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Pi day swap!
One of the Ravelry groups I enjoy runs a pi/e themed yarn swap and I decided to participate this year because seriously, how awesome is that? The deal was that you had to include yarn or spinning fiber, some edible goodies, a handcrafted item, and other goodies related to pi or pie. Target value was…
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Yarn Subscription preview, February 2016 (Yarn of the Month and Jimmy Beans Beanie Bags)
One more preview photo for today! These yarns have been sadly neglected in favour of Rose City Yarn Crawl stuff, but they’ll be coming up soon! I’m very much looking forwards to more teensy tiny sample knits. Yarn of the Month is on the left, with that tempting stained glass pattern that might have me…
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Yarn Subscription preview, January 2016 (Yarn of the Month and Jimmy Beans Beanie Bags)
I took this picture back in January but apparently never actually shared it, so here’s a belated preview, if that makes any sense: Yarn of the Month is on the left, Beanie Bags on the right. Since I’m planning to block the YOTM samples tonight and nearly done with the project for the Beanie Bags,…
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Yarn Subscription preview, March 2016 (Yarn of the Month and Jimmy Beans Beanie Bags)
Both my subscriptions arrived on the same day, so here’s a quick preview! My Jimmy Beans Beanie Bag on the left is a collection of sport weight merino in pretty pinks, with the newer square bag like they did last month, a Soak wool wash packet and this month’s notion, which is plastic spiral stitch…
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Rose City Yarn Crawl – Mystery Crochet-a-long (Clue 3 and 4)
Crawl starts soon, and of course I’m last-minute blocking! Here’s clue 3: And the final clue, clue 4, unblocked. I actually missed the final colour change, those last points are supposed to be cake-coloured. But honestly, I’m so in love with the yellow/orange yarn that I’m kind of glad I made the mistake. Plus it…
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Rose City Yarn Crawl Mystery Crochet-a-long (Clue 1 and 2)
This pattern is named after Rimsky-Korsacoffee house, one of the local places that takes “keep Portland weird” as a personal mission. Also, it has great cake.
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Rose City Yarn Crawl Mystery Knit-a-longs (Clue 1 and 2)
As I mentioned in my post about knit-a-longs, the Rose City Yarn Crawl runs both a knit and crochet a long in the month leading up to the yarn crawl. It’s a real treat seeing people wear their creations out on the crawl, and I wanted to be one of those gals sporting a new…
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Catch a Falling Star MKAL Clue 3
I’ve paused on this knit-a-long since the Rose City Yarn Crawl ones have started and I foolishly have tried to do both, but here’s what it looked like at clue 3: I really liked the bind-off in this. You can’t tell from the in progress photo, but it’s designed so that the bind off is…
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Jimmy Beans Wool Beanie Bags, November 2015
I finally sat down and made a decision about what to make with my Beanie Bags yarn. So freeing! First, let’s look at the package. The mailing envelope contained a single bag filled with stuff: The packaged contained 4 balls of yarn in the same shade of grey (although the light catches them differently in…
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Yarn of the Month Club, December 2015
Astute readers may note that I’m doing the December YOTM review but still haven’t done the Beanie Bag full review. That’s because even though it’s January I still haven’t knit up anything with any of my Beanie Bag yarns. How embarrassing. Now, I could blame a busy holiday, but I the answer is much simpler…
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Catch a Falling Star MKAL week 2
The week 3 clue came out on Friday, so I’m a bit behind still. But Clue 2 was much easier than clue 1, at least! Here’s what clue 2 looks like for me and my dino buddy: Still loving that thick cuff, but not so much loving the transition at the wrist bead line —…
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Catch a Falling Star MKAL
I did manage to cast on one of those knit-a-longs: the fingerless mitt “Catch a Falling Star” MKAL. since clue 2 has now been released (as I write this — I think clue 3 might be released by the time this posts), here’s my pictures from casting on and clue 1!
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