Happy February…

A little bit of fluff to show… Based on the Gno Fun Like Gnome Fun pattern with random bits of this and that. Making progress in Starflanket… 4’ diameter, shown. Now that I’ve finished the brioche, I’m back to striping blue/grey/green, doing short rows in the blue and green sections to add back the star […]

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Finishes…..

It looks like I’m having fun with this…SMH. Thinking about March….leprechaun….green….hmmm. Working the brioche section of Starflanket with colors A and B….feels like it is taking forever. Each round is 576 stitches…so completing the two passes is O.M.G. 1152 stitches……what? Next challenge will be after the short rows to add back the points to the […]

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Starflanket….to Circle Blanket!

The brioche section’s inc/dec for the star’s ‘peaks and valleys’ was just too open. So….knit rip knit rip…..redesigned….alternating colors C and D, created short row sections to even out the circle. With color C or D, pick up stitches from one point to the next so RS maintains k stitches, initial sections requires an additional […]

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Progress & Pie

Winter’s arrival gives me more knitting time! I’m a knitter, I’ve trained for this….so true! January Gnome #2 has half a hat! Mike loves apple pie….proper crust to fruit ratio, of course – SMH. For someone who doesn’t cook he likes to be really opinionated about what he eats, I just roll my eyes! Baker […]

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