tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61553567000398127042024-02-02T01:54:14.712-08:00Cosmos and CashmereKnitting, modern quilting, and the occasional dessert table.Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.comBlogger252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-87829153132625134232018-04-05T07:55:00.003-07:002018-04-05T07:55:46.267-07:00Rainbow Socks!I finished my self-striping rainbow socks. They are great.<br />
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Just my own top-down sock pattern from my head, but this time I used the Fish Lips Kiss heel because I didn't want to break up the stripes oddly. Somehow, each heel used exactly three stripes' worth of yarn. Magic. I didn't bother matching the stripe patterns on the socks. I don't mind fraternal socks.<br />
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I haven't cast on another pair of socks yet because I was tidying the sewing room and I found two project bags with one complete sock each, and the second sock started but not very far. I think I should finish one of those before starting something new. We'll see how that goes.<br />
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Rainbow socks, don't remember when I started them. Just using leftovers from my sock yarn bin. They are not done because I started the second sock on too-small needles without noticing, so the sock doesn't fit over my foot. Must start again. </div>
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I think this pattern is called Down the Rabbit Hole, and I am using some yarn that someone in my knitting group gave me after the flood. This one is not done because the other sock spirals the opposite way of the complete sock, and it turns out I hate doing twists the opposite way. I think I'll just make the second sock spiral the same way as the first. </div>
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<br />Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-91269070869896421102018-03-19T08:53:00.004-07:002018-03-19T08:53:58.372-07:00Nautical + SouthwesternThe April issue of <a href="https://www.ilikeknitting.com/?mqsc=EMRINBL02172017">I Like Knitting</a> was published a couple of weeks ago and I've got two patterns in it!<br />
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First is the <a href="https://www.ilikeknitting.com/knitting-home-decor-patterns/painted-desert-wall-hanging/?mqsc=EMRINBL02172017">Painted Desert Wall Hanging</a>. This was totally fun to knit because I just basically doodled with yarn. I had a stack of <a href="http://www.cascadeyarns.com/">Cascade</a> yarns and went to town. The wall hanging features loop stitch, moss stitch, some colorwork, a pointed bottom, and fringe. Fun fun.<br />
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Second, the <a href="https://www.ilikeknitting.com/knitting-vest-patterns/boathouse-row-vest/?mqsc=EMRINBL02172017">Boathouse Row Vest</a>. I got to use <a href="https://www.thepluckyknitter.com/portfolio-item/lodge-fingering/">Plucky Knitter Lodge Fingering </a>for this one- my first time knitting with Plucky. I understand the hype now. It's great yarn! This vest has a hem at the bottom, wide red and white stripes, an i-cord tie, and rolled stockinette edgings. It's perfect to throw on over a simple outfit in the summer. I think I'll have to knit this one in my size!<br />
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First things first, a winner. amchart, you win the prize because I asked my husband to pick 1, 2, or 3, and he picked 1. Since you're the first post you win! I will email you shortly.<br />
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Second, a post about socks.<br />
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My knitting mojo has been iffy lately. I'm sure we've talked about all of this recently. I don't have much time to spare during the days anymore- nap times are generally now my cleaning times, as the floor can't be too clean for little hands that go into mouths- and for whatever reason I just haven't been into knitting much in the evenings. Last week though I was like ok, knitting is what we do here, let's just do it, and I pulled some yarn out of the sock yarn bin and started a sock. It flew by quickly. Started the second sock. Picked out the next sock yarn. Finished the second sock. Started the rainbow sock. Socks socks socks. I love it. I'm even finding a few minutes here and there throughout the day to work on the socks. I think that maybe I've found my mojo again?<br />
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The first pair is supposedly a gradient. After the flood in 2016, someone sent me this yarn from Washington, I think? It looked pretty in the cake, so I knitted one sock starting from the outside of the cake and one from the inside. The one I started from the inside is not a gradient. It is pink. The other one is a pretty gradient. I may get some red dye and dip the top of the pink sock in the dye to make it more gradient-like.<br />
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Rainbow socks! I traded for this yarn on Ravelry. Have I mentioned my love of trading? It's so fun. This is <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/knitterly-things-vesper-sock-w-nylon">Knitterly Things</a> Vesper Sock Yarn in Tomorrowland. It's addicting. I keep saying to myself "just one more stripe!"<br />
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I wanted to maintain the stripe pattern as well as I could, so I used a new-to-me heel: the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fish-lips-kiss-heel">fish lips kiss</a> heel. The pattern itself is 16, yes 16, pages long. I don't think any of my sweater patterns are even that long. Also, it reads like an infomercial. I admit to being fairly annoyed by the whole thing, especially after I figured out that the "magic" part of this heel is that you work shadow wraps, which I always do when working short rows. But. It made a nicely fitting heel and I like the way it looks, so there's that.<br />
