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Behind the scenes of handmade knitwear: sky blue Gable scarf
Posted by Anissa Annalise on
a crochet look: from 2 skeins of yarn to a finished handmade item. 
completed: bulky alpaca blend knit scarf
Posted by smittenkittenorig on
i finished knitting this last night. i love the pastel color wisps in the yarn & i'm fairly excited to give the skeins of this yarn in purple the same treatment. for the life of me, i can't recall where i got this yarn but it's been in my yarn stash for a while. i'm glad i've got around to using it.
personal knitting: big citron cowl
Posted by smittenkittenorig on
it's always nice to get some personal knitting in, so when i had some time recently, i whipped this citron cowl up for myself. i'd made a cowl for my madre & wanted one for myself. :) thr citron color is a fave but i don't often run into yarn that shade.
baby it's cold outside so grab that cowl!
Posted by smittenkittenorig on
some blue mosaic wool that I have had for a while. I decided to also
dig out my circular knitting needles & whip up a cowl. It didn't take
long & because I'm a crochet kind of chica, I skipped that whole
knitting bind off & crocheted my cast off (call me lazy but it's
faster for me). Anyway, I was going to give this to my husband...
Big & Chunky Eternity Scarves
Posted by smittenkittenorig on
seem to get around to using them, so this summer, I dove in & got to
work. Two things happened. I made some really great big & bulky
infinity scarves & I found out that my wrists don't like working with
big chunky yarns for prolonged periods of time. Ouch. I do love the
results of the chunky yarns though & here are the two I...