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The ultimate radiant sweater project

The very first thing I did after opening my eyes this morning was to pick up my latest project and start knitting.  This sweater pattern has been quick and easy and is now nearly finished….and I CAN’T WAIT!

This is the best part of knitting, for me.  By this point in the process, I’m usually sick of the thing (I would never be mistaken for a process knitter!) and I’ve gathered at least three other patterns that I’m champing at the bit to get started on; so now I’m more than ready to tidy up the bits and pieces, wash, block and dry the item, and finally admire my FO. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on 07/06/2012 in knitting

 

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57,798 stitches

It was July 2010. I had recently discovered lace knitting….and I loved it!

Having already completed a stockinette wool shawl with some nifty lace edging, as well as a shawlette with a small lace pattern in the body of the piece, I had just started my third lace project, a pattern entitled Estonian Flamingo Knitted Lace Stole or Scarf  by Melanie VerMeer, knit entirely in lace patterning.

I had chosen a lovely white mohair laceweight yarn for this project; and in spite of having to tink more often than I wanted to, I had gotten far enough along to actually begin to see the lace pattern forming.

It was so pretty! Read the rest of this entry »

 
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