This square was not fun to knit. It took innumerable trips to the frog pond during that first 20 row repeat. Finally, DS, dear soul, pointed out the flaws in the photo of this square in the book. I took a deep breath and said “Okay, screw it, [...]
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Here’s square one in all it’s glory–or at least as much as my scanner can capture in one pass. Now you’d think that a simple garter stitch square wouldn’t be much of a challenge, but I’d have to disagree with you. You see there’s no where for a bit of uneven tension to hide. [...]
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I’ve finished square 2 of the LTK afghan. This image is a detail from a scan of the square. I’m not sure why, but the scanner seems to do a better job of capturing the details than my digital camera. Maybe it’s a lighting issue. If you click on [...]
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My current big project is the afghan from Barbara Walker’s Learn-to-Knit Afghan Book. The pattern suggests 4 colors. I’ve decided to knit it in Plymouth Yarn’s Encore in deep purple, light purple, and cream. Colors A & B being light colors and C & D being darks. The deep purple will serve [...]
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