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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Finally! Something for my daughter!

So Dakotah's birthday party is on Saturday, she turned two yesterday! I knit these pants for her party with the yarn I previously posted from my score in the yarn swap. They came out so cute! And after trying them on her, she refused to let me take them off to wash and block em!
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Doesn't she look so proud? Poor thing has a serious lack of knitted goodies from me :(
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Currently, I'm working on the shawl with the wool/silk blend. I do need to finish David's socks though...but I'm enjoying the quick knitting of the size 11's LOL!

Friday, September 14, 2007

More FO's and WIP's!

So I have 1 custom order left to do WOO! Then it's all knitting for family, me and the new site. Just finished these sets up for Lacey
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They have both been lovingly packaged up and will be on their way to her tomorrow morning - because I missed the maillady this morning :(

Anyway, here's the beginning of a shawl I'm knitting for M.E.! It's a wool/silk blend heavy worsted weight yarn, I'm knitting it on size 11 needles to give it a lacey open look. Knits up fast too!
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Also, I just recently finished these up. NIGHTMARE! Sportweight Extra Large longies...never...ever...again! There's 4,851 stitches IN EACH LEG! My poor hands ached for 2 days after finished these. BUT...I am thrilled with how they came out and the pain was so worth it....but I'll still never do it again LOL!
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Some Yarny Goodness

I got in some yummy delicious yarn this last month. Two yarn swaps and a Will Knit For Yarn slot gave me some really nice wool!
Yarn Swap Package # 1
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2 skeins of Handyed BFL in a colorway the mama called "Dakotah's Doodles" (isn't that cute!?) I also got a sheep measuring tape, two matching buttons, a matching fat quarter, some really cute stitch markers and yummy smelling wool wash samples.
Yarn Swap Packages # 2
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2 skeins plus trim of Peruvian wool dyed by IttyBittyKnitties in the Bumblebee colorway. Also got gorgeous turtle stitch markers, card, Burt's Bees lip gloss and hand balm, and several hot flavored teas.

And Lastly, but definately not least, I got three skeins of Three Irish Girls Lindon Merino wool. I got from top to bottom - Clodagh, O'Mara and Quinn colorways
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WHOA! Talk about a custom marathon!

For the past 4 weeks I have been on a mission to get through my entire custom list so that I can get ready for the new website stocking. So I've literally knit my fingers off. Here are just a few of my custom creations from this month.

These are knit from BFL dyed by my friend Diana
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These are knit from Handspun wool - board shorts
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These pants are knit with BFL handyed by another mama
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These cute things are knit with BFL dyed by WWBN in their Pink Panther colorway with little heart pockets
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A pair of small pants with matching hat
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These are 3 ply Purewool dyed by my friend Lacey
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TIG Reilly Shorties
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These I LOVE! They are knit with Top of the Lamb Brown Sheep dyed by Over the Moon, the legs are the wide leg style with a bellbottom flare
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