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Welcome to my knitting--no, fiber arts--no, artisan blog.

Other knitting blogs inspired me to start a knitting blog. But I also crochet, weave, and make jewelry, and I'm just learning to make cheese. So I guess that makes this an artisan blog.

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Monday, February 6, 2006

It's Multitasking
So last night we finally got around to seeing Harry Potter 4 in the theater. We'll buy the DVD when it comes out next month, but it's always good to see a movie like that on the big screen.

Naturally I couldn't just sit there. So on Saturday evening I broke out a ball of Opal sock yarn in a prototype colorway (you can sometimes get these on eBay) and did the ribbing and one round of stockinette to get started. When we got settled in our seats I started knitting. When the movie was over and the lights came up, I had this:

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It's very spring-y, isn't it?
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Wednesday, February 1, 2006

So Far, So Good
I've bound off the tops of the sleeves, so now I just have to work the resk of the yoke, attaching to the sleeve caps as I go:

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The question remains: Is there enough yarn to finish? Actually, there's probably enough yarn to finish everything but the neckband. But is there enough yarn for the neckband?
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