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Barrington 3.0 Part 2

Well, Amy of Amy Rampfl Photography has finished editing some more of the pictures from the photo shoot. You can click on her name to go to her website and see what other fantastic work she does. So here are some more of those pics to show you the versatility of this scarf design using the Cascade Yarns Eco+. As I stated in the last post, since it comes in large skeins, it’s a great value and gives you many design options. You saw the cowl and matching neck warmer modeled by Dino and Eileen I got in the […]

Barrington 3.0

I’ve been a little busy over the last month organizing a photo shoot for the 3rd incarnation of the Barrington Braid scarf. Yesterday, with the help of Amy Rampfl we completed that little journey during a photo shoot of the new design. In the beginning it started out as just a cowl version of the scarf. However, because of the yarn that I used this time around, it turned out to be much more. Stay with me for a second here … You may have heard me rant in the past that manufacturers need to increase the size of […]

The 1,000 stitch a day KAL …

One of the great things about being a knitter is enjoying the sense of community we all share when we meet other knitters. Knitting has a great way of creating instant bonds like no other commonality I know of. It crosses genders, race, knowledge, language, everything, and instantly connects two people like nothing else. In this “Close Knit Community” I have become a part of – and that you are a part of as well – is a great mastermind or collective that can take a random thought and turn it into a tangible idea. It turns out that […]

2014 …

Well, it’s that time again! What the heck happened to 2013? Oh well, time to seize the day, or in this case, year. 2014 will be grand – I can feel it. And while I’m full of this new found optimism that seems to come from the calendar flipping over another day, I’ll do something I don’t usually do. I’m going to make a few resolutions. Now if you’ve been around from the beginning (or if you search waaaaay back on this site), you’ll know/see that I have done this before. Once. Yeah, it was that successful. So why […]

Counting down …

I want to thank each and every one of you that have read this blog over the 31/2 years that I have been writing it. It has been an incredible journey and I have learned a lot – and that’s an understatement! I also want to apologize for the inconsistency I’ve shown in posting in the last 6 months, I am truly sorry. There is, however, a reason. Whether it’s a good one or not remains to be seen. When I first started this blog it was to allow it to evolve naturally, to go with the flow of […]