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posted Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
I finished this finally, after being sidetracked by knitting for SIL’s babyshower last week. It’s my first sweater knit from my own handspun, and I have a lot leftover too 
There are more pictures in flickr
I also made another needle case, this time making a few changes.. mainly making it shorter. I’m happier with this one than the first one (I think it’s more functional), but there are still a few changes I think I will make for the next one..
The next one will have multiple colors for the interior… and it will be yet again a different size 
I also put a lining into my little felted bag.. and I put a typical assortment of stuff in it so you can see how pathetically cute the thing really is [LOL]
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posted Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
First, off, I’ve got half of my squares done for the Larger than Life bag.. however I’ve got to admit that I’m not exactly sure about making the bag at this point… I might just make a bunch more squares and make a baby blanket for my SIL. Her baby shower is on Sunday and I have *no* idea what we’re doing for her. I was thinking of making a smaller version of the Elizabeth Zimmerman sweater I’m currently making for my daughter, but that may be more ambitious than I really have time for right now… since whatever I do I have 5 days to do it, and I don’t (yet) have yarn for a sweater for a tiny baby girl or a ton of time to knit either.
Which brings me to the chocolate correidale that I had sort of earmarked for longies for the wee one.. it’s now most of that EZ sweater (I just have to finish the second arm now). I will have quite a lot of yarn leftover, since in addition to that first skein I ended up spinning two more (the three skeins are almost a pound, total), so I *could* do something for my little man too, but I just bought some Zen String for him (with the matching trim) so he definately won’t be missing out on any mommy-knit woolies
I also joined Zen String’s Fiber Club as a late birthday present to myself. I’m excited – all of the fiber I’ve gotten from Angelina so far has been incredible, and I’m sure it will continue!
Oh yeah, and I made playdough for the kids. After trying numerous recipes, this one worked the best..
2c flour
1c salt
4t cream of tartar
2T oil
1c water
Food coloring
Mix together until smooth (no lumps), heat on stove (on low) until “doughy”.
It’s insanely easy, and super cheap, and the results are more like the real stuff than any other I’ve made. Just don’t cook it too long, or it gets “weird”
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posted Monday, August 27th, 2007
Isn’t this just devine?
That’s 105g and 325yds of Superwash BFL, from Zen String.
It was quite striking before it was spun too!
I’m going to make a pair of socks from it from Cat Bordhi’s new book, but the cast-on for the pair I want to make requires some needles I don’t have, so I’ve ordered them and now I get to wait impatiently. *sigh*
Oh yeah, and the big grey blob is still a WIP – it’s just too hot/heavy to work on at the moment, sorry!
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posted Monday, August 6th, 2007
I did this one this morning.. it went surprisingly fast, I guess it’s been a while since I’ve spun more of a worsted-weight yarn. I think I’m making longies for the wee one out of this.
135g / 235yds
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posted Monday, August 6th, 2007
101g of merino/bamboo, 435yds. Don’t know the actual WPI yet as it’s still drying No idea what I’ll do with it either, but I finished it!
“Sea Salt” was one of the colorways offered in Zen String’s fiber club back in March.
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