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Next: maybe more socks. Maybe some languishing self-publications. Maybe I'll actually get my act together enough to submit some design ideas to magazines. Being Elaina's mom is a 25/8 job and I love it, but I miss my design work and I'd like to get back into it. Now that I think I've found my mojo (I keep thinking that word in Austin Powers' voice) maybe I can make it happen.Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-27931007123366202432018-03-07T07:26:00.001-08:002018-03-07T07:26:08.004-08:00Dishcloths, So Many Dishcloths, and a GiveawayLast week (the week before? they blend) Knit Picks published a new (free!) dishcloth pattern by yours truly. It's part of the 52 weeks of dishcloths series that they've been doing for a few years. I had a couple dishcloths in last year's collection, too, and I'll have another one later this year.<br />
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This one is very cleverly named the "Pastel Lace Washcloth," and you can get it for free <a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/patterns/Pastel_Lace_Washcloth__D55993220.html">here</a> on the Knit Picks website. It starts with a picot cast on in the contrast color, then goes into a very easy lace section in the middle, then a picot bind off. To finish it off you then pick up stitches along each side with the contrast color and do a picot bind off there, too. Fancy.<br />
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How do you feel about hand knit dishcloths? Some people just love to make them. Even though I've designed some I have to say they're not my go-to. I just don't find myself using them. But, if you DO like to knit them, <b>have I got the giveaway for you.</b> This is a copy of last year's collection called <a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/Books/Clean__Crafty_Collection__D33407.html">Clean and Crafty</a>, which includes my <a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/patterns/Perfectly_Preppy_Dishcloth__D55911220.html">Perfectly Preppy</a> and <a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/patterns/Kingly_Washcloth__D55910220.html">Kingly</a> dishcloth patterns. I'll throw in a ball of Dishie in Silver so you can go to town and knit yourself some dishcloths. To enter to win, just leave a comment, and please be sure to include some way to contact you. I'll pick a winner on <b>Wednesday March 14th!</b> US only please.Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-69755245096847062022018-02-28T07:00:00.000-08:002018-02-28T07:00:37.309-08:00Delicious Yarns // Odila Cape<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I used the yarn to make the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/odila-cape-pullover">Odila Cape Pullover</a> for Elaina in size 2/3 years. The pattern's yardage estimates are way off; size 2/3 should require 184 yards, and I had 210 but didn't have enough yarn to make the pocket. I'm not sure what I want to do about that- do I find another skein of this yarn for the pocket? Do I skip the pocket? Do I use a contrasting yarn, like a solid pink? I'm just not sure. Luckily this doesn't fit her yet so I have some time to think about it. But doesn't she look cute in it anyway? We've recently discovered that crawling around on the deck and trying to eat all of the leaves is fun.<br />
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I really needed this quick knit as a palette cleanser, and a "get back the knitting mojo" project. Ever since the kiddo started crawling I haven't had any time during the day to knit, because I'm chasing her all day. I get a little knitting time in the evenings, after she goes to bed, and after I get all the stuff done that I couldn't get done during the day. While I have been making progress on my various WIPs (like my So Faded), I just needed a bang-it-out project, and I have to say I feel much better now. And of course now I want to knit all of the things in bulky weight.<br />
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Thank you to Delicious Yarns for providing the yarn for review. I love love loved it, no lie.Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-26105763616891112502018-02-09T11:26:00.003-08:002018-02-09T11:26:33.246-08:00"Buy No Supplies" January Update.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, I did it- I the whole of January (and the first 9 days of February, so far) without stepping foot in a craft or fabric store. Honestly it hasn't been that hard, but that might have been because I spent the first 10 days of January really, really sick, then the next week in a blind panic to get some publications out the door, then most of the rest of the month trying to catch up on the life I missed while doing the first two things, and now it's maybe just habit to NOT want to go fabric shopping? I was tempted a couple times to go to Joann, because the baby likes it, and I'm always looking for ways to entertain the baby, but instead we did some free things like go to the park, go to baby play time at the library, that kind of thing. I'm so proud of us.<br />
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Overall I haven't had much time to sew in 2018, which is probably the biggest reason that it's been easy to not buy anything. I made a couple things, though (picture at the top of this post): two bibs, two pairs of underpants for me, an orange raglan sweater each for me and the baby (this stuff was a nightmare to sew, and I hated it, but I bought the fabric over a year ago specifically to make a raglan sweater so dang it that's what I did), and I finished this quilt top above. Knitting wise (picture below), I made this earwarmer from some gorgeous <a href="https://www.thepluckyknitter.com/yarns/">Plucky</a> Bulky, finished my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/beatitude-cardigan">Beatitude cardigan</a>, finished the baby's <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/so-faded-pint-sized">So Faded</a> but that's not in the picture because it's in her room and she's napping, have almost finished the body of a <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/so-faded">So Faded</a> for me, and knitted some magazine samples I can't show you. I guess when it's all laid out like that yeah, I actually did make some stuff! Good for me.<br />
