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Hats!

Posted in Crafts, tagged , on October 1, 2024 | Leave a Comment »

What do all urban farmers in this brisk chilly climate need?  Warm knit hats!  It’s easy to make these using circular needles.  I like to use number 8 needles and usually cast on about 95 stitches to start for an adult hat.  Once the stitches are on I do a rib stitch with two knit […]

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Spinning with Pet Fur

Posted in Crafts, tagged , , on August 7, 2022 | Leave a Comment »

Spinning with pet fur can be done!  In this warm weather Mr. Bunners, aka Attila the Bun, is shedding his white fur in big soft billowy clumps.  Petting him it felt sort of like cashmere so I decided to collect it and try spinning it into yarn. First I tried just the fur but the […]

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More Fair Isle Knitting

Posted in Crafts, tagged , , , on November 15, 2016 | Leave a Comment »

It’s cold and time to knit!  I have been playing around more with Fair Isle knitting and think it could take a lifetime to explore all the interesting colors and patterns that can be used.    

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Fingerless Gloves

Posted in Crafts, tagged , , on November 14, 2016 | Leave a Comment »

Each year the knitting compulsion starts to build as the days get shorter and colder; by the holidays it’s in full swing and my main desire in life is to sit by the fire, listen to a really good audiobook and knit like crazy. This year I have been making fingerless gloves for holiday gifts.  […]

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