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Madness Strikes Again

Posted on: Sunday, July 30th, 2006 in: Uncategorized

We did it again…another after-hours creativity session at the shop after closing on a Sunday evening. This time it’s all about blending color and texture with an end result in mind. It’s a little bit related to last week’s jumping off point yet a little different.
Matt’s the one swatching this time, just to [...]

What The Heck Has He Been Up To?

Posted on: Monday, July 24th, 2006 in: Uncategorized

I’ve got a major post cookin’, complete with 21 photos. It’s a little bit of a progress report, worked together with a photo essay on inspiration and how we get to where we’re going with a project, along with some swatch shots for a second project, and more inspiration for yet another project. [...]

For Lindy, in AZ

Posted on: Sunday, July 16th, 2006 in: Uncategorized

I have a mailing address for you, but no phone or e-mail. So here goes specs on MY version of the knitted ruana.
Pattern: Oat Couture’s Knit Ruana (GU420)
Size/Options: One size, but three gauge options (worsted at 18 sts/4 inches; bulky at 12 sts/4 inches; superbulky at 8 sts/4 inches)
My version: Blue Heron [...]

It’s NOT A Man-Bra

Posted on: Sunday, July 9th, 2006 in: Uncategorized

said in my best Ahnold…….a la “Kindergarten Cop”.
It’s a breastplate, a la Grace Jones….if you’re not old enough to remember her from her music career in the late 1970s and into the 1980s (”Slave To The Rhythm”, “My Jamaican Guy”, “Nipple to the Bottle” and more), you may remember her from her role as Helen [...]

A Little Bit of Mirth Never Hurts

Posted on: Thursday, July 6th, 2006 in: Uncategorized

Yarn comes in, yarn goes out (of the shop), and some yarn ends up on my needles, for personal stuff, for gifts, and shop models. There’s a great pattern in the current issue of KNITTER’S magazine for a felted handbag that I thought was really cute

so I thought I would make it. We [...]