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I made no dent in my stash at all. I didn't think I would in just one month, but still. I'm a good portion into February without buying any supplies so I'm going to keep it going. I've got several sewing projects lined up using stuff I already have so it should be easy. Knitting- I have so much gorgeous yarn that I had forgotten about. I'm happier with my yarn stash than my fabric stash, but they're both great. No need to buy anything. Plus with the money I saved this past month I'm totally buying shoes and not feeling guilty. That's some incentive, for sure!Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-84161774841258995512018-01-29T12:20:00.000-08:002018-01-29T12:20:05.686-08:00So Faded for meeee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Elaina's So Faded turned out so cute that I decided I wanted to make <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/so-faded">a me-sized one</a>. I put this pattern on my 2018 Make Nine knowing that I was just about to start it... not sure if that's cheating or not?<br />
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Here's the progress of my sweater. I started with C2 (which is actually the third one down in the picture of the skeins; I changed my mind after taking that picture) at the top, and have faded into the Huasco. The color match is so good that you can't even see the fade. Love it. Next I'll do the white speckled skein, then the purple-y one. I'm debating trying to find one more purple-y one to do after the final Zen Yarn skein, but I haven't had any luck yet, and my mom and I are thinking of extending "Buy No Supplies" January into February as well. (She wants to do through April, but her fabric stash is so insanely out of control that I think that is a good idea for her.)<br />
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I love knitting with "exotic" fibers. It's so fun to pull out your knitting and have someone ask, "oh, what's that?" and you get to say something like "oh this old thing? just some possum yarn" or "well the yarn is made from stainless steel and paper, no big deal." People are always surprised. This yarn, though, is made with fur from yak tummies, and it's glorious. It's <a href="http://www.bijoubasinranch.com/">Bijou Basin Ranch,</a> which is basically synonymous with "luxury", and the yarn is called <a href="http://www.bijoubasinranch.com/himalayan-summit-yak-merino-blend-barberry/">Himalayan Summit</a>. It's 50% yak tummy fur and 50% merino. Fingering weight, 325 yards of lovely. This color is Barberry. My skein is more reddish than the skein in the link, but it's still very pretty.<br />
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I decided to make a pair of <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gansey-wristers">Gansey Wristers</a> with this yarn. I thought the knit-purl patterns would look good with this yarn, plus I had to either pick a pattern that I already owned or a free pattern, because it's still "Buy No Supplies January." Free pattern it is.<br />
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I love knitting with this yarn. Love. It's really soft, of course, but what's really getting me is, I guess, the texture? I'm not sure what word to use. The yarn is firm and round, almost like it's been felted, but in the best way possible. It never splits- no one likes a splitty yarn. I just really love the way this feels in my fingers. I could be a weirdo, but whatever. Apparently I love a good firm yarn.<br />
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Last fall, I saw a call for submissions for the online magazine Knotions (which is sort of like Knitty), asking for a few patterns for openings they had in the January issue. I had a hat pattern that I'd been working on for, oh, a couple years (embarrassed cough) and I was like aha! an opportunity! So I submitted a picture of the mostly-done hat, it was accepted, and here we are. Now it's published.<br />
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This is <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cavanaugh">Cavanaugh.</a> It's a basic stocking hat with a big Celtic knot cable, on a background of reverse stockinette. My sample took less than one skein of Malabrigo Rios (leftover from my October cardigan that I love so very much). It's a great pattern to knit if you want to get better at cabling, or at reading charts. That's what's great about hats- they are small, portable learning projects! Plus you end up with something useful at the end.<br />
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<a href="http://knotions.com/issues/january-2018/pattern-january-2018/cavanaugh-hat/">Cavanaugh</a> comes in three sizes. I'm wearing size 20.5" on my 22" noggin. Best of all, it's a free pattern!<br />
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Please enjoy this moody shot of me sitting against my mossy wall. Hello, Louisiana. If you like Cavanaugh, consider giving it a heart or putting it in your queue on Ravelry! </div>
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I'm having a bout of "finish-it-up-itis." I sent off two patterns to magazines on Saturday, meaning I all of a sudden had- gasp- free knitting time, so I walked into the sewing room the other day and grabbed the closest unfinished project I could find. It was Elaina's <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/so-faded-pint-sized">So Faded Pint-Sized</a>, and it only needed a sleeve and the neckband. Took like one and a half evenings to finish, even with my in-laws here visiting, admittedly a couple of cocktails, and a movie. Also yes, it snowed here in Baton Rouge again last night. Doesn't snow here for 10 years, then we get twice in one winter. What.<br />
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For reasons that hopefully made sense at the time I made my 10-month-old the size 4 sweater. It may fit next winter, we'll see. It's pretty darling. She's going to look adorable in it.<br />
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The yarn is Zen Yarn Garden <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/zen-yarn-garden-gradient-trio-or-gradient-quartet">Gradient Quartet</a> in the color "Vocal." I have quite a bit left over, so now I'm thinking about what to do with it- could be a faded hat, possibly. I was hoping to make socks but I don't think I've got <i>that</i> much leftover.Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-78299744112829400202018-01-02T10:19:00.000-08:002018-01-02T10:19:22.620-08:00Bibs for Elaina<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another "buy no supplies" project. I made a couple of bibs for Elaina- that kid is so very messy when she eats. We had a stack of these tiny little "one size fits all" bibs and they barely covered her when she was 5 months, let alone now at 10 months. So I drew a bib shape on paper, cut out two layers of flannel, a bit of bias tape, a plastic snap, and ta da! Bib. For the heart bib, I used some bias tape that I had on hand that was the right color, but it was too wide and a bit tricky to get around those curves. For the Star Wars one, I made some bias tape out of lightsaber-green Kona. Much thinner, maybe too thin as it was a little fiddly. There's a happy medium here somewhere, just have to find it.<br />
