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Karen's Craft Odyssey

Karen's Craft Odyssey

Spinning, Weaving and Knitting (and whatever else I want to play with)

Archive for October, 2007

Tue
23
Oct '07

All Done

Part of Karen's adventure in - (2)

I blocked Kiri yesterday. Wish it were a bit bigger. I went with 18 pattern repeats — but if I do it again I would do 20-24.  Finished measurement about 64″ tip to tip.   Anyways, here are the photos:
Blocking

All Done

Mon
22
Oct '07

I’ve been a naughty girl…

Part of Karen's adventure in - (3)

I’ve been adding to stash (oh no!). It all started when I was browsing through the forums on Ravelry and found a couple of online retailers that were closing down. First there was Heaven and Rayon Boucle in a lovely Salsa colorway. This stuff was expensive, but half price (so I [...]

Sun
14
Oct '07

Pictures

Part of Karen's adventure in - (0)

Here are the completed Sunset Socks — grafted the toe yesterday.
And, these are the lovely Broadripple socks that I started on Thursday. I’m ready to start the heel flap.

Sat
13
Oct '07

Lots of activity

Part of Karen's adventure in - (0)

I’m almost done with the Sunset Socks — just need to graft the toe of sock #2. And Kiri is coming along nicely — I’ve done 17 pattern repeats and I think 20 will be just right, so 3 more repeats then the bottom border. And, to keep a pair of socks [...]