Monthly Archives: November 2014

The cuteness of little things

Posted on November 27, 2014 by wonkydonkey

I don’t know what it is about knitting small items that makes my heart go all mushy. But come on – how cute are these wee wine cork trees?? And this mug cozy! I slight modified the “#510 Fancy Mug … Continue reading →

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Hat trick

Posted on November 25, 2014 by wonkydonkey

From the depths of the stash, a skein of malabrigo that I got as a gift. Lovely colorway – Dusty Olive. It wants to be a hat, so I cast on a Hat No. 5. Uninspired name, but nice cables.

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Cowl time

Posted on November 24, 2014 by wonkydonkey

One-skein merino/alpaca cowl in grey; soft and squishy! Fresh off the needles: And the City Creek Cowl, also finished this weekend: That one is 14″ around right now (by 13″ tall) but the pattern says to aggressively block it to … Continue reading →

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Lots of blue

Posted on November 22, 2014 by wonkydonkey

We’ve settled into the low 50s, which makes for lots of blue stripes in my Temperature Scarf.

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Finished!

Posted on November 16, 2014 by wonkydonkey

At long last, today I finished a quilt. I’m not the best quilter on the planet, and certainly not the fastest, but I enjoy doing it. This is a jelly roll quilt and I liked the planned randomness of the strips … Continue reading →

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A quick diversion

Posted on November 14, 2014 by wonkydonkey

for blue cables. That’s a City Creek Cowl, in loverly Malibrigo Rios, and it’s a squishy cowl that is knitting up quickly. Really quickly. Like, it will probably be done tomorrow, quickly.

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Updates

Posted on November 10, 2014 by wonkydonkey

The WordPress app on my phone has quit working, which is super frustrating because I like to compose blog posts while on the train. I have things to show-and-tell: I’m happy to announce that I finished the red Xmas stocking! … Continue reading →

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A wee bit of blue

Posted on November 5, 2014 by wonkydonkey

Seattle has settled into its fall funk, with drizzly grey days in the upper fifties. We did get down to 52 a few days ago, which meant I got to put a stripe of blue into my Temperature Scarf. Mostly, … Continue reading →

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Back up the bus

Posted on November 3, 2014 by wonkydonkey

One of these days I’ll learn to listen to my Inner Knitting Voice. The IKV is usually right, and it would save me a lot of time and frustration if I would just stop when it tells me that things … Continue reading →

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Stick-to-it-iveness

Posted on November 2, 2014 by wonkydonkey

I’m trying really hard to stay focused on just a couple of knitting projects, though I struggle mightily with the desire to Cast On All The Things. Must be the cold, rainy weather. I have a good bit of my … Continue reading →

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