimmerman and grateful thanks to the KnitPicks tutorial video for the kitchener stitch moral support. I probably could have done it by myself, but I wanted the "security" of actually seeing it done before I wrapped up the last task.

As with every other task in the Sampler,… Continue

Added by Elianastar on February 23, 2009 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments

Sock Progress

I'm a new member of this knitting community and I've been working on the winter Kettle Dyed Sock Sampler. I got my first digital camera for Christmas, so I've been taking pictures of knitting projects. I've finished one January sock and most of a T-shirt sweater since then.…

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Added by mae on February 20, 2009 at 8:00pm — 2 Comments

Sweater Workshop Sampler... part four

Have you ever avoided doing something because you had a preconceived idea it would be too hard, too complex, too intimidating? Maybe that question should begin, "How often have you avoided..." Have you ever wondered how many times in your life you passed up an opportunity to learn something new and fun and rewarding out of sheer fear of failure?

I have.

As I'm working my way, stitch by stitch, through the "assignments" of the Sweater Workshop Sampler I am receiving… Continue

Added by Elianastar on February 1, 2009 at 6:30pm — 4 Comments

Sweater Workshop Sampler... part two

Status Report: Ripped open my KP box upon arrival. SO satisfying! LOL! My GD helped and I could hardly stop her from "petting" the four balls of Suri I'd gotten. [A ball of which looks for all the world like a multicolored "Tribble," a la "Star Trek"!] I, myself, was more transfixed with the Shine Worsted I'd bought with the intention of working my Sampler.

What an AWESOME yarn. Cotton blend? Really? THIS is a cotton blend??? SO soft and silky!!! I got two balls of Creme Brulee...… Continue

Added by Elianastar on January 29, 2009 at 11:50am — 4 Comments

Finally... the Sweater Workshop Sampler is at hand!

I am giddy like a little kid on Christmas morning who just heard the sound of hooves and jingle bells on the rooftop!!! My KnitPicks order will arrive sometime today. Will probably be this afternoon or early evening before someone will go pick it up from our mail place... I do not anticipate a chimney delivery... and I will FINALLY be able to begin my Sampler!!! YAY!!! WaHOO!!! Yippee!!! [dance of joy!]

It is, however, snowing this morning, so I hope that doesn't get in the… Continue

Added by Elianastar on January 27, 2009 at 10:30am — 7 Comments

Excited about socks

Have you seen all the new samplers that… Continue

Added by Melissa on August 14, 2008 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

Two New Knitalongs Available!

We've just added knitalongs for our new Fall samplers!

The "Palette Sampler - Sipalu bag" group is knitting a fantastic colorwork bag in the updated colors of Palette - we've created three different colorways from which to… Continue

Added by Knit Picks Admin on August 5, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

Yarn diet? What yarn diet?

So I'm perusing the April catalog and finding so much to love about the new colors and all the summer yarns and planning how to spend my economic stimulus package. I click to the Knit Picks website and start loading a cart with my wishlist - a little Comfy in pink, a little CotLin in green (mmmm... kohlrabi), a little Shine in yellow maybe. Not a lot of yarn, not a sweater's worth, just a sampler, if you will. But it's just a wishlist. I mean I just ordered from Knit Picks 2 weeks ago (Gloss… Continue

Added by medhbh on April 23, 2008 at 9:22pm — No Comments