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Back to WIP

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Yep - back to my handspun scarf.

FO Woobie Kitty

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Project Details: started on June 19 and finished on July 30.  A baby gift for a friend!  I like this pattern.   It is easy to follow and fun to knit!

WIP Kitty

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This little woobie kitty is coming along!!

F.O. Goodale Sweater

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I have always wanted to do a project from Winged Knits and this is the first one.  Goodale looked like a nice summer sweater and I decided to use some new stash yarn from Julie Spins for it. Project Details:  Started on June 19th and finished on July 18th.  Of course I had a lot of other projects going - but I did work pretty hard on this.  Size 7 US needles and 3 skeins of Julie Spins MCN 250.  Her hand dyed yarn didn't pool in any way or look strange.  As a matter of fact I like the hand dyed look.  I'm thinking this might be perfect over a dress this week.  I decided to make size 38 (which is larger than I normally wear) just to have this be loose and baggy.  I think it made the sleeves a bit too large - but I can test blocking that out.  I also only put one button and the icord for that I did with a simple cast on and cast off.  Other than that I wish it was a tiny bit longer.  If I were to do this again I would k...

WIP Goodall

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I'm knitting as fast as I can - I'd love to finish this in the next week.  Ball 2 of yarn is done and onto 3.   I'm in the body repeats and hope to have enough yarn!

Dress Update

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Remember that 4th of July dress?  Well us ladies wore them and here is my summary. 1. My dress needs to have the trim tacked down. 2. I had a wardrobe malfunction and my boob was hanging out - dress ties are terrible.  I need to do something about this. 3. Zooey's dress is too wide in the chest.