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Little Gifts: Purple Topaz, Crofter’s Cowl, Nuptial Hats | merp
https://merp.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/little-gifts-purple-topaz-crofters-cowl-nuptial-hats
It’s all about the process…. Little Gifts: Purple Topaz, Crofter’s Cowl, Nuptial Hats. October 21, 2009. Posted by merp in FOs. Meanwhile, a number of life events in my friends’ lives in August and September warranted an assortment of handknits. Evangeline was actually born in June (on her mother’s birthday! But what with wedding and move, I didn’t have time to knit this up until late August:. New skill learned: Stranded colorwork! So why is my one glaring error on the idiotically simple shoulder straps?
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Third Wave of Holiday Gifts: The Kids! | merp
https://merp.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/third-wave-of-holiday-gifts-the-kids
It’s all about the process…. Third Wave of Holiday Gifts: The Kids! January 18, 2010. Posted by merp in FOs. I am now related to several children, which I find novel and entertaining, our family having been almost 100% adult, or adult/infant, for some time. Christmas is much more fun when it centers on the under-10 set. By Mary Lou Egan (proceeds from pattern sales support Heifer International – even if tigers don’t, really – and she’s raised about $2,000 so far! New skillz: Stranded colorwork! You can j...
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A Twirly Pillow | merp
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It’s all about the process…. August 7, 2008. Posted by merp in FOs. My mom has received it, so now I can share:. Ok, yes, not really a “pillow” per se, as pictured. But my mom could be shopping for a pillow form even. As you read this. Pattern: Pretty much made up as I went along. Size: 18″ x 18″. Enough – I literally used up every last scrap). Needles: #10.5 for the Twirl, I believe, and #7 for the Main Line. It’s also a housewarming gift, as my mom recently moved for the first time in decades, an...
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Grandma slippers: I take up the torch. Needle. | merp
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It’s all about the process…. Grandma slippers: I take up the torch. Needle. February 24, 2007. Posted by merp in FOs. But like her, I just don’t feel like I’ve finished my day until I’ve sat on the couch for a while knitting and winding down. It seems we shared something fundamental there. They are quite simple and very comfy. The basic pattern (adjustable according to size of foot and weight of yarn):. Assuming worsted yarn and #7 straight needles, CO 42 st. Switch to 1 1 rib and knit to desired length.
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Post-Holiday Reveals, Second Wave | merp
https://merp.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/post-holiday-reveals-second-wave
It’s all about the process…. Post-Holiday Reveals, Second Wave. January 9, 2010. Posted by merp in FOs. Next up…gifts given on Christmas Day (on which day, incidentally, I also flew from North Carolina to Seattle, due to awkward scheduling awkwardly delayed, yet was at my mother’s house in time for lunch) – just the ones for my mom for now. First, a pillow:. As a starting point. Yarn: Knit Picks Twirl [ ravlink. Buttons: Mom and I picked them out together at Village Yarn and Tea Shop. Once I had that pat...
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…And one more. Two more. | merp
https://merp.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/and-one-more-two-more
It’s all about the process…. 8230;And one more. Two more. January 24, 2010. Posted by merp in FOs. Knitted first and given last, to a friend:. Aka Jejune, aka Kristin Cardozo). Yarn: Knit Picks Andean Treasure. In “embers” – like knitting with melted butter. (If butter were also a little bit hairy.) Didn’t need much – just over 2 balls made a scarf over 5.5 ft long. And finally, my sister’s Christmas present:. It will look more impressive soon, I promise. 1 vml - February 18, 2010. April 8, 2016. Notify ...
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Button, button | merp
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It’s all about the process…. November 29, 2009. Posted by merp in FOs. I so rarely get these last little details done. Loppem. Good buttons are actually pretty hard to find. Much thanks to Mickey who sent me a selection of buttons from Denmark! I’m going to need to go out button hunting locally, soon, to finish up assorted holiday gifts. Which are coming off the needles like hotcakes. Or like something else more metaphorically appropriate to needles. November 30, 2009. 2 Leah - November 30, 2009. Post-Ho...
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It’s eating your bra-a-ain! | merp
https://merp.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/its-eating-your-bra-a-ain
It’s all about the process…. It’s eating your bra-a-ain! January 12, 2008. Posted by merp in FOs. 8220;That’s pretty funny! By the awesome Cyn. Adult size for cartoon-head kid). Yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash, red, 1 skein Dalegarn Free Style Superwash wool (white), 1 skein (together enough for the hat, slippers, and mittens). Mods: Basically none. Except I didn’t follow Cyn’s instructions for securing the google eyes – just used superglue. And yes, one fell off, why do you ask? And I leapt to my needles!
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Mid-winter knitting FOs | merp
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It’s all about the process…. February 1, 2006. Posted by merp in FOs. A marathon post just to get up to date….Completed a bunch of small projects for and around Christmas. [for those of you not internet knitting junkies, FO=”finished object”]. And here they are:. First, birthday sweater for nephew on his 2nd birthday, Dec. 5. The pattern was the Child’s Guernsey from Debbie Bliss’s book How to Knit. Quick knits, Tanya, think quick knits. For my other Grandma, then got back to this one in time for Xmas.