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This heart flannel was another impulse purchase at Joann. Why. What do I do with this besides make pajama pants or shorts? Which I totally have, by the way, and it's cozy, but man oh man does the fabric wear poorly. I made a pair of Carolyn pajama pants for myself for Christmas with some Joann flannel that I got last year, and the first night I wore them they started to look old. Joann has like 2 aisles of this stuff, and there are some really great prints in there, but really, what do people use this for? And why do I have a bunch of it? (I don't feel too bad about the Star Wars flannel because it was a remnant.) This is exactly the kind of thing I don't want to do anymore- buy just one yard (or one skein) or something, with no plan for it, just because I'm shopping.<br />
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Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-48591921466351146602018-01-01T07:25:00.003-08:002018-01-01T07:25:51.286-08:002018 Make NineOver breakfast this morning I came up with my 2018 Make Nine- nine things I want to sew or knit this calendar year. I admit that two of them are at least halfway done already but this is motivation to finish them up. In no particular order:<br />
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1// <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/embrace-octopus-sweater">Octopus Sweater.</a> I've had the pattern and yarn for this for at least two years.<br />
2// <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/channel-cardigan">Channel Cardigan. </a>Also had the pattern and yarn for about two years.<br />
3// Finish my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pomegranate-7">Pomegranate</a> sweater in <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/cascade-yarns-220-superwash-sport">Cascade 220 Superwash Sport</a>. The body is about 3/4 done.<br />
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4// Floral skinny <a href="https://store.closetcasepatterns.com/products/ginger-skinny-jeans-pattern">Ginger Jeans</a>. I ordered some amazing floral denim like a year and a half ago.<br />
5// Rain-proof <a href="https://store.closetcasepatterns.com/products/kelly-anorak-jacket-pattern">Kelly Anorak</a>. Bought the pattern at Black Friday, got some laminated cotton a couple months ago.<br />
6// Black skinny Ginger Jeans. I bought some black denim at my local fabric store (ie not Joann) and washed it with the baby's bibs, so now we have black bibs.<br />
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7// Finish up my chevron quilt I've been working on since before my house flooded.<br />
8// Make an <a href="https://shop.orange-lingerie.com/products/marlborough-bra-pattern">underwire bra</a>. I'll be done nursing/pumping soon (like, tomorrow or the next day) so I can wear underwires again! Always wanted to make a real bra.<br />
9// <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/so-faded">So Faded.</a> I've got 4 of the 5 colors I want to use- the top one and bottom two are <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/zen-yarn-garden-superfine-fingering">Zen Yarn Garden "Magical Dye Pot"</a> and the coral one is Araucania<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/araucania-huasco-semi-solid"> Huasco.</a> Looking for one more speckle to go with these.<br />
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There are other things I want to make, of course, but these are right up there. Ok 2018, let's do this!Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-57749592994585340992017-12-31T10:24:00.001-08:002017-12-31T10:24:32.306-08:00Shepherd's Lamb Rambouillet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When we lived in California, I worked in a genetics lab. One of the PhD students was doing his research on cochineal insects, which live on cacti and are used as a <a href="https://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/bugjuice.asp">natural red dye</a>. That's the thing about PhD projects- they are so oddly specific, and I personally can't imagine devoting 6+ years of my life to something like that, but hey, I don't have a PhD. Anyway. I recently got the opportunity to review some yarn dyed with cochineal insects and I got excited because I saw many, many lab group presentations on these little things. It's always fun when my science background and my yarny worlds collide.<br />
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This is <a href="https://www.organiclamb.com/shop/">Shepherd's Lamb Rambouillet</a> yarn, a <a href="https://www.organiclamb.com/shop/rambouillet-2-ply-yarn-k2k8n-x68xp">DK weight 100% American Rambouillet wool yarn.</a> It's dyed with indigo and cochineal, both of which are totally natural- a bonus if you aren't into chemicals. It's 180 yards/2 ounces and the suggested gauge is 6 sts/inch. This is my swatch (unblocked- see how it's not really rolling? Good firm stuff, that), which is 6 sts/inch (I used size 6/4mm needles), and I honestly think it's a little dense. Although, this is possibly the wooliest wool yarn I've ever knitted with, and wooly wools are good for firm, dense, hard-wearing things, so maybe knitting it at 6 sts/inch would be ideal for this yarn, depending on your plans for it. Anything at that gauge would be basically bulletproof, not to mention wind-, rain-, and weather-proof. I feel comfortable saying you could likely treat this yarn as a worsted and knit it at 5 sts/inch for a less firm fabric. That being said, I might knit a pair of simple mittens at 6 sts/inch and give them to my mom in South Dakota. We were just there over Christmas, and the high temperature a couple days was below zero, and with wind the "feel like" temps were in the negative teens. Um what.<br />
