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Getting a leg up …

Hi everybody. I would like to wish all my friends and followers in the United States (and even the ones that aren’t yet) a happy Memorial Day. I hope the sun shines on you wherever you are. Well, hopefully by now you have made a swatch or two for your socks, and have picked a set of needles you like, the pattern you’re going to do the sock in (ribbed or stocking stitch), and the method you’re going to use to knit in the round. Let’s quickly review our choices. You can use DP’s – double pointed needles come […]

2 on 1 …

Well, yesterday was a good day. I was working n the set of the television show Psych for about 11 hours, but because of how things worked out, I got to do some knitting for about 3. That was good for Jason as I had brought along the sleeves for the sweater I am making him. This will be one of the patterns available in the book, and also online here and at Ravelry. I’m hoping to have it finished by Monday. It would be this weekend but I have a baseball game Friday, reffing a volleyball tournament Saturday, […]

BIASed knitting …

A couple of weeks ago at a meeting of Knit1Take2 (a knitting group  couple of my friends and I in the movie industry started), Anne pulls out this great scarf for show and tell. She did it on the bias in a variegated yarn that was smashing. I decided then that I wanted to do one but wasn’t sure what yarn I wanted to use. Last week I was in a local shop that is having a crazy yarn sale and bought some variegated yarn that would be great for scarves. The wheels started turning …. can you see […]