tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62079763761000489102012-02-16T11:45:18.074-07:00Keep up with my latest knitting adventures!btknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07760504799018432212noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207976376100048910.post-9683503313000267312010-03-16T12:51:00.000-06:002010-03-16T12:51:03.452-06:00

It has been some months since I stumbled onto this new yarn. I must say that I seem to have caught what they call "Madtosh Fever". To really get an idea how serious it is, check out the Madtosh Lovers Group on Ravelry. Anyway, after I finished my first Madelinetosh Tea Leaves cardigan, I was impressed how little, if at all, the yarn has pilled. In the past, I have never bought or used the same

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Wow, it was October when I last visited my blog. Where was I? What have I been up to?  Let's see...a lot of things but I will just summarize. Since then, I (we, my husband, kids and I) hosted a sit-down dinner party for 18 in early November. Then we had a few families, 17 people, for Thanksgiving Dinner. That was followed by our Boulder Knitting Collective Ravelry group's Christmas party. On

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I got welcomed back by a blanket of 23 inches of snow (according to the newspaper). My sister and I arrived at the Philadelphia airport and learned that our flight was delayed for 2 hours. No worries, we sat and knitted. Then we found out that there were no more planes leaving from Denver to Fresno after 9pm. My sister made a beeline to the counter and off she went to catch another flight with

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I have attended almost all Stitches events - East, West, and North - except for the new one this year in Atlanta. And every time I have asked Rick Mondragon, the editor of Knitter's magazine "Why not Denver?" The answer has been that Denver probably will not attract as many attendees as the more populous cities. I will keep asking the question - you will never know, maybe some day. The policy

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Well first, the trip through Connecticut to the Webs yarn store took much longer than we anticipated, but overall it was a blessing in disguise. If we had more time to spend at Webs, the damage would have been  much more than it already was. Webs yarn store was about 45 minutes from Hartford where the Stitches Convention was located. So Thursday morning at 10:30, with my brother in law (bless

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 It took me a while to finally get around to posting these pictures. We will all be wearing them to Stitches in Connecticut soon. The yarn for the orange cardigan is Lorna Laces Green Line Worsted. It was my sister's birthday gift from my other sister and I. I have not worked with the yarn, but apparently it is very soft and lovely to work with. The blue yarn is like butter in your hands,

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There have been many inquiries about my mod for the sleeves, so I decided to put some of my notes here . I hope it will help. There are many ways to do short rowing, I am sure, but this works for me, so here goes. I cast on 52 sts for the sleeve, according to the gauge of the  sweater body. Knit one row. RS: knit until 12 sts before Vine border at cuffs, W & T        Knit until 10 sts before

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Last night we had a huge turnout at Barnes and Noble. I hope we were not too loud for the regular crowd there. It was so much fun to see everyone's projects. And we were all amazed, as usual, at how fast Amy can knit. She had a ton of baby bibs whipped out in a week's time. And she is knitting a sample sweater for Malabrigo at the same time. She reminds me of my sister who lives on the East Coast

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The sweater is finally done. I brought it to the Knit Nite last night (details to follow). I think I am most proud of the buttons my daughter helped pick out at Elfriede's. They are copper colored and have a dragon in the middle. I am a firm believer in blocking and this one really pays off. I was a bit skeptical and worried that the Vine at the bottom would not look right. I even pulled my

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These days I try to just work on one project at the time and not adding anything else to my unfinished pile, uhh.. basket. It helps a lot that this one is an Isolda Teague called Vine Yoke Cardigan. It is her brand new pattern, published with Twist Collective. As with her previous patterns, this one is also "hard to put down" because I always want to get to the next part of the body. The

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It just dawned on me  that how much PKC really means to me when someone said to me : " you were only at PKC for a few days a week anyway". Three days, to be exact, or a mere 15 hours. That is all the time I could spend there without neglecting my family, my dog and my friends. I am sure they do not agree because everyone who knows me will tell you that my work did not stop there. I would happily

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