The temps dipped to the 40s yesterday and Thomas was cold. My sister in law briught me some lovely yarn that I needed to use. So…Thomas got a new sweater. I need to write down my pattern as I had trouble remembering what I’d done last time I made a doll sweater.
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1st sock/ 2nd pair, originally uploaded by mabeane6.
Thankfully I have found a wonderful, relaxing ,”resting’ activity and jumped into the world of sock making. I hope that we don’t have to measure this recovery time in terms of how many pairs of socks get made…lol. The first pair took 5 weeks with other things going [...]
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Jean and I set out early this morning to the woolen mill in Canada. What a place, so many choices. We got yarn for three pairs of socks and some single skeins for doll sweaters. The falls beside the mill bubbled up water and the spray got us a bit wet. On the other side [...]
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I looked online today to figure out how to make a raglan doll sweater. After going to several sites I got the gist of it and plunged in. This is not perfect but its done and now I will try again and can only improve. Anyway Chloe won’t be cold tonight!
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I think I need to focus, lol. My vest is still in the early stages.
Didn’t she do a great job!
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Ginny 028, originally uploaded by mabeane6.
Don’t teach me anything new…I might want to run with it. Today Ginny got a much needed vest, handmade by me with a pattern from my head..lol. I am always trying to reinvent the wheel as my sister tells me. It was fun and I like how it came out. [...]
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My daughter made herself a beautiful wool vest. I admired it and told her I wanted one, too. She dutifully sent me the pattern, LOL. Hint, hint, make it yourself, Mom.
When I showed the pattern to my sister she wanted to make one, too. Now you need to understand something. She is already a knitter [...]
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