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vanilla candy corn
Finished | Knitting

vanilla candy corn

start mid-October for travel socks! yarn from Angel. CO 14 JMCO, increase every other round to 32, knit 5 rows even and increase one more time to get 34. somewhere gain an extra stitch for 35 šŸ˜€ knit to 7.5ā€ total foot length. 2 rows before heel, increase to 37 on sole, then one row…

tan house stripey
Finished | Knitting

tan house stripey

Cast on for my niece in a stripy yarn she admires every time sheā€™s in my craft room. Will block out long so she can tie it in the back like a shrug. added short rows to each side before the last set of eyelets so it was longer and made it have a little…

spectral sheep and wool
Finished | Knitting

spectral sheep and wool

got gauge on size 9. knitting a 38ā€ bust size. began decreases after 2ā€ instead of 3. 5 total decreases instead of 4. 7 total increases instead of 4. worked an additional inch after increases (15 1/2ā€). made sleeves full length, at 16ā€ before ribbing. could have made front bad slightly wider, in hindsight! the…

catch the happy snowman!
Finished | Knitting

catch the happy snowman!

adapted slightly for the side patterning and the center of the pattern to be stockinette rather than seed stitch for ease of knitting. and used Fish Lip Kiss Heel instead of pattern heel. Wound the yarn by hand because my swift/ball winder were having problems. The looseness of hand winding really caused problems with pulling…