Knitting and Pottery
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Knitting Weather
I finished a baby blanket and put in in the mail for a friend who is expecting a baby girl in the next month. As soon as I walked out of the post office I realized I forgot to take a photo of the finished blanket. Doh! Here is a photo of the first quarter: I love this pattern. It’s called the Llyr Baby Blanket and you can find the pattern here: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/llyr-baby-blanket I think of it as The Dragon Scales pattern. I’m using Malbrigo yarn. The color is Whales Road but I forget the weight. Of course I started another blanket right away, because God Forbid I should watch…
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Pottery Show Pics
If I could make a living making things with my hands, that would make me very happy. I would sell pots and plates and knitted blankets and baked goods. I would make things all day long. Unfortunately, I don’t make enough money with these things to even cover the cost of materials and studio time, let alone to generate a surplus. But even if I did, I want to keep paying my mortgage on my house with a yard. And I want to go to restaurants that serve Brussels sprouts on small plates cooked in some new delicious way that no one has thought to cook a Brussels sprout before,…
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Tube Scarf: Finished!
At long last! It took all summer, but the tube scarf is finally done. (I wrote about the failed attempt back in this post.) These little stitches are no joke, my friends! I really like this pattern. And not just because it is free, but I am cheap AF so that certainly is nice. I love how there is only a public side (or “right” side, as most knitters say) and that makes it soft from every angle that touches your skin. When I first started working on it a few people asked me what the heck I was making, with a raised eyebrow and a doubtful frown, as it…
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Update on the Tube Scarf
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post that included an idea that I had for a “tube shaped” scarf. I was going to find a hat pattern and then use it to create a scarf instead. Well… my experiment didn’t go exactly as planned. But not in a funny “Pinterest fail” kind of way. Just in a boring, “um… nope” kind of way. First of all, it was too big. It made more sense as a cowl, and I briefly considered going that way. But that wasn’t what I had in mind in the first place. Second, it was taking too long. That is actually still part of the…