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A Junie Cap for Jack
My Ravelry due date group did a first birthday swap recently, and I made a Junie Cap for my swap partner’s son, Jack. It ended up smaller than my first attempt, but still a little large on Jesse. Luckily, Jack’s … Continue reading
New Skills Hat: Junie Cap
New skills! Exciting you say, right? Well, in this case, Jesse’s less-than-desirable new skill (taking hats off) is leading to me acquiring new skills and using new techniques. In the frozen land of Massachusetts, hats are really non-negotiable in the … Continue reading
Holiday gifts
Well, life with a newborn is not very conducive to lots of knitting, that’s for sure! Nevertheless, when my mom called a week ago to say that she finally had an idea for what I could do for my dad … Continue reading
Christmas Stocking
So, first of all, I completely failed at taking a break from the Christmas sweaters for the niblings. The bad news is, I’m now utterly sick of the pattern. The good news is that all six sweaters are done. My … Continue reading
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Recently Finished Projects
Ok, I’ve now had a chance to properly photograph the socks. Here are the Sam Socks: A close-up of the cable pattern on the leg: The Spring Cable Socks: (the colors look a lot less garish in the better light!) … Continue reading
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Commission Knitting
In December, a friend suggested that I advertise custom knitting services on the website of an organization we are both active in (the North American Guild of Change Ringers). She had a lovely idea to have custom knits available with … Continue reading
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Photo Shoot — Laurel and Lush & Lacy
Today after Knitting Lunch, Dawn took some pictures of my hat and sweater: The first picture is my favorite. For some reason, the color was coming out really oddly, hence most of them being black and white.
Laurel
This past weekend was the MIT Mystery Hunt. I mostly go to see people I don’t get to see often, and helping with a puzzle or two is an added bonus (and I did get to work on two puzzles … Continue reading
The Long-Awaited Holiday Gift Post!
Ok, maybe nobody was actually waiting for this, but, I bring you the holiday gifts: For nephew Ethan: For niece Lily: For SIL Becky and BIL Larry: Two of these: And one of these: For SIL Darlene and BIL Frank: … Continue reading
