Tag Archives: scarves

Scarves on Parade

Posted on 3rd January 2012 by stephanie

I was playing around with the widgets on my home page today, putting different things on the sidebar: a tag cloud, a calendar, a tweet log. There was a widget to let the viewer click on different pages in my … Continue reading →

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More Knitting with Mikey and PomPom Yarn

Posted on 20th November 2011 by stephanie

Continuing to learn with Mikey (of http://thecrochetcrowd.com) via email and video how to knit with Pompom yarn. I’m still stuck on casting on, so he’s sent me this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msUZAqQGReg I want to make this Pompom scarf into a Christmas … Continue reading →

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Photo Shoot: New Scarves and Baby Blankets!

Posted on 16th November 2011 by stephanie

Took some photos of my hand-knitted scarves and baby blankets today. I’d forgotten how many I had stashed away. They’ll hopefully be up on Shorn Lambs soon! Baby blankets are knitted with Lion Brand Homespun yarn, using US 15mm needles. … Continue reading →

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Pink Jacquard Scarf and a Mammoth Yarn Ball

Posted on 14th November 2011 by stephanie

  Like I said in an earlier post, this is called a jacquard pattern. It allows the pattern to make itself without any effort on my part, which is awesome! Here are some more photos of it, and you can … Continue reading →

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Be prepared!

Posted on 12th November 2011 by stephanie

The amazing Georganne of Banyan Tree Yarns is going to help me calculate gauge for my Seaspray shawl. (I really tried hard myself a few times yesterday, but my artsy-fartsy brain eventually held a gun to itself – Are you … Continue reading →

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Video: The Manly Art of Knitting

Posted on 9th November 2011 by stephanie

The Manly Art of Knitting Another video in this week’s blog series of Men Who Knit…this was just too cute not to share!  

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Video: Geek Knitting

Posted on 7th November 2011 by stephanie

This video covers the basic geeky arts of knitting and purling, as well as casting on (how you start a project) and casting off (how you finish a project). Because they’re outdoors, the natural sunlight makes things easy to see. … Continue reading →

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Shivanaut Scarves – Oh My Stars and Garters!

Posted on 4th November 2011 by stephanie

My current project is a set of seven scarves, for Havi Brooks’ Playground Shop at The Fluent Self.  They are knit with Lion Brand Jiffy yarn (Shocking Pink, and Black), which I bought from a fabulous online yarn shop called Banyan … Continue reading →

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Why I Photograph My Etsy Projects with Spock the Cat

Posted on 29th October 2011 by stephanie

Many people ask me about why I photograph so many of my Etsy projects with one of my cats, Spock. His white bib provides a great contrast against my subject, and he loves posing for the camera.   Other than … Continue reading →

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Tangerine Bananiere Scarf

Posted on 2nd August 2011 by stephanie

Wow, I finished this! I’ll take a picture of it when I have a spare moment. (Thanks to Tara Swiger, the Blonde Chicken, for her yarn.)

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