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The pooling makes me think you'd want to do a simpler pattern with this yarn- not too many cables, and probably not anything with openwork. Based on the wooliness I'd say just simple, basic, wear-all-the-time patterns like warm hats and mittens, maybe a solid sweater. I also bet it's excellent for felting, if you're into that!<br />
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Thanks to Shepherd's Lamb for the yarn. All opinions and rambling are my own.Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-80169677596255615482017-12-30T10:49:00.001-08:002017-12-30T10:49:28.905-08:00Baby Sleep SackFirst project of "buy no supplies" January is done, and it's not even January yet.<br />
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The original idea was to buy no supplies, but now I'm kind of thinking that I'd like to just buy less overall. Example: the baby is getting too tall for her sleep sack, so I could pop onto Amazon and buy a new one, or I could use what I have and sew one up. So, I did! It was easy and pretty quick.<br />
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I traced her old sleep sack and added space all around, including a few inches at the bottom. I used some striped French terry that my mom gave me ages ago, found an appropriate zipper in the zipper box, and just serged it all together. At first I tried to finish the armholes with fold-over elastic but that was a hot mess, so I did thin bands of the terry then topstitched them to the seam allowance. Finished it with a tab and a plastic snap to keep the zipper up (I have, not joking, 24 colors of plastic snaps, and have used approximately three of them), and it's done. It's not perfect- my machine struggled a bit with the fabric- but I'm proud of myself nonetheless for following my new rules.<br />
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Next up: more bibs. "One size fits all" bibs are stupid, and that's mostly what we have, so quite a lot of food ends up on her outfit instead of her bib because the bib is too small. So I'm planning some larger bibs with snaps, not velcro, because we like to rip our bib off towards the end of a baby meal.Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-15303657323457984652017-12-29T10:39:00.000-08:002017-12-29T10:39:11.982-08:00"Buy No Supplies" JanuaryStory #1: When I was in college, I had no money (said all college kids, ever), but I still did arts and crafts projects and made these incredible, often 3-D cards for my then-long-distance boyfriend. I had oodles of creativity because I worked with what I had, and I was so good at transforming random things into amazing other things. I don't have that kind of creativity anymore, I don't think, and I miss it. I lost it when I got the means to buy what I wanted instead of having to come up with some way to make what I wanted.<br />
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Story #2: As a stay-at-home mom, I'm often looking for something for the baby and I to go out and do- it gets lonely (and the days get long) when we stay at home all day while daddy is at work. Aside from necessary errands like getting groceries, the thing we most often go out to do is go to crafting stores like Joann and Michaels. Usually I'll go to get one small thing, like a zipper, and end up spending $50 on three yards of fabric, two zippers, a picture frame, some elastic, and a bottle of chalkboard paint. I started feeling guilty about this habit a few weeks ago, and also, my stash of crafting/sewing/knitting stuff no longer fits in its designated spaces, so it's time to make a change.<br />
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For the entire month of January, I'm planning to buy zero supplies. No yarn, no thread, certainly no fabric, no paint, no ribbon, nothing. I will make things from my stash and only from my stash. I'm hoping that this will a) help me stash down and clear some clutter, and b) spark some of the creativity I feel is missing. <br />
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I already have some ideas for what I want to make in January. I'm also hoping to find gems that I've forgotten about- I think there's some laminated floral print in there somewhere that was meant for a rain jacket, and I know there are about 10 different large stripe knits, and I think I've got some gorgeous sock yarns I'd like to use. I'm serious about this- no cheating and buying thread or something. Either make do with what's here or make something else! Related to that, I'm hoping to tackle the pile of mending as well. Made do and mend, and DIY before you buy, amirite? I'm gonna go cross-stitch that and hang it on the wall. 1950s, here I come.</div>
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So, I ripped out the cashmere glove. It was too big, and I didn't like it. But now what to make with this yarn?? I really wanted to make something for myself before Christmas, but I'm not sure that will happen, so maybe I can make something during Christmas "break" (not really a break, as I'm not working out of the house anymore, we have a 9-month-old, and we'll be traveling, but whatever) and call it a compromise.<br />
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Here's a swatch with the yarn, which if you've forgotten is <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/filatura-di-crosa-solocashmere">Filatura di Crosa Solocashmere</a>, and it's 100% cashmere, which you could have guessed because "solo" and "cashmere." The only place I could find to buy it online is <a href="http://www.jenniferknits.com/filatura_solo_cashmere.aspx">here</a>, but I think that's only because it's a new yarn? White yarn is a little hard to photograph, so here are two different angles.<br />
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On the top of the swatch, I used size 4 needles, which is smaller than the size recommended on the label, but I love how dense and luxurious the fabric feels at this gauge. On the bottom, I used size 7 needles- the recommended size. At the larger gauge it's basically like a fluffy cloud and I bet a sweater knitted at that gauge would feel like heaven. The yarn has a slight halo, but there's still good stitch definition. Do I make something that goes around my neck? The yarn is certainly soft enough for next-to-skin wear (again, duh, cashmere). Or do I try again with gloves or maybe mittens?<br />
