Category: Knitting
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Townet
“Before embarking on any course of action, it’s always useful to question why you’re actually doing it, what you’d like to get out of it and how you feel about it.” (Conscious Creativity, Philippa Stanton) I knit a lot. I know what I’m doing, I know how to fix mistakes in ways that don’t always…
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Hand Painted Sock Yarn First Attempt
I have been itching to try my hand at this for a while. I bought a couple of books on hand dyeing, and I’ve been watching videos on YouTube, and last week I ordered a kit. It arrived on Tuesday evening, and, as per my usual, I spent my free time on Wednesday circling and…
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No Pattern Sock University
I’m on a mission to learn everything there is to learn about knitting socks. My knowledge base is fairly extensive, but I haven’t necessarily knitted every technique that i have read about. Feeling confident after completing my Kai Mei socks, I decided to get right out of my comfort zone and try to make a…
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Forward Footing
I have returned to my obsession with knitting socks. I’m not really sure why I haven’t been knitting socks, but I have only completed one solitary sock in the last several years. It was a beauty, but it remains alone, awaiting its partner. This spring I began collecting sock yarn again, and ideas began to…
Thrummie Bizzum 