Thrifty Find….

We went to the eastern shore this past weekend (let’s call it a mini-vacation) and stayed at this nice Bed & Breakfast, visited one of the historical sites, perused the artisan guild showcase, and had a good time drinking at the Irish pub. We went to this same little town last year and it just [...]

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Room to Grow….

This is the Shawl Collared Cardigan #2 that I made. I gifted it to a co-worker and he brought me pics – my first ever pic of someone else who has something I knit! I’m excited. Obviously, the little boy has some room to grow into this thing, but I guess babies [...]

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An Update….

Well, final exams are over and I am finished with school! Yay! (jumps for joy)
Now I have to decide wether to start my Masters (eek!) or start working on my Microsoft certifications….I’m thinking the latter.
I have the baby bolero pretty much all sewn up *except* I’m not liking the construction of the ribbed edges [...]

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Baby Bolero Progress…

The baby bolero is coming along. I had to rip the first sleeve because I made a silly mistake when reading the pattern…instead of increasing 1 st at EACH end of a row like it says, I was only increasing 1 st per row. Silly me. So I ripped out about 10 [...]

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Shawl Collared Cardigan #2

Shawl Collared Cardi #2 is all sewn up and ready to go! I used 100% cotton for this, it knit up pretty nicely and drapes well. I should buy some small hangers to show baby stuff because the regular hangers stick pretty far into the arms and makes the whole thing look a [...]

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Finished Sock

Now it needs a twin….
I finished one sock on Sunday night. I’m pretty pleased with it, if I don’t say so myself. I wasn’t sure I’d be able to tackle it, but it actually turned out to be a pretty easy knit. I didn’t know it was acrylic yarn…I must have been [...]

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