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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, 2008

Sun
19
Oct '08

Blocking Weekend

Finally finished the Adamas shawl and blocked it:

Then I blocked the Primula Coffee Cloth I finished knitting weeks ago.  12 x 16 = 192 pins!  As you can see, I do my blocking on the floor, using a ratty old beach towel, and pinning directly into the carpet.  Primula stretched out to about 40cm diameter.  [...]

Sat
11
Oct '08

New Book!

I’ve been wanting a copy of Cat Bordhi’s New Pathways for Sock Knitters for quite a while.  Last week I gave in and ordered it from Amazon.  It arrived yesterday afternoon.  So… I’ve been spending way too much time knitting practice socks.  Here’s the Little Sky socks in Palette acrylic:

This pattern puts the foot increases [...]