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WIP: Writing Buddies So Far

September 19, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment KnittingWIP Wednesday

It's getting crowded in here with all the writing buddies Writing buddies tend to take up my knitting time in September. So far, I've got two red pandas, two black and white pandas, one tiny jackalope, a fawn and the first of this year's animal luchad ...

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WIP: Still Pandas and Costumes

September 12, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment KnittingWIP Wednesday

The pandas get meta - looking at last week's WIP photo while they pose for this week's. I spent a lot of time in thrift stores this week, looking for costume pieces to finish up clothing my "Ghost of a Chance" cast, but I didn't take any photos of the ...

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WIP: Pandas and Costumes

September 5, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignFashionKnittingWIP Wednesday

My creative week in a nutshell - three tiny pandas and some possible costuming pieces for my hippie psychic Since last week I have made three of this year's writing buddies (except for their embroidery finishing) and spent a lot of time and a little m ...

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WIP: This Year’s Writing Buddies

August 29, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment KnittingWIP Wednesday

Mr. Bunny and Mr. Pig missed the first batch of tiny ninjas so much that I made them bunny and pig ninjas of their own. Their shuriken throwing stars are little star stickers. It's time for this year's batch of writing buddies. Every year I knit up a ...

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WIP: Socks and Some Costuming

August 22, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment FashionKnittingWIP Wednesday

First finished sock from "Tiny Waves" socks. So here is finished sock number 1 of the "trip to Canada for two hours" socks. It's been a busy couple of weeks and the sock is the only crafty project I've gotten any work done on. I finished off (save ...

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WIP: Socks

August 8, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment KnittingWIP Wednesday

Tiny Waves socks by La Maison de Saba So yesterday I made a trip from Enfield, Connecticut to St. Benoit du Lac, Quebec and back in 13 hours. My brother and I accompanied our father as he headed back up to be with our stepmom Lorna. Since Dad needed a ...

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Leaf Lace Cardigan Back

July 31, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignFree PatternKnitting

Leaf lace pattern. It makes either a 70 by 70 stitch square or a circle which is 280 stitches at the outer edge. Free pattern day! This is a lace pattern that I designed to be used with Heather Zoppetti's Dahlia Cardigan pattern. I made the Dahlia Car ...

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WIP: Dinosaur Leg Demos

July 18, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment KnittingWIP Wednesday

Arpeggio the Stegosaurus demonstrates where his legs should be attached. So yesterday I finally removed the legs from the herbivores only to realize that I couldn't find my tapestry needles to sew them back on again once I had taken photos. And then i ...

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I Blame Kaffe Fassett OR Why I Knit

July 12, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment KnittingOrigin Stories

A photo of a photocopy of the photo that started me knitting. Sorry I can't properly credit the original photographer, but my copy of the book is in a box somewhere in a storage locker. Hence the photocopy. Just as it did with the Folkwear patterns, t ...

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WIP: Dinos, Red Pandas and Bears, Oh My!

July 11, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment KnittingSewingWIP Wednesday

This is as far as 16-inch tall Madeleine got this week. Not much progress on Madeleine this week. The mock-up for the 16-inch sized bear is currently a neat pile of muslin pieces waiting for me to sew them together. So I figured I would pull out a few ...

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Patricia knits, sews, designs toys, writes, costumes community theater productions and sometimes hangs around with William Shakespeare.

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