7-into-5 Cluster

Working on Evelyn Clark’s Trellis Scarf (Interweave Knits Magazine, Spring 2006), early on you will come across the 7-into-5 cluster step. Some people dread it and for others it’s not that big of a deal. For me, I misplaced my instructions while out of town and had nothing to go on, so I looked online; [...]

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I am not a morning person…

7:30 a.m. Do not adjust your screen. That is milk that I poured into my Starbucks Barista espresso machine water tank.

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Trailing Trellis

Trellis Scarf is finally beginning to take shape after a year of trying to get it going. Caught-up with other projects, I had barely started Trellis when it went on hold for the holidays. I had the chance this past week to really get some progress on the pattern and get used to it, and [...]

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Pink Lace Confessions

It’s 5 a.m. and I’ve been up since 3. G-man (poor kid, we could’ve chosen Sweetie or some other term of endearment for the nickname of our son) has croup and I went to check in to on him and haven’t been able to go back to sleep. I REALLY like my sleep. Sleep is [...]

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Oooo, those are nice…

My Knitpicks Options Interchangeable Needles in Harmony Wood arrived and they’re quite nice. I had heard that they are smooth, but oh, they’re so luxuriously smooth, I keep caressing them. Really! I just love how they feel between my fingers, and you know, the colors are quite a treat for the eyes. I took a [...]

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