Just like I didn't read as much in 2011 as I usually do, I also didn't make as much stuff as I usually do. But after spending the first half of the year too tired to concentrate on anything beyond the simplest of projects, I have gotten some stuff done.
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I've wanted a chunky circle scarf for a year, and when I finally decided to sit down and make myself one I discovered I don't actually have any chunky yarn in my stash. And I needed to use stash yarn.
But I did have 400 yards of a delicious alpaca/wool yarn I bought in Colorado a...
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I discovered Shwin & Shwin's quick tutorial for an upcycled t-shirt scarf a while back on Pinterest, and I finally tested it out on an old t-shirt this morning. The verdict: ACE.
One old t-shirt, a pair of scissors and twenty minutes and I was done. It's soft and comfy, and as an added bonus...
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Love the Ugly Scarf, originally uploaded by kpwerker.
I started this scarf during Knitting Daily TV taping in September. I had a sample ball of yarn, came into a sample pair of needles, and picked the simple one-row lace pattern from Eunny's Spectrum Scarf.
Little did I know the colour changes in the yarn would lead...
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Model Citizen Scarf WIP, originally uploaded by kpwerker.
Though it's not going as fast as I'd anticipated, I'm still obsessed with working on the scarf. I suppose I'm about a third of the way done. For now, I derive great satisfaction from accurately capturing the colours in a photo. Yum yum. I've entered it on...
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