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My sister loves orange, so I was actually thinking that maybe I'll do something with the orange and cream together, like striped wrist warmers. But I dunno, that would be *awfully* generous of me, seeing as how this is cashmere...<br />
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Again, thanks to Filatura di Crosa for the yarn for review.Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-26020353884785722412017-12-01T14:11:00.001-08:002017-12-01T14:50:56.105-08:00Cashmere Gloves, or Maybe NotRight now, the baby is totally happy sitting on the floor in her room, playing with toys. She doesn't crawl yet and she's perfectly stable, so I don't worry about toppling. I get to sit in the rocking chair and knit while she plays, and it's lovely. I don't think phase will last much longer because she's making motions like she wants to crawl, and then I'll never sit down again. But while she's still happy playing on the floor, I knit. I've gotten a ton of things made in playtime. It's awesome. My latest project is this cashmere glove, which if we're being honest is not great.<br />
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I'm using <a href="http://filaturadicrosa.com/en#home">Filatura di Crosa</a> <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/filatura-di-crosa-solocashmere">Solocashmere</a>, which is listed as a fingering weight 100% cashmere yarn. I don't think fingering is accurate for this yarn- depending on how dense you want the fabric to be it knits up at sport to DK weight gauge. The recommended needle size is 6 to 7 (4 to 4.5 mm) so maybe someone doesn't understand what "fingering" means?<br />
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I'm using my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/anchors-aweigh-gloves">Anchors Aweigh</a> glove pattern and making the second size, because according to my swatch my gauge was tighter than the pattern. The plan was that larger size + tighter gauge = the smaller size glove. That is not working. This glove is clearly too large in the hand and it's goofy. I keep thinking "clown glove" while I'm knitting so that's probably a sign that I need to cut my losses. I only have the tip of the middle finger and the cuff to go. Don't care, we're done here. Just to be clear, the issue here is a bad pattern/yarn combo. The pattern and yarn alone are great, but they don't want to be together, I don't think.<br />
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Sometimes with blog reviews, you get to pick the color and quantity of yarn you'd like, and sometimes you don't, and that's fine so long as you know about it. For this particular review, I asked for three balls of black because a) black gloves are classy as hell, and b) I thought (correctly) that I'd need more than one ball per glove to make a decent length cuff. Instead, I received two cream and one orange ball, but I was like whatever, I'm still making gloves because that was the original plan. I did a provisional cast on then went right into the thumb gusset part, because I wanted to use up every inch of one of the cream balls (which is 87 yards) for each glove. I was planning to knit the hand, then go back, undo the cast on, and knit the cuff down, using up all of the yarn. A good idea in theory.<br />
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The yarn is soooo soft. Duh, it's cashmere. It's a tiny bit splitty but really not bad. My only issue is the laddering. See here below, in the palm? I shifted around the dpns around every few rows, but no matter what I did the yarn laddered between dpns, then kept the ladder after I moved the needles around. Never experienced this before, but this is only my second 100% cashmere project, so maybe it's a cashmere thing? Anyone have ideas? Maybe it would fix itself with blocking.<br />
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But I'm going to rip this out and make something different. I finally admitted to myself this afternoon that I hate the way this is going. The hand is too big, and I can tell I wouldn't wear these. So now I'm not sure what I'll make with this yarn, but whatever it is it'll be luxurious, because cashmere.<br />
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Thank you to Filatura di Crosa for providing the yarn to me for a review. Opinions and rambling are my own as always.</div>
Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-5833573357009860012017-11-19T08:36:00.002-08:002017-11-19T08:36:52.006-08:00Giftalong 2017This is my fourth year participating in the Indie Designers' Giftalong on Ravelry. If you are unfamiliar, it's basically a big KAL/CAL (knitalong/crochetalong) that starts with a pattern sale, then continues on up to New Year's Eve. The sale starts on Tuesday November 21st and runs for a week. I've got 20 patterns included in the sale- <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/bundles/giftalong-2017-7">check them out here</a>. There are prizes like free patterns, yarn, and books for those who finish projects and post about them. Even though I don't generally get a chance to make anything during the Giftalong, I always discover a new-to-me designer or two, and my queue gets bigger every year.<br />
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The pattern is <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/clover-club-hat">Clover Club Hat </a>from Berroco's <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/berroco-portfolio-vol-4">Portfolio Vol. 4,</a> which also has my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/millington-cardigan">Millington Cardigan</a> pattern (shameless plug.) The hat is fine. I like the pattern, but I wish that a) I had made better color choices, b) I had done twisted ribbing, because I think that no matter what, 1x1 ribbing that isn't twisted looks sloppy, and c) that I had lengthened the hat either in the pink part above the ribbing or the tan part above the colorwork. It's just a tad short on my head, and my ears aren't totally covered, and personally I find that unforgivable in a hat. </div>
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The colorwork pattern is awesome-looking, but keep in mind that you do have to strand across like 9 stitches at some points. I personally dislike doing that, but to each his own. It's much easier to do in worsted than fingering, though, so there's that. I wouldn't do this hat as a first colorwork project.<br />
