Month: January 2010
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twice as nice
I’ve got two new cowls off the needles and around my neck! Well, not at the same time or anything. Both are my own pattern, which I’ve named the Beauchamp Cowl. Fingering weight version in lots of colours of Koigu. DK weight version in 2 colours of Handmaiden 4ply cashmere – which, by the way, […]
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more pretties
I’m not sure I’ve hit the ground running this new year, but I have hit the stranded colourwork! A fresh off the needles wee colourwork project, designed to use up bits of yarn. I used Koigu in about 18 colours! They weren’t all leftovers; the main background colour is one full skein, and a bunch […]
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first FO of 2010
And it’s a good one! I finally picked up a project I started back in 2008 (yikes, thanks to my Rav page I actually know when I started it) with yarn that I’d received for Christmas 2007. It’s gorgeous yarn, Handmaiden Swiss Mountain Cashmere and Silk. And since I have people who know what I […]