In some ways, I am living the dream. I work in my LYS, surrounded by luscious fibres in every colour of the rainbow. I am given free reign to devise patterns, match ideas with fibres and colours, display things so they look awesome, and knit until my fingers fall off. It’s the kind of thing [...]
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Treacherous Noro
Posted by Dixie on 4 June, 2010
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The artifice in art
I’ve been in choirs for most of my life, and the director I’ve spent the most time with was (luckily for me) probably the best. When directing a choir full of exhausted scientists towards the end of a term, she would point out that in order to make the songs we didn’t like sound good [...]
Posted by Dixie on 2 June, 2010
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Just another Manos Monday
I have two yarn cakes of Manos Silk Blend sitting on my desk. I remain amazed that I own them, and that they are so beautiful. They will be a Captiva when they grow up.
Posted by Dixie on 31 May, 2010
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Instant gratification
Hats are great. I knitted this as a command performance for a friend, who wanted a red hat. It took me a while to deal with the fact that she wanted a basic beanie rather than a floppy hat or a wild hat or some otherwise interesting hat, but once I came to terms with [...]
Posted by Dixie on 28 May, 2010
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Polygamous knitting
The black lace shrug is proceeding quite nicely, thank you. Despite my madness induced break, I’ve been steadily working, a few stitches here and there when I can fit them in, and have made excellent progress. One arm is done, blocked, and I’ve even tried it on to make sure it fits. It does. The [...]
Posted by Dixie on 26 May, 2010
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Boundless optimism
When I started reading knitting blogs, I immediately took to the Yarn Harlot. I liked her writing, I enjoyed her stories, and I appreciated the kinds of things she knitted. Her stories were funny, even if I didn’t relate to the specifics. A few years down the line, here I am, trying to execute a [...]
Posted by Dixie on 20 May, 2010
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Deadline knitting
The other piece of awesomeness in my Loopy Ewe sock club package was a set of custom TLE red “Oh Snap!” pouches from Namaste. I didn’t photograph them along with the yarn because by the time I headed out to take pictures I had already stuffed the bags with projects: They may not look like [...]
Posted by Dixie on 19 May, 2010
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A sample of things to come
One of my responsibilities at TiK is to knit samples for the shop. It’s useful for us to be able to point at a piece of knitted (or crocheted) stuff for each yarn we have, since people sometimes have trouble looking at a ball or hank of yarn and imagining what it will look and [...]
Posted by Dixie on 22 April, 2010
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Weekly knitting roundup
After what seems like months of obligatory knitting, I have turned the corner and started enjoying wool again. I finished the Sackboys: Their older brother has already been handed off. I did the stitching in different colours for each one; that plus the usual inconsistencies in handmade goods ensure each toy is unique. It bothered [...]
Posted by Dixie on 6 April, 2010
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