Archive for March 2008
Hemlock Ring
Posted by: Ebony on: March 24, 2008
- In: Family| Knitting| lace
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Well, I’ve finally made the blanket that has taken blogland by storm.
Pattern: Hemlock Ring Blanket (with Modifications by Jared Flood)
Started: 16 March 2008
Finished & Blocked: 22 March 2008
Size: 52″ (I added one extra repeat)
Yarn: Mary’s Little Lamb Light Worsted by Farmhouse Yarns in Gold
Needles: 6.0mm Knitpicks Options circulars, using the Magic Loop technique and Fleegle’s Circular [...]
Yay! My Package Has Arrived!
Posted by: Ebony on: March 22, 2008
- In: Knitting| lace| spinning
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My package arrived from Cary, my No-More-Humdrum-Mittens Swap pal. She made me the most fabulous mittens, including using yarn spun up from “Ebony”, one of her corriedale ewes. They fit perfectly.
She also included some roving for me to be able to spin up from “Ebony” as well.
Plus, there were stitch markers, tea, and [...]
Mittens Finished!
Posted by: Ebony on: March 15, 2008
- In: KnitAlongs| Knitting
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Started: February 2008
Finished: March 2008
Yarn: Nature Spun Worsted Weight in Plumberry, Mint, and White
Needles: Brittany Birch DPNs in sizes 4.0mm and 4.5mm (still can’t get used to those US sizes)
Mittens Finished! Whew, they were a struggle. Not the pattern or the knitting, but the motivation. I think that [...]
Sale @ Knit Happens
Posted by: Ebony on: March 2, 2008
If you’re in the DC area, run, don’t walk, to Knit Happens. I made my way there today just because. It was a store I had never been to and I wanted to see what kinds of yarns they offered. Boy, did I luck out. I got a whole blanket’s worth [...]
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