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Longjohn Beanie – My First Tested Pattern
First of all I need to disclose something. I HATE the word beanie. To me beanie does not refer to this kind of hat, but apparently it does indicate a toque (the Canadian/French-Canadian word for this kind of hat), to the rest of the world, so beanie it is. Ok, now that’s out of the way I can continue talking about this particular toque – the Longjohn Beanie. I love waffles, waffle-weave shirts, and waffle-weave pyjamas. There is a gorgeous waffle stitch in crochet and I wanted a knit version of it, and then came across this one. I actually had another intention for this stitch that is hopefully still…
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Free Pattern: Cactus Baby Blanket
When one of my friends was pregnant with her second baby, I knew that I wanted to design the baby blanket for this one, rather than finding a pattern to follow! She has loved cacti for a very long time and since there were no knit cactus baby blankets on Ravelry it was time for me to make one. And it turned out he was named Austin, a good hot climate name, appropriate for a cactus. I used Excel to help me design the pattern. I tried doing a different design and testing it before doing a full blanket, but it just frustrated me so I decided to dive right…
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Pattern Testing the Shag Carpet Shorties
These are my favourite socks! This may be a little premature as I see a number of socks in my near future, but still, I love them! When Nicole of Woolfield.Studio asked if anyone wanted to test these beauties I replied within a minute! Especially since I had just bought a skein of DK that would be perfect – not too varigated or multi-coloured to take away from the gorgeous cables. And using the skein right away meant it didn’t stay in my stash too long and get celebrity status so I became to scared to use it. Now regarding the socks: first of all, DK weight socks knit up FAST.…
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The K/CAL: Participant Edition
Signing up to be part of a Knit-a-long (KAL) or Crochet-a-long (CAL) is a pretty low commitment event. You don’t have to pay anything extra, you’re just buying the pattern (often at a discount!) and yarn and making along with some new friends. Often A LOT of them! There have been a couple of these events lately in the maker world done by some pretty big names like TL Yarn Crafts (Coles River CAL) and Knitatude (My Beginner Raglan KAL). Below are 5 reasons joining a KAL or CAL is a great a idea! 5 Reasons to Join a KAL or CAL Motivation – If you saw my post on…
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My Yarn Savings Plan
Last time I posted I talked about the infamous Yarn Diet. And while I don’t really consider myself to be on one, thanks to a change in perspective, I have implemented a new plan to hopefully help prevent future binges. So the sort of bargain with myself, is a yarn savings plan. This allows me to feel like I’ve gotten a bit of a reward for not buying yarn, and provides the money for yarn when I decide there is some that I would appreciate and be able to use. It’s quite simple actually. Every time I see yarn that I would have bought if I’d seen it during my…
