Category Archives: Knitting

Karen’s Knitting

UFO progress

Quilting Gabe’s quilt: I have long since given away this quilt. It is for Gabe, the 4-year-old who entered our extended family a couple of weeks back. The girls helped me layer it, and then they took turns with the … Continue reading

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Expectations and accomplishments

When I pack for a trip, I always imagine a lot of free time. In reality, the free time is only in the evenings after we’ve arrived at camp, set up, and had dinner. I spend most of it writing … Continue reading

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Tinking around

I was knitting on my Thistle circular lace shawl the other day when I noticed that one of the stitch markers was caught in the work several rows back. This baffled me. I had never, ever, had a marker get … Continue reading

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Other FOs

I’ve finished other things lately, too. Bamboo socks for Paul: Sydney already thinks she may cart them around the house. When in Whitehorse 3 summers ago, I bought a kit with hand-painted quiviut/wool/silk yarn and a pattern. It made up … Continue reading

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Vanessa’s 50th birthday gifts

I made this necklace, matching earrings, and gold scarf for my sister Vanessa for her 50th birthday. She was so busy partying, she didn’t open these until about a week after her birthday! Now that she has finally opened them, … Continue reading

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Facebook & Ravelry, reprise

Well, Paul and I both deleted our accounts on Facebook. Our experiment lasted only 6 days. As I tried to leave, Facebook told me all 12 of my friends would miss me. But I doubt it. I felt like my … Continue reading

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Facebook and Ravelry

I stepped into the walled garden of Facebook earlier this week. Oy, that can keep one busy! I wanted to keep my network small until I got the hang of it, but decided today to include several generations of relatives, … Continue reading

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Rain, etc

It has been raining for DAYS, 11 so far. I feel like I should have built my ark by now. Today it is “dry” as promised by the weather folks, but until about 3pm it was still quite cold and … Continue reading

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Happy New Year!

We had a quiet New Year’s Eve, as we always do. At least we were quiet. The neighbors had a party, with live music starting at about 5pm. For dinner we started into the second Thanksgiving casserole, with chicken, stuffing, … Continue reading

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Cleaning out the pix, Part 1, Knitting

I received a 2nd commission from Dottie, a duplicate of a scarf she bought 4 years ago. I still have some of the same type of yarn, but not that color. I managed to find the correct yarn on eBay, … Continue reading

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