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My Favorite Team Wins!
Cubs Win It All in 2016 Scarf As you can probably tell, I am a very excited baseball fan this year. My Cubbies broke the drought and won the World Series. In honor of this achievement and for my mom, I have designed this scarf as her Christmas present. Wait ’til next year!!!!!
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Do You Need a Quick Holiday Gift?
December 9, 2015
Quick and Easy para cowl In my job working with students with special needs, I rely on lots of talented teachers and paraprofessionals to see students, carry over skills in the classroom and make materials. In other words, I need them way more than they need me. So, every Christmas, I schmooze them with hand […]
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A Bowl Fit for Hopping
October 19, 2015
Road Trip Yarn Bowl I enjoy knitting on trips, but my beautiful ceramic yarn bowls don’t. I always manage to forget they are in my knitting bag and break them. But no longer! I turned ten mini-skeins of yarn plus one skein of worsted weight into a flexible, durable yarn bowl that will travel very […]
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A Deceptive Dishcloth
June 11, 2015
Liar’s Cable Rib Dishcloth This is a dishcloth based on a Mock Cable Rib. It is pretty easy, but it looks complicated. The trick is holding the yarn over in the back of the work while you pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch and yarn over. The size is easily adapted by adding […]
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Seaside Market Bags in Land-locked Kansas
June 5, 2014
Seaside Market Bag Seaside Market Bag Worsted The seafoam stitch has always intrigued me. I saw this colorful cotton yarn, and I decided to give it a try. It makes a nice market bag, even in land-locked Kansas. The crayon colored bag is knitted with chunky yarn, and the purple/ blue/ green bag is made with […]
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A Yarn Bowl of Yarn
May 22, 2014
A Bowl of Yarn for Yarn This is an unbreakable yarn bowl made from one skein of T-shirt yarn. I bought mine at my favorite yarn store, Yarn. There are instructions on the internet for recycling your own shirts if your favorite store does not carry Tee Cakes by HiKoo by skacel. It has handles to […]
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Faith’s and Brooke’s Striped Hat
November 13, 2013
Faith and Brooke Striped Hat v2 This was my attempt to to enter the “My Mountain” contest by Schachenmayr. Unfortunately, I did not get the pattern figured out in time, but I am happy with my design. This is a hat with vertical stripes, done with slip stitches. It is warm and cozy. I have […]
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Dots in Stripes Dishcloth
July 17, 2013
Dots in Stripes Dishcloth Yes, it’s another dishcloth. My local yarn store, Yarn, hosts a dishcloth exchange called “The Monthly Dish.” We meet at a restaurant, eat and drink, trade dishcloths, and generally have a good time. I have been designing simple dishcloths for Shannon, the owner, to offer as classes. This is July’s class. Try […]
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Lacy Diamonds Dishcloth
May 10, 2013
Lacy Diamonds Dishcloth Yes, there is finally a new pattern! This was designed so the owner of our LYS could offer a beginning lace class and encourage our new “Monthly Dish” dishcloth exchange. I hope you enjoy it. Errata: There was a mistake in the written lace pattern on Row 15. 5/21: I have posted […]
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