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Tag: Practice Makes Perfect

Knit This: Nettling New Knots

12 February 2019 ~ Carrie
Seed Stitch II

I continue to practice knitting on needles and find it very enjoyable. Especially exciting is a section in one of my books that provides directions for making different stitches – there are more than just garter and stockinette stitches! In learning new stitches, though, I encountered one that tested my patience.

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Knit This: Learning To Knit (With Needles)

19 January 2019 ~ Carrie ~ 2 Comments

My knitting journey began a few months ago with a desire to make some knitted hats. I made a number of hats and a scarf on round looms of different sizes and was pleased with them, especially the hats. But I really wanted to learn to knit with needles, too, so my learning journey began this week.

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Knit This: Cratchit Loom Scarf Update

14 January 2019 ~ Carrie ~ 2 Comments
Work it! Always helps to have a model who will take treats as pay.

Remember the Cratchit scarf? Yeah, it was so bad that I unraveled it in its entirety. All that time – the scarf was probably about 2/3 complete – to make, but undone so quickly (sigh). After taking stock of the situation, I set about remaking it.

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