Best reasons to knit while traveling

15Feb12

I’ve been wanting to compile this list for a while now.  Here are the best reasons I’ve come up with to pick up knitting (or crocheting) and then to travel with your knitting hobby! 1.  Lightweight.  1 or 2 needles and some yarn makes it easy to pack into your purse or bag and you [...]

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New knits…now with crochets!

29Nov11

So first off, I knit this cool little earflap hat.  These pictures don’t quite show how wonky it is, but you can see the cables in it that were pretty fun to do. Hats remain the most satisfying to knit.  I have like 5 more patterns I want to try. Also, earlier this summer I [...]

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Middle America

30May11

Well, we arrived  in Omaha tonight!  Its been 14 years since I’ve been back here and believe me, I thought if anything we’d be coming back to visit friends or see the College World Series (so did my husband!) but I guess this works too.  We plan to do a little pilgrimage to the town [...]

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Knitting gone wrong

18May11

Three weeks in Mexico filled with lots of bus travel afforded me a lot of time to knit, so I thought I’d share what I made here.  First, the good.  I decided to try my hand at knitting with cotton yarn and I made this dishcloth for our new home.  I chose this project because [...]

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Tri-colored Hat

17Mar11

Our lab cleaning lady saw me wearing my first hat a while back….I think it was December…and asked where I got it.  When I told her I made it she asked how much to have one made for her.  I told her freeee because I was dying to make knitted things for anyone who wanted [...]

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New Knits

17Feb11

So the famous knitting update…I’m starting to look forward to doing these!  I finished a project I’d been working on since the first time I went to Mexico:  a huge, soft knitted scarf . When I started on it back in the fall, it progressed quickly because it uses big needles and chunky yarn.  However, [...]

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I never thought I’d feel this way about socks

11Jan11

I mentioned way back last year (I get to use that joke at least once!) that I was knitting some socks.  Boy did they take me a long time!  [For what its worth, I would have finished way earlier had the Mexican security agents bothered to read the TSA guidelines and realized that knitting needles [...]

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Habit Forming – now with patterns!

30Nov10

I am often found with knitting needles in my hands these days.  That is, if I’m not in lab or eating, of course. Someone wanted to see pictures of what else I’ve made lately…so here they are! I’m getting good at hats.  Here’s another one I made: You can find the pattern for the hat [...]

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My new hobby

23Sep10

There are a lot of things I should be doing…learning Spanish…my research…getting out and seeing the city…writing a paper… But check out what I made last week! That’s right, I’m now a knitter! My hippie pose. Do you like my hat model? I think it goes well with the “Scarface” T-shirt, don’t you?  I have [...]

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