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I will likely take this hat with me to the Midwest at Christmas and see if any family members want it. I actually have quite a collection of accessories that are looking for new homes. I just don't need much more than a fingering-weight hat and a pair of gloves down here in the Bayou. (Not that that's stopping me from knitting more hats and mittens and cowls, but.)</div>
Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-17986952722424438472017-11-14T06:16:00.001-08:002017-11-14T06:16:13.807-08:00Zen Yarn Garden Quartet // So Faded Pint SizedI understand now about fading. At first I was like "I don't get why everyone is SO OBSESSED with fading, I mean it's fine I guess" but now I want to fade everything, and I mean everything. It's addicting. I'm not one to jump on a bandwagon, but here we are.<br />
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I'm making a <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/so-faded-pint-sized">So Faded pint sized</a> for baby Elaina with this <a href="https://zenyarngarden.com/collections/gradient-sets-1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sharpspring&sslid=M7E0NjawNDUzsTQ2BAA&sseid=MzS1tDA1MbYwNwUA&jobid=2dc0d821-050a-4cfb-909b-33dba0111304">Zen Yarn Garden Quartet</a>. Once I'm done I simply must cast on for another one for her, and one for me too. Love the fade effect. I like the pattern, it's fine, but it's the fading that's got me. If you're not into fading, or want other ideas for this yarn set, Zen Yarn Garden has <a href="https://zenyarngarden.com/blogs/zen-news/knitting-patterns-for-gradient-sets?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sharpspring&sslid=M7E0NjawNDUzsTQ2BAA&sseid=MzS1tDA1MbYwNwUA&jobid=2dc0d821-050a-4cfb-909b-33dba0111304">this helpful idea list </a>for patterns that fall within the yardage of the gradient sets, which come in quartets, like I have, or trios.<br />
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I was offered this yarn as a blog review, and I knew right away that I wanted to make a So Faded for Elaina. The yardage (200 yards per skein, 4 skeins total, 800 yards) is great for a kid's sweater. For reasons that surely made sense at the time, I decided to make the size 4... for my 8-month-old. I guess we'll put it in storage once I'm done and pull it out in a few years. I claim mommy brain.<br />
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Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-668142060159432282017-11-09T13:12:00.003-08:002017-11-09T13:12:50.413-08:00Self-Patterning SocksFinished these plain vanilla socks the other day. They don't match. I don't care. But also, I don't love them, and I do care about that.<div>
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After the flood, a bunch of wonderful souls sent me yarn, and an awful lot of it was sock yarn, including several balls of self-patterning yarn. Self-patterning yarn has never really been my thing, but sometimes I find myself in need of some vanilla socks on the needles, and self-patterning doesn't require winding, so... perhaps a touch of laziness wins out, and I cast on. </div>
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Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-83272242035530160612017-10-31T12:30:00.002-07:002017-10-31T12:30:25.296-07:00October Cardigan, just sneaking it inI finished my <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/october-cardigan">October Cardigan</a> from Knitscene Fall like, um, two months ago maybe? A little less? But today it occurred to me that I should take pictures and talk about it while we're still in October. Nothing like waiting until the very last minute.<br />
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I used Malabrigo Rios in the color Water Green that I got from someone's destash on Ravelry. I hadn't used this yarn before, but I'm glad I picked it out because I totally love it. It reminds me of Madelinetosh Vintage without the hefty price tag. It's a nice firm yarn, which is especially helpful if you're going to be doing a lot of seaming.<br />
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Didn't make any modifications, really. Size 37, and I think it took 6 skeins? Or 7? I've forgotten. It took one less than I bought. <br />
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This was a nice, soothing knit, good for the few months post-baby when my brain wasn't on yet. Big swaths of stockinette to zone out to while basically just waiting for the baby to wake up, again. Luckily we're now past that stage, because wow does it suck being zombie tired literally all the time.<br />
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I finished the new <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/unicorn-hoodie">Unicorn Hoodie</a> for Elaina.<br />
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I simply cannot. One of my husband's aunts sent us this dress after she was born and this is the first time I've put it on her. Of course it's perfect with her new unicorn hoodie. I just about died when I got her dressed up. She must have known she looked adorable because she sat there and let me take a bajillion photos of her.<br />
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I wanted to make a new unicorn hoodie anyway, since I lost my original in the flood, but what sealed the deal is this <a href="https://www.besweetproducts.com/product/magic-ball/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sharpspring&sslid=M7E0NjawNDUzsTQ2BAA&sseid=MzS1MDM2tTAyNwUA&jobid=cb7823eb-0adb-4fa8-940b-5f19350c5fc9">Be Sweet Magic Ball</a> yarn in the candy-colored Pastelicious. Is this not the most perfect unicorn yarn you've ever seen? I couldn't have come up with a better yarn for a unicorn mane and tail if I'd designed it myself. It comes in 48 colors, so should you want to also make a unicorn for your little one, you can make whatever color unicorn your heart desires. My heart is apparently candy colored.<br />
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The <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/be-sweet-magic-ball">Magic Ball yarn</a> is about 95 yards of a bunch of coordinating bits- mohair, regular yarn, metallic stuff, ribbon- just tied together in approximately equal lengths. I separated out the different bits so that I could make the mane and tail just the way I wanted. The only bit I didn't use was the blue ribbon, because I just didn't think it would fit with what I was going for.<br />
