Category: knitting
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Chilly March 2026, Life & Ink & Knitting
It’s March! Traditionally, February is the month where I used to feel the worst when I lived in Canada, likely because it’s when you’re sick of winter and the dark, but honestly it didn’t seem so bad this year, possibly because I wasn’t in winter in December so I haven’t really gotten sick of it. …
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Fiber Goals from years past
This year is the 10th year I’ll be doing fiber goals, and I wanted to revisit some previous year’s goals, so I’m starting by making myself a mega post with all of them to contemplate.
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Finish or Frog Along Wrap-up
I still spend more time knitting than using fountain pens but you wouldn’t know it from the blog posts I write! So let’s do a bit of an update. In September / October a group of fediverse folk do “Finish or Frog Along” (formerly Fall Finish Along, but now with a better name for people…
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Travel Gear Review: Tom Bihn gear
As I mentioned in my post about my cane, I use a Synik 22 Guide’s Edition for travel because of the cane mount point. But it’s far from the only thing from Tom Bihn that I use, so here’s a ridiculously long and photo-filled exploration of what I carry in my various pouches and bags.
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Travel Gear Review: Midori Clip Ruler
I picked up this ruler to go with my travel notebook. I didn’t use it the way I thought I would, but it found a niche that made it fit perfectly into my travel stationery setup. What is it? A metal ruler that also acts as a clip bookmark and a stencil. Link: https://www.jetpens.com/Midori-Clip-Ruler-Copper-Daily-Life/pd/29899 What…
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Estimating my knitting speed
It’s occasionally useful to know how long a knitting project will take me: When do I need to start a gift for it to be ready in time? How much yarn should I bring on a trip? So I decided to make a personal estimate I could refer to when I wanted to make a…
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Fiber goals 2024: mid year check-in
I’m a bit overdue for a look at this year’s fiber goals. They were as follows: Gift yarn I thought gift yarn would be an easy one, but I’ve hardly used any! When I started this goal I wrote down 5 skeins/sets in hopes of inspiring myself to make plans, but so far I’ve only…
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Finchley Graft written instructions
I learned the Finchley Graft recently. It makes the same fabric as the more common Kitchener graft, but without the extra setup/end steps that make it stick out at the edges when used on, say, a sock toe. Unfortunately, I haven’t done it enough times to actualy have it memorized, and when I look it…
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Two tiny two at a time nested socks knitted one inside the other
I wrote this up last year/summer of 2022, never quite finished it, and never published it as a result. I don’t know if I remember enough here to finish writing this up properly without knitting the socks again. I don’t want it languishing in my drafts and I’m not sure when I’ll feel inclined to…
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Fiber Goals 2023: Mid-year check-in
It’s the middle of the year, so it’s time for a mid-year look at how my 2023 fiber goals are going! This year’s goals were: Most of these are going pretty well. Toys I’ve done a lot of these! I already talked about a few in April, and last week I finished this summer’s mystery…
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Some projects for my kid: heart, good bear, egg
A few kid presents I made so far in 2023: Heart Amigurumi Made these for my kid around Valentine’s day (although we don’t really celebrate that one). Ravelry project link: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/terriko/heart-amigurumi Good Bear This is a Susan B Anderson pattern with a kit from her store (Barrett Wool Co.). I love these kits: they’re well…
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Rainbow Heart Mitts (Glitz Mitts)
I live in a part of the Pacific Northwest that doesn’t get *that* cold, so I mostly get by with fingerless gloves. But then I got a dog and when I’m doing the last dog walk of the night it can be a bit nippy, so I switch to full mitts, the same ones I…