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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 July, 2008

Sun
27
Jul '08

Knitting Baby Things

They’re small and quick — almost instant gratification knitting-wise.  Some are for a colleague, but I’m thinking baby things would be good to have for the Christmas Fair and Open Day.
First off, a Seamless Baby Kimono, in rainbow acrylic:

Then a series of quick projects with Ekka wool. (to be sold at the Ekka, with all [...]

Mon
14
Jul '08

Finished

I finished TWO projects while watching telly tonight.  Gloves for the Ravelry swap:

And my Bamboo Penny (based on Bad Penny from knitty.com, but adjusted somewhat):

While I was knitting, Ash found a very comfortable box to sleep in (NOT!):

Sun
6
Jul '08

Advice Please

After the massive frogging on Wednesday nite, I’ve just about finished Glove #1 for the “We’ve Got You Covered” Swap over on Ravelry.  If you’re on ravelry, you can read about the swap here. (Don’t know what that link will do if you’re not on ravelry, but it probably won’t work).  Anyways, here’s what the [...]

Tue
1
Jul '08

Off the Loom!

Sunday I finally finished weaving the napkins.  They’re now off the loom and waiting for finishing.  I’m in the process of washing one of the samples from the end of the warp so I can see if that’s the best way to finish the fabric.