tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267559612007-09-22T21:44:01.172-04:00SaffronBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755961.post-42963069393998952672007-01-01T19:14:00.000-05:002007-01-01T19:15:56.548-05:00

My blog is now here: http://www.saffronknits.net/ See ya there! :)

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My Fortune Cookie told me: In the future, human beings will be made out of soy. Get a cookie from Miss Fortune

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*sigh* This is supposed to be a knitting blog ... but I haven't been so there hasn't been much to blog about. I'm kinda bummed about that. I think my last foray with the short row heel got to me. :( I've got some beautiful sock yarn and hope 2007 will be my year for sock knitting. I know as soon as I figure out that short row heel... there'll be no stopping me. and I also hope to have a new

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December always seems to be so busy... taking me away fromthe fun stuff like blogging. Thanks so much for all the comments and suggestions. I really appreciate them! When I do the short rows, I'm actually going by more than one pattern because each person described the process differently and it just seems to work for me when I just read one pattern. I haven't given up, but needed to take a

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What am I talking about? Why it's 'Short Row Heels'! AGAIN. There's something that I'm just not getting. I'm getting closer, but success eludes me. Below is a baby sock I attempted, complete with holes on both sides of the heel. Next to it is just short row heel practice with one big on only one side.   How am I supposed to fix something if I don't know created the problem in the first

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It's a Hat!   A GIANT hat. (aka Adult Large)   I am very pleased that this is completed (minus a few ends that still needed to be weaved in. The yarn is Lion Brand Wool-Ease. I used size 6 needles. gauge= 6 st/in. After trying the toe-up sock, I wondered about making a hat from the top down. I found a couple of patterns but didn't really want to use them as anything more than a guide so I

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Sorry for being so quiet. RL has a way of just zapping the energy out of you. But I have been knitting... just wasn't in the mood to blog about it ... so... onto the fiber chatter. It's amazing what happens when people find out you knit. They give you yarn! It's happened twice this year. A lady at work had a skein in her desk and when she was cleaning out a drawer, she offered it to me.

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RL is not giving me a break lately so my blogging has been more sparce than usual. Hopefully you'll enjoy this video of one of my favorite comedians, Jeff Dunham.

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This is what my socks looked like before I ripped 'em out.... -------------------------------- Two Toes....     One Foot...    &nbsp

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...you must rip it. The socks are no more. Two toes and all of one foot... Way too big, even for me to wear.

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Ok. So I didn't shout. But I did do a little twisting. Working on the sock I noticed a familiar hole in the stockinette - a mistake that I repeatedly do when doing stockinette stitch in the round. But I don't know what I do that creates the problem... so I don't know how to fix it ... but I digress. .... So... I successfully ripped back about 4 rows but I then I ended up with a bunch of

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Hand dyed yarn from Cabin Cove Mercantile   Color: Nana's Geraniums   Weight: Fingering Weight   So very soft  

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for updates on what I've been knitting. As I said before, I've been taking progress photos so I'll share a little at a time until caught up with where I am now. Also, I have a crochet project upcoming in the future. I'll let you know about that as well. Thanks! Happy Soctoberfest!

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therefore sometimes blogging doesn't. But I am knitting... more than usual, in fact. Am taking pictures of progress so I eventually will have something to share. See ya soon.

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I just joined My First Toe-ups! What a coincidence, huh? Very cool! :D

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Figure-Eight toe       Short Row Heel   Is it any wonder my brain hurts now? Sheesh! I think I'm going to go work on my no-brainer scarf.

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Something unexpected happened tonight. I attempted a figure-eight toe... and it worked! I didn't plan it and I'm kinda stunned. So I guess I started Socktoberfest early...with a toe-up sock ...and neither was part of my plan. AND... and... I hope to attempt a short row heel ... and I don't know why. What I do know is that I'm going to try the wrap method. The backwards yarn over looks

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I joined Socktoberfest 2006! My first KAL. ... um, am I way too excited about this? *runs off to Knit Picks to order some dpns*

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Here is my work in progress. It's actually resembling a scarf. :) Neat, huh?         The colors of Dave's yarn are creating a very nice subtle pattern. 

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Well, I was supposed to attend a knitting meeting tonight but due to car trouble, I wasn't able to make it. Maybe I'll try again for the next meeting. I'll try to post pictures of my scarf before the end of the week. I really like how it's looking. You can finally see color pattern in the stitches. I'd have posted a pic sooner, but the week has been a pain. I got my very first Pattenwork

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The Knitting Curmudgeon has poignant commentary looking back over the last five years. It was a day . . .

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I do!! :) Here are some pictures!! I see some purple socks in my future. :) The last picture is all the unused Cabin Cove yarn that I have!            

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Dave added more yarn to the Mercantile. I couldn't resist. I bought some. I don't even have the right size needles for this yarn (yet). Maybe when I receive it, I'll post a picture of all the unknitted yarn I have purchased from him so far. Maybe. ;) ttfn!

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Just a small update. I had to rip out about 1.5 inches so there's still not much to show on the scarf. When it get to be a decent length, I'll post a photo. But it is slow going. It's kinda sad when you get better at ripping back the work as opposed to actually creating the work. *sigh* Have a good week!

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no pictures yet ... but I wanted to say that this scarf is coming along nicely. I adapted this pattern. I think it's for worsted weight yarn, but it doesn't really say. I adapted it a little for Dave's Sport Weight yarn. If anyone is curious, I cast on 39 stitches with size 8 needles. For me, it's about 7 inches wide (not accounting for the rib). I like this rib pattern because I

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