Tag: Rowan
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Sweet Boyfriend Sweater and its Unlikely Source for Inspiration
A retirement gift, a plaque from the District where I worked, beckons me. It is as if it can talk and recall; that plaque with the Varsity letter. I hear students’ voices, excited anticipation in the air, their endless desire for learning. It speaks my tongue and reminds me about lesson planning into wee hours. It sounds with the…
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A study of color and elements of design
So, my stash is well bundled now. The ‘new’ yarns for projects continue in waiting and the scraps, which I prefer to call remnants, are bundled according to weight. I can easily pull out the same-weight remnants and mix and match to my heart’s content. This also helps me to get my creative juices flowing as somehow when I…
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Is this a Martin Storey or a Math Story?
Back in August I laid eyes on this beauty, Tembe designed by Martin Storey. (ok, the model ain’t bad, either.) The colors, style of the cardigan, the way it was fashioned, and the magnificent elephants all reminded me of my hubby. He had been asking for a hand knit and had been reminding me of how…
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A Guide on Gauge
I am not sure if this post ought to be called A Guide on Gauge or Gauge Guiding. In either case, I have become a huge fan of knitting up gauges! To the uninformed, the process of taking time to work up a gauge might seem like an unnecessary and/or optional step in working up…
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A Fashionable Fishing Hole
It began with the yarn this time, which for me, is very unusual; beautiful Rowan Felted Tweed DK mostly in navy and a variety of other colors that were in my stash. I have quite a collection of this yarn due to sales, left over from projects, and some from projects that have been reconsidered. And…
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Confirmed
So as not to linger with thoughts of neglect towards poor hubby for too long, THIS gorgeous eye-catching cardigan will be draped over my husband’s back, front, shoulders, opened, closed, in wetness and in dry, in the morning, at noon, and throughout the evenings when next the snow doth fall…
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Getting to Know Me / Part One of Three
As I enter into the world of blogging, you must be thinking, who is this girl anyway who claims to know a thing or two about knitting? I mean, I would be asking that! In an effort to satisfy that very question, I have decided to share a few projects with you that may give…
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Yarn Haven is Knit Heaven
It is true how personal space reflects one’s life. This space, once a bedroom, followed by a study, is now evolving into a knitting haven. Knitting magazines, love seats, and yarn bundles are slowly taking over the teacher manuals, red pens, and piles of papers. Just look at the yarn winder clamped to the desk!
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