Lots of little things to catch up with you all this week…
First, what the well-dressed elf will be wearing this winter.
Aren’t all those little stocking caps from our Wee Winter Woolens K...
Sep 07, 2017
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As I mentioned in a previous post, part of the MN State Fair this year is The Great MN Knit Together with different guild and groups around the area creating fiber covered topiaries. I organized the b...
Aug 10, 2017
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I think for the first year in a long time I might not be entering anything in the MN State Fair. Not that I am not knitting for the fair, I am knitting my little hands off because as I mentioned befor...
Jun 29, 2017
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So much going on knitting-wise these days!
Last weekend was World Wide Knit in Public Day. A group from the MN Knitters’ Guild took over part of the Surly Brewing taproom.
It was a great excuse...
Jun 15, 2017
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Yesterday was the first day of the Minnesota State Fair so the results are in for all the creative activities competitions. I entered two knitting projects this year and both of them get a ribbon!
My...
Aug 26, 2016
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I have finished the hand for the first mitten! Imagine them after a good blocking please.
I needed to restart it once because the picot hem was too wide the first time, but a few stitches down sorted...
May 04, 2016
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It is time for me to get working on my submissions for this year’s MN State Fair competitions. I decided to knit up the Pride and Prejudice Mittens that I designed for an Iron Craft challenge la...
Apr 18, 2016
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Just a little update on how the State Fair Mittens are coming along. One mitten is done! Well, I still have to weave in ends, of course.
I really wanted to pattern match the thumb to the body of the ...
Jun 16, 2015
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Time for an update on my State Fair mittens.
Last time, I looked at mittens that had won blue ribbons in the past and tried to find trends. What I came up with was the judges like Scandinavian design...
Jun 03, 2015
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The Minnesota State Fair is only four and a half months away, time for me to start designing my mittens for this year’s entry. As some of you may know, in 2012 I took second place, but have not ...
Apr 02, 2015
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