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Olympic Knitting

Published on March 1, 2010 By spyderkl

I am probably the worst knitalong (KAL) person you could want to have participating in…just about anything. For some reason, deadlines and Musts bring out the procrastinator in me like nothing else. I’ve been known to clean the house rather than try to meet a deadline, even for something fun (in theory) like a KAL. [...]

See, I really do knit

Published on February 15, 2010 By spyderkl

I just don’t finish things very often anymore. This one was pretty fast and easy, though… It’s Heart, from the Winter 2008 Knitty. That’s my handspun Coopworth from ages and ages ago, recently dyed with cherry Kool-Aid a summer or two ago. It’s either K’s or School Girl’s Valentine’s Day present. He laughed like hell [...]

The Joy of Making Something: At last, an FO

Published on December 21, 2009 By spyderkl

The carry-on/messenger bag that I’d been wanting for my trip to MN is finally, finally finished. I started it a few weeks ago, and wrote about it when I first started, after I finished dyeing what turned out to be 1/3 of the black yarn I needed, and right after the moment when I found [...]

MSF and Hours of Pleasure

Published on November 27, 2009 By spyderkl

Traditionally in the US, the time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve has been a time of sharing, altruistic gestures and donating monay and/or time to a favorite cause. If you’re a knitter, or know someone who is who’d like a new pattern for the holidays, I have an terrific place to donate for you. [...]

The Joy of Making Something: Oops…

Published on November 25, 2009 By spyderkl

You know, there’s this problem I have whenever I make something that I’m improvising. Even though the bag does have an actual pattern, not written by me, I’m kind of improvising this one. I guess at things, and usually that guess sucks. Really badly. For example, I had to improvise the black yarn for the [...]