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Saturday, February 08, 2003
Fuzzies Done!

and felting in the washing machine as I type. They were fun to do, and knit up quite quickly as well. Here's a before felting picture if you'd like to see. They were knit in the Lamb's Pride yarn called for in the pattern (love this yarn!), colour is M-79 Blue Boy. I bought two skeins, but the pair took almost exactly one, so I'll be able to make another pair as a gift or use for another felting project. On a web/html note........I'd still like to know how to make the pictures/links pop up in a smaller window, so if you know how, please e-mail (link on the side) me and I'll be forever grateful!

posted by Brenda 2:45 PM
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Thursday, February 06, 2003

Fuzzy Feet Time!


My yarn for the fuzzy feet arrived yesterday. Unfortunately, the DPNs that I ordered with them (7.0 mm) did not work to gauge for me, so I had to wait until today when I could get a larger size. I ended up with 8.0 Brittany needles. While I didn't care for the Brittany crochet hooks, I love these needles! I just may have to get some in a smaller size suitable for socks. Anyway, back to the fuzzy feet. I made good progress on the first one tonight, and just finished turning the heel. I hope to finish it tomorrow night. Too tired now to pick up the gusset stitches! One thing that was hard to see in the online pics of other fuzzy feet is the size of these things, they are huge! I am very intrigued by them, can't wait to finish the pair and get them felted. I think I will have enough yarn left to make another pair, so someone will likely get some as a gift!


posted by Brenda 9:43 PM
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Wednesday, February 05, 2003
It is with great envy that I am reading various blogs this morning, and of course since yesterday was February 4th, people have started their fuzzy feet. Not me, though, cause I'm still waiting for my yarn to arrive. Maybe today? I did get my order from Karp styles though. I received two sock books, one from Annie's Attic, and one from Skacel. Both have some great pattern possibilities. The books are the first two shown on this page.

I'm really wanting to knit a sweater in the round. I remembered that I have a lot of Bernat Illusions that I bought on sale to crochet an afghan with several years ago, and really have no interest in doing now. So I think I will try this pattern very soon.

On another note, I've been trying to figure out the HTML code that several bloggers use so that a smaller version of the image appears rather than the whole page. If anyone reading this is able to e-mail the directions/code to me, I'd be forever greatful!

posted by Brenda 7:29 AM
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Tuesday, February 04, 2003
I have a morning off today due to having to work on my day off yesterday. I actually slept in for once, and now having a relaxing morning knitting. Yesterday was a long day, went to Nanaimo for both business and pleasure. Went to a great LYS, and came home with more sock yarn, bryspun DPN's that I needed for the baby hat, circs for the fuzzy feet, and Interweave magazine. I'll be back down in a couple weeks, and will likely do more damage then!

Just finished this
knit baby hat this morning. I initially thought that it was going to be too big, but once the decreases at the top were done and it was off the needles, it is fine. I used this basic hat pattern. The hat will be a baby shower gift for a co-worker, along with a crocheted afghan
and my personalized handmade soap.

I cast on a pair of confetti socks the other night, going to work on them a bit now before it's time to get ready for work.

posted by Brenda 10:05 AM
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Sunday, February 02, 2003
Finished my third pair of socks today! Here's a picture. It was based on this pattern. Can you tell that I'm really into doing socks? Encouraging that each pair is easier, quicker, and nicer looking. Started a baby hat today as well, something to do while I wait for my yarn to come so that I can start the felt-a-long. Should hopefully be here the middle of this week, and then fuzzy feet will be my main knit project next weekend.

I think I need to do something about the organization (or lack thereof) of my stash. Was looking for the baby blanket that I crocheted a month or so ago, and couldn't find it. I thought it was somewhere in my stash pile, tore it apart but no sign of it. Then I remembered that it was probably still in a corner of the living room in my project bag. Phew! Oh well, my stash is much more organized now as a result!

posted by Brenda 5:49 PM
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