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a pattern for knitting.

The Autumn/Winter of 2008, Toast catalog had some beautiful, simple hand warmers. Just lovely, anyway… when scrolling some blogs I found a free pattern for them. So, I must confess, basically all I have done is tweak the pattern to use smaller needles and change...

Winter Toddler & Child’s Hat revisited…

with a bit of star wars action thrown in. Needles: 16 in. (40cm) circular size US 8 (5mm) 5 double pointed size US8 Yarn: Worsted weight Gauge: 16sts and 24 rows to 4 in. st stitch Sizes: Toddler (2-4 year old) Child Pattern: Using circular needles, cast on 64 (72)...

It was one of those weeks.

Whenever I sat down to type, all thoughts of what was on my mind vanished due to the amount of things that needed to be done around me. So beware, this post is going to be a bit of knitting overload. 🙂 Last week, my knitting projects included 3 hats, 1 pair of...

October…

Pumpkin pie for breakfast. My favorite!   Sneaking in some time during piano lessons to work on my February Lady Sweater… Yarn is thyme from KnitPicks.