The Knitting Notionary

Month: September 2011

  • 1 of 9

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      Well actually this one will be 2 of 9. I am planning out a little introductory project for newbie loom Knitters. Designed to get me to stop needle knitting for a bit to continue to rest my left thumb. So far, it’s almost working So this will be one square for a blanket. Having…

  • Bookish Thursday: Wendy Knits Lace

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    I am not a big lace knitter. With 4 kids 2 cats and a dog I don’t have the quieter environment needed to focus on complicated lace patterns. So I tend to avoid it, or if I am making lace I choose simpler geometric patterns. Enter the book Wendy Knits Lace : You have seen…

  • Moaning on Monday..

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    When you last left me dear readers, I was ‘trying’ to rest my thumb. It seems I have been too tempted and fiddling with yarn too much trying gauge swatches for a Rhinebeck sweater and I am still hurting.. Sigh.. I really didn’t do TOO Much knitting. I have to say.. It’s just so hard…

  • Smalls and a little rest.

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    I have been taken to small projects lately. Some of them are for a charity auction this weekend, and some are reserved for my alter ego.. I have been having some pain in my thumb so this week I have ‘sort of’ take a break. It’s hard, not knitting. The cable guy was here yesterday…