Feb 26 2006
Now that the 2006 Winter Olympics & the associated Knitting Olympics are over it is time to return to my regularly scheduled programming here at Amy Artisan. For the last couple of weeks I have only highlighted Knitting Olympic activity. In this post I’ll combine a couple of different entries & get current on the [...]
Feb 22 2006
In the 2006 Knitting Olympics Lace event is Amy Artisan with The Capri Shawl!
(Pardon the “lack of natural light” pictures – when the weather is warmer I may post some pictures of Capri “in action” outside.)
The Details…
Pattern: Capri Shawl from Morehouse Farms
Yarn: Aqua Morehouse Merino Lace
Needles: Brittany Birch – US10 – 14″
Cast On: [...]
Feb 19 2006
Whew! Capri is successfully off the needles at 2:30 PM. This is the second time today that I finished the shawl. Around 9:30 this morning I finished binding off (with just a bit of yarn leftover) & when I went to stretch the shawl out along the bind off edge I heard a horrible sound [...]
Feb 16 2006
I had great plans for making a lot of progress on Capri last night. I got started right away & noticed that my stitch counter seemed to show more middle stitches than I thought I had completed on Tuesday. Did I stop & do a physical count of stitches? Oh no, that would be too [...]
Feb 13 2006
My first reaction to The Yarn Harlot’s call to “Citius, Alitius Fortius” was a bit of a chuckle. I have fond memories of Olympic crafting occuring in our house when I was growing up – specifically my Dad needlepointing. (A bit of history…my dad learned to needlepoint in the ’70s when he was on missile [...]
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