Tag Archives: Cables

“From Your Valentine”

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

According to CKNW this morning the legend of Valentine’s - abbreviated - started with a Roman Doctor writing his last missive to a woman he had healed.  His name was Valentinus and he ended the note ”from your Valentine”; and a whole day of remembrance and celebration was … Continue reading →

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Crescendo – Muted Through the Knitting Fog!

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

These last few weeks seem to have brought together my creative  efforts of the last few months. Everything snuck up and then was suddenly done and out there.  My work has been ongoing to such an extent that when this month … Continue reading →

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Knitting Curves

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Knitters are fascinated by Curves and Circles. Curves and Circles are not natural to the knitting grid, which creates shapes by rows of stitches and lines of stitches.  Kaffe Fassett is still fascinated by circular shapes in knitting.  His “dots” or “Poppies” … Continue reading →

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Painting the Princess!

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

Sunday morning after our walk – I painted the Princess!  Last night I put it back together!  This weekend Tamera and I will take some more pictures!  Such is the life of a princess! The princess is a very large … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Morning

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

When I woke up this morning and looked up at the sky it was dark, dark blue; there were stars twinkling and enough ambient light that I could see the white clouds scattered here and there as I looked up.  … Continue reading →

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Evolution of a Pattern – Damascus Glove

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

  This the story of my first officially published pattern.  I have self published for a few years and then there was the Design competition, but this the first, submitted design idea! It all started when I was looking for the … Continue reading →

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Gloves – in Search of the Perfectly Fitting Pair!

Posted on September 3, 2011 by

I knit my first pair of gloves because I could never find gloves to fit my broad palm and short fingers.   I think that was around 2005.  I really started to get excited about gloves in 2006 and wrote my … Continue reading →

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Pride

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

We all take pride in something, whether it is our work, our achievements, our family or all of these.  I think that I must be quite prideful right now – I have had a banner year!  I had better be … Continue reading →

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Tools of the Trade

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

I love to knit gloves.  Having short fingers and wide hands, finding gloves that fit properly is always a challenge, knitting my own gloves to fit my hands perfectly solves that problem.  But, I most likely wouldn’t have started knitting … Continue reading →

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Stop! Roadblocks Ahead!

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

As I was knitting along on the Juneberry Triangle on sunday I came to the awful realization that yardage could become an issue!  I started knitting faster – maybe it would be OK.  As I got closer to the end … Continue reading →

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