Category Archives: knitting

blanket issues

Posted on June 7, 2007 by dichroic

I used to really hate picking up stitches. This is because I was doing it wrong; I thought I had to get existing stitches on the needle and then knit into them, rather than just poking a needle through and … Continue reading →

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blanket progress

Posted on June 6, 2007 by dichroic

I counted – 53 squares done, 41 to go (plus maybe an edging). If I canaverage two squares a day, I can make it after all – but that’s two *every* day, no slacking. (Or with any slacking made up … Continue reading →

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blanket update

Posted on May 23, 2007 by dichroic

First, an update pic of the blanket. I spent this morning’s commute weaving in some of those many loose ends. Pretty quick, considering I only started it last Thursday. For reference, you can just see the edges of one of … Continue reading →

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distances achieved

Posted on May 22, 2007 by dichroic

The blanket continues to grow apace; the first and second rows are done and I’m halfway through the third. I don’t think this blanket will be square after all; it’s longer than I expected, so if I make it as … Continue reading →

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mitering

Posted on May 19, 2007 by dichroic

The baby blanket is going very fast – with what you see here pls a couple of squares I haven’t joined on yet, I’m more than a tenth done. Of the patterns I posted below, I decided to do IV. … Continue reading →

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on to the next thing

Posted on May 16, 2007 by dichroic

I expect to finish the current pair of socks tonight, so I will be starting the baby blanket as my travel project on our trip to Amsterdam tonight. (I’m hoping picking up mitered squares won’t be too fiddly to do … Continue reading →

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surfeit

Posted on May 4, 2007 by dichroic

These are possibly the coolest knitted things I’ve seen, except for possibly the knitted DNA model by the same designer. And while I’m handing out virtual prizes, here’s the goofiest news story I’ve come across recently, though I daresay having … Continue reading →

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*not* a book-poem, for a change

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Dichroic

Though part of this is about books. I’ve just finished Alma Alexander’s Gift of the Magi, the first of her Worldweavers trilogy (at least I think it’s meant to be a trilogy). I liked it a lot; the combination of … Continue reading →

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too much of a good thing

Posted on April 19, 2007 by dichroic

Now I have a new reference for the phrase “embarassment of riches”. An American friend is visiting on business this week; she has business with our company and comes here a lot. Last time she was here, I bemoaned the … Continue reading →

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the next thing

Posted on April 12, 2007 by dichroic

Last night I turned the heel on my sock-in-progress. This morning I did some of the heel flap on the way to work (it’s based on the Widdershins toe-up heel-flap pattern, so the heel gusset is first, then the turn, … Continue reading →

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