Apprehension

7 October 2004

I finally sat down last night and tried to knit. I’ve been putting it off for two reasons: 1. I’ve had a crappy week. 2. I’ve been a bit apprehensive about starting. (Don’t know why, just was.) So, anyway, it took me a while to figure out how to cast on. I had two sets [...]

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Surprise from Natalie & Kristin!

4 October 2004

Well, my weekend was certainly exhausting! On Friday night, we had some friends come over for pizza and a movie. It was a good time, but we stayed up way too late talking. I got very little sleep that night. Saturday morning I had to wake up early in order to go to my second [...]

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Needles & Yarn

1 October 2004

Last night I bought some aluminum size 5 knitting needles and a skein of Caron Simply Soft yarn in “bone” (although personally, I think it looks more like a taupe or beige). They will be used to make my first knitting project: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring03/PATTdimsum.html I decided that the current skein of yarn that I have (gift [...]

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Getting started

28 September 2004

Since I’m poor and probably won’t be buying a Denise Interchangeables Knitting Needle set and good yarn anytime soon, Natalie is helping me find simple starter-knitting projects for me to do with my current pair of knitting needles (size 10 aluminum) and some yarn that I already have. So far, she’s found this: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring03/PATTdimsum.html I [...]

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