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Once I had each bit untied and wound up into a ball, I just cut appropriate lengths and made the mane and tail according to my pattern. I've got enough left over from one skein that I'm thinking of making her either a unicorn hobby horse (unicorn head on a stick) or a stuffed unicorn toy, or maybe even both. I've got a thing with unicorns, can you tell?<br />
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For the body of the sweater, I used some leftover <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/happy-go-lucky-hgl-worsted">Happy-Go-Lucky HGL Worsted</a> in Salt Silo- the yarn I used for my<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/blowing-snow-cardigan"> Blowing Snow cardigan</a> for Midwestern Knits. The horn and hooves are Knit Picks Swish. I wish the horn was smaller. I wrote this pattern with only one size of horn, despite the sweater going from 6 months to 12 years. Kind of a derp now that I have more experience, so I went back and fixed that in the pattern. I actually made quite a few changes to the pattern while knitting this version, including bringing it up to my current style sheet.<br />
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While this yarn was 100% perfect for what I wanted it for, I don't think I'd enjoy knitting with it, especially the ribbon part. However, to each her own, and if you would like to knit with it, there are three patterns written specifically for this yarn: the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/magic-scarf-4?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sharpspring&sslid=M7E0NjawNDUzsTQ2BAA&sseid=MzS1MDM2tTAyNwUA&jobid=cb7823eb-0adb-4fa8-940b-5f19350c5fc9">Magic Scarf</a>, <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/magic-cowl">Magic Cowl</a>, and <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/magic-ball-hat-2?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sharpspring&sslid=M7E0NjawNDUzsTQ2BAA&sseid=MzS1MDM2tTAyNwUA&jobid=cb7823eb-0adb-4fa8-940b-5f19350c5fc9">Magic Ball Hat.</a><br />
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Thank you to Be Sweet for providing this yarn to me for review. All opinions are my own, as always.<br />
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Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-19246371551619278682017-10-04T07:46:00.003-07:002017-10-04T07:46:37.409-07:00Knitscene Winter 2017I got my copy of Knitscene Winter 2017 in the mail the other day, which was totally exciting because I've got two patterns in it! I've got a cowl and a sweater in the Hygge section (that's a Danish word meaning "cozy living," sort of, and it's pronounced HUE-guh, like the sound an old-fashioned car horn makes, which is totally adorable.)<br />
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This is the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dejlig-sweater">Dejlig Sweater</a>, and I think it might be my most favorite sweater design that I've done. It's an idea I kicked around in my head for like a year before it became real.<br />
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I will admit that I got inspiration for this sweater from an episode of Pretty Little Liars. Don't judge. Everyone has that one show. One of the characters was wearing this great sweater with exposed seams, and I got obsessed. It took me a minute to figure out how to expose seams in a stockinette sweater, but I worked it out, and ta da! Here is it and I LOVE IT. I love the curved side seams, and the integrated kangaroo pocket, and the slight hi-low hem. It's cozy and warm and I can't wait to get it back.<br />
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I actually finished this sample the day I went into labor. Maybe somehow my body knew that I needed to get this done before the baby came? But yeah, I finished it at like 4 pm, made dinner, we decided for certain on the baby's name, then not 15 minutes later I was having contractions 5 minutes apart. Elaina came the next morning. It was actually kind of nice that she came when she did because I got to try this sweater on before I sent it off to Knitscene- I didn't think that was going to happen. Glad it did, because this fits me perfectly and it was everything I hoped and dreamed it would be and I'd like it back, please.<br />
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I also have a cowl pattern in this issue- the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kostbar-cowl">Kostbar Cowl</a>. This one is pure and simple comfort knitting. I knocked out the sample in like two days because I liked knitting it so much.<br />
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<br />Emily Ringelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000894617886672071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155356700039812704.post-70261410260884253352017-09-19T11:53:00.000-07:002017-09-19T11:53:59.062-07:00Bad Choices?I'm not much of a knitalong person. I do what I want, when I want and that includes knitting. But for whatever reason, I decided to join in on Berroco's knitalong for <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/berroco-portfolio-vol-4">Portfolio Vol. 4</a>. I'm making Thea Colman's <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/clover-club-hat">Clover Club Hat</a> with two colors of Berroco Ultra Wool and some pink Vintage.<br />
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The teal and the taupe-y color look great together, of course. It's just the pink. I went to my LYS and they don't carry this yarn, so I'd have to order it and I don't want to order one skein. I mean, I don't want to try to order just one skein but end up ordering like 6 different single skeins of yarn because I want free shipping. I'm trying to stash down. I know myself. </div>
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So what to do? Rip it out and find something else that will work instead of pink? Carry on since I'm almost done with the hat anyway? Stuff it in a project bag and forget about it for 2 years? Open to suggestions. </div>
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