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Finally, Sweater Pix!

TessM — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:41:18 +0000

You know that stupid cutesy saying,

"If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done."

OK, OK, I bow to reality.

Tomorrow we are getting on a plane to attend my niece's wedding in Chicago. I promised myself I'd get the pictures of the sweater knitters posted before the trip. I'd have had it done already, actually, if it weren't that when I sat down to do it last Tuesday, I found out my camera was still sitting in DH's truck. At work. With all the pictures still on it.

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Possibly the Laziest Smartest. Short-Row Heel. Ever.

TessM — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:41:14 +0000

Hey, the Olympics are over and I did get something finished on my 2010 Knitting Wish List — well, one sock, anyway.

But it's a doozy of a sock. This picture may not look like much, but trust me on this. (Plus, there are better pictures further down.)

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New Year’s Knitting Resolutions

TessM — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:44:38 +0000

Ho Ho Ho, a belated Merry Christmas to you both and especially, a Happy New Year!

I took an inadvertent holiday break last week, because the post I had slaved over all day Tuesday turned out to have — issues.

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FO Update

TessM — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:56:36 +0000

Hey, I thought maybe it's about time I gave an update on the 2009 FO Finishing Project — where I somehow sort of decided I would finish all my UFO's before the end of the year. Progress has indeed been made, and I've got a couple more FO's to show for it!

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Luna Tee finished!

TessM — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:05:04 +0000

OK, OK, I admit that in the last post on this subject, I didn't spell out every little detail about exactly how I was going to finish this bad boy off… but then there would be no suspense left for the big surprise ending.

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Workin’ on the UFO’s: “Luna” Tee

TessM — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:14:15 +0000

A few posts back, I mentioned that I seem to have developed not so much a New Year's Resolution, as an End-Of-Year Resolution: to finish up the last few remaining UFO's in my knitting pile. And so, I've been battling with this one.

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Sock Design 101: Part 6

TessM — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:44:28 +0000

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Hey, we made it! This is the final post in the toe-up sock design series. And since it is the final one, naturally we are going to talk about binding off.

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Sock Design 101: Part 5

TessM — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:54:21 +0000

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Before we finish off the sock design series, we have to talk about ribbing.

Ribbing is actually a fairly important design consideration. Ribbing at the top edge is what keeps a sock up if it is made of a less-stretchy stitch pattern, such as plain stockinette. And no one is going to wear a pair of socks that keeps falling down all the time.

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Sock Design 101: Part 4

TessM — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:33:36 +0000

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OK, I admit I got a little off track, and sort of forgot I had this sock design series going. Apologies to both of you who have been sitting on the edge of your computer chairs, waiting breathlessly for the next post in the series.

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Sock Design 101: Part 3

TessM — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:50:16 +0000

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Oh, hi. You got that basketweave sock done all the way to the heel then? Not quite? OK, good, we’ll "pick up" where we left off. (ha, ha, little knitting humor there. Very little.)

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