Eight Coasters Coasting

I finished up my mom’s Christmas coasters just in time — I soaked and ironed them on the 23rd, and they were dry and ready to go for our Christmas Eve dinner. They were requested by my mother over the summer, when I was working on my summer coaster project while I was visiting her. [...]

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Mysteries of the East

If you’re asking yourself, “what on earth am I looking at?”, don’t worry: I’m asking myself that, too. A guy I dated in my junior year of college — years before I learned to knit, let alone spin — spent winter break that year at the Gandhi Institute in India, where he studied the philosophy [...]

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Best Sweater Ever?

The answer is yes. It is, at least, a personal best. I love everything about this sweater and I shall wear it forever and ever. This is the Leitmotif Cardigan from the Fall 2010 issue of Interweave Knits. I knit it using Madelinetosh’s Vintage in the “ink” colorway — the yarn is incredibly gorgeous, and [...]

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