July 2011
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December 2010
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September 2010
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i like to do math.
here’s a handy trick — if you want to know how many stitches you’ll have on the needle once you’ve put the armpits on strings and put the sleeves and body on the same circular, you multiply x (where ‘x’ equals the cast-on) by 1.34.
so, {x:x=60}, 1.34(60)=80.4
round as you please.
it’s worth noting that this is by the Elizabeth Zimmerman’s...
August 2010
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November 2009
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October 2009
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So, uh.
I have not been posting here at all, but here are my excuses:
I got a job at a yarn store,
I went to Rhinebeck,
I bought a Lendrum,
I’m processing two fleeces,
I’m slowly moving all of my fiber and such-as-it-is-stash into my room which is going to double as studio,
I helped prepare our store of the mad rush that was Stitches East,
and then I napped for like a day.
So it...
September 2009
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All of my WIPs are in ridiculously boring parts.
A set of sleeves, the first six inches of a jacket, and the first repeat of a lace pattern. Not much to look at, really.
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Spinning advice:
pull yarn, not fiber.
pull yarn, not fiber.
pull yarn, not fiber.
pull yarn, not fiber.
repeat.
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