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[ 19 Feb 2012 | No Comment ]
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My friend Jess got married in Boothbay Harbor, ME this September. It was a beautiful place and an incredible wedding. I made this tablecloth and napkin set for her and her betrothed and their English cottage. Mohan helped out with the top-stitching on the napkins.
Technical Details:

Serged edges
Table cloth has blind-stitched hem
Napkins (about 17 X 17) have fancy accent stitch
Fabric from Premier Prints via Fashion Fabrics Club

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[ 18 Feb 2012 | No Comment ]
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I made these slippers/booties for my 7-year old son at his request. They are cute but a tad slippery on on hard wood floors. I’d be open to suggestions for handling this. Some have suggested puffy paint. If you’re wearing them on hardwood, use caution.
Materials/Specs

Size: 8’’ around X 8.5’’ long (adjust as needed).
Materials: One skein Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bukly wool in Periwinkle
Gauge: 3 stiches = 1 inch wide
Crochet Needle: K
Time from start to finish: just under 2 hours.
Directions

1) Crochet a chain 7 stitches long
2) Single Crochet (SC) four …

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[ 29 Jan 2012 | No Comment ]
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Here are a lot of nice sewn holders for knitting needles out there, but I wasn’t up for another sewing project, so concocted this little holder out of some left-over Malabrigo Rasta that I had on hand.
Size 13 needles
Cast on 25 stitches
Seed stitch about 10 rows
Cast off

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[ 28 Dec 2011 | No Comment ]
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Made a bunch of moebius cowls for family for Christmas this year with yarn from the lovely new yarn and fabric shop in Mid-Cambridge, Gather Here. These are very fun to knit. More details available on my Ravelry page. Pics below.

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[ 15 Oct 2011 | One Comment ]
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We’ve been running out of plastic grocery bags for trash and storing of food, so I googled a bit to see if cloth bags might work for bread. The consensus I found was that linen might work well so Mohan and I sewed up this linen bread bag from a medium-heavy weight linen sample I had on hand accented by a bias strip of a lovely vegetable print that I also had on hand. We used two lengths of cotton thread for the double draw string. Will report back on …