Tag Archive: colorwork

Graveyard Socks

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On any given day of the week, you might hear me saying the following: I love wool. I love garter stitch. I love colorwork. If I had to choose a favorite, I would be at a loss. I equally enjoy all three of those things. When it came time to design my new pattern, I…

talkeetna

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I once had a cheese steak sandwich with my future husband in a little town called Talkeetna, Alaska. He claimed it was the best he ever had. That should explain these pictures. Okay, so the pictures have nothing to do with cheese steak sandwiches, but this new pattern that I designed is called Talkeetna, named…

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When I taught a steeking class a while back I had a clever idea to bring a sweater that I had prepared for steeking to show the students how Not Scary steeking is.  I used a J.Crew sweater that I had bought at the thrift store for $3.50.  The sweater is the old J.Crew standby…