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Archive for August, 2008

Wool Soaker Progress Report

So, I’ve finished two wool soakers for Impending Baby:

They’re both knit from the Curly Purly Soaker Pattern, which I’ve been pretty happy with using.   I did the first one in purple Malabrigo, and the second one in some handspun Blueface Leicester.  I went back and embellished the first one because I thought it was a [...]

We Rogues of Wool: it’s not just a shirt, it’s a sea shanty!

My friend Kerry sent me a link to a spiffy-looking shirt she found online. Look, a vulture! Riding a sheep! While knitting a scarf!!
I poked around, and found this on YouTube:

OMG, it’s not just a spiffy-looking shirt! This guy wrote a sea shanty about knitting! For his webcomic! [...]

Hello, world! I’m obsessed with yarn!

Hello.  My name is Amelia.
I used to be a chronic spinster but lately I’ve become increasingly obsessed with knitting. Right now I’m working on a series of wool soakers for cloth diapering my impending child. (There is a bun in my nubile oven. A girly one. She’s due 10/18/08.)
Stay tuned for [...]

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