Swapperific: Part One of At Least Four

So. I claimed Zombiecazz in the Ongoing Wish Swap for an earflap hat. It was both quick and fun to knit as I love colorwork but don’t really do a lot of it: Pattern: My own, which I may yet write up. Yarn: Cascade Eco Wool in coffee left over from owls and some red [...]

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Craft My Wish Swap

At long last, the items for the Craft my Wish Swap on Craftster have been sent and received by the intended parties, and I have finally received my final package from sg1psychopath, which came all the way from Great Britain and somehow managed to do that is less time than it took for Nikimac’s package [...]

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Buttons! (And some knitterly things)

So my mother is a frequent yard sale shopper. I occasionally like to go with her, but this morning I had to work so I did not go. Fortunately, my mother kept me in mind and picked up a gallon-sized ziplock bag of buttons! (It wasn’t full, but still.) Many of them were the extra [...]

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Cable Cardigan FO

I finally finished my cable cardi after many weeks of its hibernation because I didn’t have enough yarn at school with me. Pictures! Yarn: Wool, reclaimed from a thrift store sweater Needles: 5.5mm circular for the body and 5mm straights for the collar. I got the buttons from a thrift store sweater, and I had [...]

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Cold Weather Things

Despite the fact that it is like, 75 degrees outside in October, it has been cold, and as a result, I’ve been whipping up cold weather things. Honestly, I like to make nothing more than I like cold weather things. First: a crochet cal, modeled by the lovely Sarah (cause it’s easier to take pictures [...]

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