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Plan B
Challenges. Even in pleasure there are challenges or maybe your challenges are your pleasure. Knitting gives me a high level of pleasure but I could list an abundance of challenges that knitting has...
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Yarn Bombing on a Personal Level
Anything yarn-like is going to catch my attention so when this thing called yarn bombing came exploding onto the scene, what can I say, it intrigued me. I wanted to know the how and the why of such an...
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Yarning About Dye Lots
You might think purchasing yarn a simple matter. I’ve had questions and heard comments from non-knitters that remind me that purchasing yarn is anything BUT simple. Such questions as “So, what’s the...
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Knitting is not a Competitive Sport, or …
I recently read a post called Knitting is NOT a Competitive Sport on my friend’s blog. The writer was expressing her thoughts on her observations of the productivity of other knitters as compared to...
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Knitting Tools for Puppy Trainers
Knitting tools, you ask? Let’s take each item. The ceramic bowl in the background is filled with dog treats. How else does one make one’s pet happy when one wants a bit of knitting time away from...
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From A-symmetric to Z-ipper
Funny, when I receive a new Vogue Knitting magazine, I tend to have two emotions. The first is, of course, excitement as anyone who follows my knitting knows that I believe VK stands well above any...
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‘Plan, Make, Finish, Wear’ and then …
Now, the question becomes who thought of this motto first, VK or me? The motto I am now seeing heading the instruction pages in recent issues of Vogue Knitting: plan, make, finish, wear has been my...
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Drapey (2 of 2)
What is it about Tom Scott that captures my attention? Whoever would think to take the traditional cardigan, flip it around, and call it fashionable? Tom Scott! AND, whoever would think to design a...
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Is this a Martin Storey or a Math Story?
Back in August I laid eyes on this beauty, Tembe designed by Martin Storey. (ok, the model ain’t bad, either.) The colors, style of the cardigan, the way it was fashioned, and the magnificent...
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Knitting Tools for Puppy Trainers
Knitting tools, you ask? Let’s take each item. The ceramic bowl in the background is filled with dog treats. How else does one make one’s pet happy when one wants a bit of knitting time away from...
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From A-symmetric to Z-ipper
Funny, when I receive a new Vogue Knitting magazine, I tend to have two emotions. The first is, of course, excitement as anyone who follows my knitting knows that I believe VK stands well above any...
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Baker’s Dozen
THEYARNISTA’S TOP THIRTEEN KNITTING TIPS ~ Love what YOU knit! Start with the finish in mind. Will the pattern work for you? Did you add selvage stitches for neat, clean seams? Is the length and width...
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Knitting Parallels Writing
I read an article in the Washington Post entitled Writing a Column has Parallels with Knitting by Ruth Marcus. I couldn’t wait to read it! She compares the two by saying how both conjure something...
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Gauge Your Confidence, Take Control
Did you ever hear, “Oh, Yes! I drive but I only make right turns!” or “Sure, I have my license but do not drive on the thruway.” I see it in teaching. Oh, Yes! I teach this method, or I have always...
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Nostalgia notes
I will admit my last post suggested some foreshadowing regarding gauge and piecing fabric as I am now finishing such a project. I am talking about Shiri Mor’s Botanica Medallion cardigan as seen in...
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Knitters
Of course, a take-off of Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, I have these suggestions for a “highly effective” knitterly life! 1. Develop confidence in your skill. Take...
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Cuts of Me(at)
I’d hate to tell you how many times my hubby has pulled me aside to teach me the different parts or cuts of meat. Tenderloin, round, cutlet, sirloin, frankly it is all greek to me. At the dinner...
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Queen of Hearts
If this post is looking a bit familiar to some of you, well, let’s just say I am revisiting it. After all, is that not what great writers do? A few weeks ago, there was a post on the Freshly Pressed...
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Plan B
Challenges. Even in pleasure there are challenges or maybe your challenges are your pleasure. Knitting gives me a high level of pleasure but I could list an abundance of challenges that knitting has...
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Yarn Bombing on a Personal Level
Anything yarn-like is going to catch my attention so when this thing called yarn bombing came exploding onto the scene, what can I say, it intrigued me. I wanted to know the how and the why of such an...
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