Monthly Archives: February 2011

Miscellany Monday

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Miscellany Monday @ lowercase letters
It’s time for another Miscellany Monday!!

1. I wanted to be an astronaut when I “grew up”. I was obsessed with all things space. Christa McAuliffe was a personal hero of mine. She graduated from Framingham State College, where I attended full time for an odd semester many years ago. I still vividly remember the Punky Brewster episode where they talked about the space shuttle disaster, and I still mourn every January when the “anniversary” comes up.

2. My high school class has never had a class reunion. With facebook, it’s so easy to keep in touch with everyone, so who knows if we’ll ever actually have one.

3. I think we should make Sept. 11th into a national holiday so that we will always remember & never forget that horrible day.

Hobobird Shawl Pattern is now available for purchase

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hobobird shawl
I am really excited to announce that my latest shawl pattern, hobobird, is now ready for sale on ravelry or through this blog!
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Pattern is only $4.50, with a price increase expected to go up at some point this year.

I named this fast & easy shawl for my friend, hobobird, who is a wonderful friend, a great supporter of my designs, & is addicted to shawls. It’s a triangle shawl with bat-wings so the shawl sits on your shoulders & stays put.

hobobird shawl

It’s made from the top down, and you can use any weight yarn & crochet until you feel it’s big enough. Because the edging is so simple, it’s easy to make sure you use all of your yarn, without having lots of leftovers! This pattern is rated intermediate.

Thanks to redcurlysue, vibeskat, kaz, hobobird, & harnish408 for their test crocheting skills, and thanks to MoulinRogue for her wonderful tech editing skills.

charity granny scarf free pattern

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This is a little scarf I designed for charity. I call it the “Charity Granny Scarf”; I know, real original name. It’s available for download & is on Ravelry.
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Materials:
o 3.5 oz / 200 yards worsted weight yarn
o H crochet hook
Gauge: doesn’t matter, crochet what makes you happy! My gauge was approximately 15 dc: 4”.
Measurements: 5” by 65” or designed length. Longer length or a different gauge will use more yarn.

work in progress wednesday

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I’m currently obsessed with an afghan called “Groovyghan“. I’ve gotten a lot of progress done very quickly on it. I’m cal-ing along with the Vanna’s Choice fans group on Ravelry.
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I replaced the flower squares with the Purple Passion Heart squares. I’m using mainly Vanna’s Choice yarn, with a few odd skeins/scraps thrown in for good measure. I’m making the afghan slightly larger as well, making 8 of each square instead of 7.
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All the various piles in one photo:
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The shawl’s almost done, too.

ETA: link up If the Knit Fits

new pattern – lacy heart scrubbie

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New free pattern from little ole me!

This is a quickie, great for using up just a few yards of scrap yarn. Use cotton & call it a scrubbie or tawashi; use a different fiber, add a tie & call it an ornament or a package tie.
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And another teaser of the shawl that’s currently being tested (I can now reveal the name: hobobird, named for a friend of mine):
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made with knit picks chroma yarn in fingering

old free patterns

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This is a little scrap afghan I designed quite a few years ago. I designed it for charity use, primarily, because it’s so easy to customize the size, depending on the width of the panels, the number of panels, and the finished length.
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I was inspired by a quilt I found online called an ABC quilt – each color represented an object beginning with A, B, C, etc. I later found out that ABC quilt was actually called a coin quilt. Hey, what did I know?
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In My Mailbox

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For the second week in a row, I haven’t really received or downloaded much.

ebook to review from author:
My Superhero Sister

and from paperback book swap:
Fair Isle Sweaters SimplifiedFair Isle Sweaters Simplified by Ann Bourgeois

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I received a copy of this book from paperbackbookswap. I’ve often gotten it from the library, and actually learned how to knit fair isle from this book years ago. The sweaters are gorgeous & most of them are easy enough for beginner fair isle knitters.



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