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    • lace cowl
    • Learn to knit mitts
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    • Textured cowl
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    • A handsome triangle
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    • Finished objects 2010
      • Entrelac scarf
      • Lace Fountain Hood
      • Ribbed crossover
    • finished objects 2009
      • A footy cowl
      • Bushland scarf
      • Lace Stripe Cowl
      • Mohair bolero
      • Monkey’s cowl
      • Phone sock
      • Shoulder shawl in syrian pattern
      • Silk cap sleeved top
      • Soleil
      • Sparkling burgundy
      • top-down capelet
      • Victorian Ruby scarf
      • Vixen
      • Wave wrap
    • The frog pond
      • Classic sweater
      • Green cable
      • Lacy wool scarf
  • Year of Lace

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Category Archives: quick knit

Clapotis? Baktus? Clapo-Ktus

April 20, 2012

Not the easiest name for a scarf but a nice pattern.  As the title suggest this is a hybrid between …

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A simple knitted scarf

April 5, 2012

I’ve started a cross between a clapotis and and a baktus.  It is a free pattern on Ravelry called Clapo-ktus. …

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Liesl is finished

October 31, 2011

I made the cap sleeved version using a gauge of 1 pattern to 3″ using 8ply on a 5mm needle. …

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New ‘pattern’

May 3, 2011

I’ve written up the instructions for the Mohair wrap.  This is not a specific size garment, you will have to …

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Soft and light – perfect for a warmer day

April 26, 2011

This is basically a rectangle of stocking stitch with 2 armholes that were finished with a few rows of stocking …

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A nice easy wrap jacket

March 29, 2011

Sometimes you need something mindless to make.  I started with this pattern but didn’t actually follow the pattern at all. …

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Finished.

February 22, 2011

It only took me a week to make this top.  It took 30g of Colinette Parisienne. Pattern: Mohair Minimalist top …

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A lofty and long scarf

February 14, 2011

The pattern for this scarf is from Rowan 34, Lofty by Kim Hargreaves.  I altered it to have matching ends …

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When instant gratification takes too long…

November 4, 2010

Knit a cowl.  They are great for quick projects.  I found Wham Bam thank you lamb on Ravelry, it is …

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Ingenue hat is finished

October 31, 2010

This hat has 84 rows and you slip the first stitch on every row. Allowing for the cast on and …

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One of my books:

Knitting on the Edge: Ribs, Ruffles, Lace, Fringes, Floral, Points & Picots: The Essential Collection of 350 Decorative BordersKnitting on the Edge: Ribs, Ruffles, Lace, Fringes, Floral, Points & Picots: The Essential Collection of 350 Decorative Borders by Nicky Epstein
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Nice collection of edgings, both in the same direction as the body and sideways.
Cable codes were unusual to me.

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