Tag: Current Events
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Cape as Finished Project / knitting notes
If you are a reader of Hollyknits, you know I’ve been talking about a wedding cape I recently made for a daughter of a friend. Also, a former student of mine! Since it is a high risk thing to knit for another, I share tips on how to do so, here. I talk about details of gift giving, […]
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Details, details / Gift Wrapping Knitting
I like details. I think they often make or break a decision, a choice, how I feel about something. Did you ever notice when an actor puts himself into character? The bow of a ballerina? The music before the start of a movie? The role of an actor does not begin at the first scene but […]
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I said Yes to the . . . Cape / Tips on Knitting for Others
When I was recently asked to knit a garment, I couldn’t say no. I couldn’t say no for many reasons. First off, it was a friend who asked. I will call her Mom. The garment was to be a cape and I love capes. A wedding cape! Who doesn’t love a wedding? This wedding was her […]
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Yarn Fest or Yarn Fast . . . or both!
The Knitting Guild of Greater Buffalo is hosting its annual Yarn Fest. Vendors far and wide have been invited to share their wares and tease us with their latest color ways, fibers, and other such goodies. Knitting lessons and/or help as well as other goodies will be there and, of course, to us knitters, crocheters, spinners, and […]
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Hedgehog Mitts as Wearable Whimsy
I am not a knitter of mittens, in fact I believe this was my first pair. I saw this kit, yes kit, complete with Morehouse Merino 2-Ply and pattern, a Morehouse Original. It came with a little scrap of the darker brown for the noses as well as the four beads for the eyes. I believe this […]
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It’s Not Just About the Sweater
Part of why I write a journal is to reflect upon my knitting. I find thinking about a finished project quite satisfying and informative. It helps me to improve my knitting skills to think what went right as well as what went wrong with either the process and/or the finished project. Viewing photographs of me […]
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Blossom Keepsake
Well, I feel a bit like I have been cheating on my blog as I have been busily writing reviews of recent events that have been happening at the Knitting Guild of Greater Buffalo rather than writing posts, here. And, the deadline for entries for this monthly newsletter was moved up a week which put a cramp […]
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