Hiatus Summary Part II: Knitting!

First, another episode of yarn acquisition that should have been included last time:
Before I left on my honeymoon, I had a lucky windfall in the yarn department, courtesy of Lime & Violet. In their Charity archives, you’ll find this post, putting out the call for donations to help a gorgeous pit bull named Roo raise [...]

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Very First FO!

I’m finally proud to post my very first finished object!
It’s not much, just one of Grandmother’s Favorite Dishcloths, but I’m very excited about it. It’s Lion Brand Lion Cotton yarn in colorway “Denim Swirl,” since Andrew and I have a blue scheme going on in the kitchen. I learned that yarn overs are nothing [...]

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Know Thyself

I should so not have taken up this hobby in the middle of the semester.
Not because it’s not great – on the contrary, I’m having a lot of fun with it despite the fact that I’m one of the least patient people I know. I am constantly drooling over all of the amazing things there [...]

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Lesson Accomplished

Yesterday was my knitting lesson, and it is official, I’m hooked. Or needled, I guess, since this isn’t crochet.
Katie reassured me that some of the irregularities I was worried about in my trial runs were really not anything to worry about, like loose end stitches, and showed me some ideas to cope with [...]

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