Tragedy! The supporting actor broke his leg today. He has no understudy. But the show must go on so tomorrow I will go to my LYS and audition for a new talent.
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SYTYCK – Intarsia in the round
Posted on November 8, 2009 by cablegal
Intarsia is “normally” done while knitting flat. For an instruction on intarsia see this nice post over at the Purl bee on the subject. It is possible to use intarsia for round objects without seeming afterwards and yes there is a reason I didn’t say knitting in the round. There are at least 2 methods [...]
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SYTYCK – I give up
Posted on October 18, 2009 by cablegal
It’s just not working. I had a plan, but it’s just not gonna happen the way I wanted. So I give up.
This was the first plan:
From Knitted
Ordering yarn online isn’t always so easy, especially when trying to match colours. The green and pink just didn’t look as fantastic as I wanted. Therefore I tried:
From Knitted
Much [...]
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SYTYCK – Freaked out today
Posted on October 7, 2009 by cablegal
First some good news. I haven’t worked on my Vine yoke cardigan for a while now because I was worried it was too short. Others have had the same concerns but were totally fine. Even so, since it’s a completely different yarn, yesterday I soaked the sleeve part and it stretched out nicely (about 5cm [...]
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SYTYCK-Hollywood week
Posted on October 6, 2009 by cablegal
What to choose? There are so many nice patterns out there. But I’ve limited it to head, neck or foot wear and I’m thinking something along the line of:
Bird on a wire hat (Ravelry)
Selbu modern Ravelry link+ accompanying cowl
…hmm so hard. I think I got it one minute and the next I change my mind [...]
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So you think you can knit – The challenge!
Posted on October 4, 2009 by cablegal
The wonderfully talented Lisa has put together the most amazing knitting contest/challenge inspired by the TV dance competition So you think you can dance – So you think you can knit (SYTYCK). All 66 (I think) entrants have entered the competition in a dance style they are most comfortable with – I settled with Hip [...]
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