Yes, I do still knit and blog

I started the diminishing rib sweater from IWK.   I am using this Clip yarn that I bought like 2 years and started a tank sweater but I ripped that out and started this new sweater. 
 
 
I am still working on the aran blanket, I have 1 square left then I have to sew the thing [...]

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It has been awhile

I have been such a bad blogger and knitter. It has been months since I have really knit anything. With that said I have 1 and a half squares left on the blanket … so it is going to end up being a first birthday present … To the left is a picture of the [...]

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Angie Hat …

Here is a picture of the hat I am working on for my daughter … so far I like the way it is comming out.  The tricky part – for me at least – is going to be the decrease rounds at the crown of the head.  I want to still be able to keep [...]

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We Need a Hat

My son does not ask for knitted items often ever.  It has finally turned cold here and he did not have a hat, so he asked for a hat … I dropped all other project to make the boy a hat. 
I am using The Boy Hat pattern and Schachenmayr nomotta Extra.  This hat is knitting up [...]

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Need another needle …

 
As you can see I was happily knitting along when I noticed I have a broken join in my needle.  So I had to switch out needles.  Thankfully I am using a #7 and I have about 4 pairs.  But now I need to send it back to Knit Picks and hope that they will just [...]

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Blanket Update

I am still working on the Aran Style Blanket I would really like to have the thing finished before it get to cold in New England.  I may just have to turn it into a christmas present at this point.  I think that I have made a mistake on every single on of these squares [...]

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1 mitten down

I used the mitten pattern from Anne Budd’s pattern book, but because of the yarn I knit all rows and shortened the thumb a bit and made the cuff part longer.  And of course like the hat she is trying to take the mitten away before it’s finished …

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Just a hat

I needed a different project … so I am making this hat, I am using Bernat Baby Bubbles in Bubble Gum.  This is for the girl & I really think it will be a soft warm hat for winter.  Also, the boy wants a hat for winter I have some brown yarn some where that will work out quite well for him.
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Need another skein …

I really hate it when you don’t have enough yarn to finish a sweater.   I started this sweater for my daughter back in like October, and because I am a serious procrastinator I am still not finished.  Last night I finished the sleeves, and started on the button boarder on the front and the collar, [...]

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Monday 8/4

I have been rather derelict in my posting, unless it is just a quick picture that I have to post, I have spent no time attending to my blog.  So with that out of the way, on to the fun stuff.
Still making progress on the Aran Afghan.  I think it is going to be a [...]

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