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I surrender
I had other plans for this yarn. Yet the best laid plans sometimes go by the wayside to satisfy the compulsion to knit a scarf. Scarves are good. I could have worse problems you know.
Baby surprise jacket
I meant to blog this as I worked on it. Honest. The yarn is my handspun merino-bamboo blend “Fire Opal” hand-painted by the talented Moonlightbaker. The blogging plan went awry though. I couldn’t sleep, my brains felt like they were going to explode and there’s nothing more soothing to painful brains than a knitting project [...]
Finished Object
Well, almost. My friend Opal sent me some delicious handpainted fiber in a care package which enabled my latest knitting project. Can you tell what it is? It’s a spiralling scarf. Constructed like a flat doily, the only difference is that I didn’t stop making sections when it reached a circle, I just kept knitting [...]