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October Roundup, Pt. 2:
This shall include the general non-sock happenings of October II: Which Turned Out To Be Not Such A More-Better October After All. The other thing that has happened on my knitting needles lately is this sweater: No longer a swatch, it is now an impressive hill of slightly ordered green Ultra Alpaca. It is also…
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“BEING Miss Georgia almost makes you cool. But not marrying her.”
Hey, my site has been having some funky stuff going on due to a server thing. I just realized today that there have been a bunch of comments for which I didn’t get an email notification, and thus didn’t reply to. If you’re one of those commentors, I’m not trying to be a negligent jerk,…
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Don’t Do What Donny Don’t Does
Oh sure, the first BMP sock appears to fit my gentleman companion perfectly. In fact, it does fit him perfectly, thanks to the narrowed cuff (78 stitches instead of 91). If you make these, don’t get any ideas. Just go with the 91 stitches. Spare yourself the pain of watching your beloved try to shove…
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I’ll Start At The Toes And I’ll End In Your Dreams
‘Just yesterday I was complaining about the nasty infinity of knitting men’s sized black socks. Today I’m ready for the green row of invaders! High five! t’s BMP, an awesome pattern by Aija Goto. It has been pretty simple to knit them toe-up. I highly recommend converting to this direction if you want to make…
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Lucky Clover Math
Joanna kindly pointed me in the direction of official Lucky errata. I’m going to share my fix with you anyway! My method is worthwhile because it also accounts for the possibility of off-gauge knitting. First, let’s examine the problem. After some 7? of knitting on the front, you start the sweeping decrease that makes the…
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Back From Georgia
The south is totally awesome and I’m lucky that I haven’t died of a heart attack from all of the deep-fried awesome that I consumed this weekend. I have a bit of a weird guilty love for the whole southern belle old money pageanty rednecky stereotype thing, even though my blue-state vegetarian grad studentness tends…