Tag: knittingfrommystash2023
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WIP 2023 – My New Years To Do List
I ‘m writing this with just a few hours left in 2023. It’s been a challenging year here in Nova Scotia and we are looking forward to the New Year with lots of positivity. As far as my handy work goes I’ll be finishing my WIP which include -Handy Elves Mittens , a neck warmer,…
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Advent Calendar Sock 2023 -Complete !
Advent Calendar 2023 Sock KAL is complete …Happy dancing into Christmas Eve. It was a great KAL. I used Brigg’s & Little’s Sport in Green Heather, and local specialty colourways – West Head Wild Cranberry and Levi’s Golden Lockes. I already have another one on the needles , in more traditional colours but also Brigg’s…
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Day 21 of Advent Sock
We’re getting down to the last 3 days of the Advent Calendar 2023 (Sock KAL) I’m really enjoying this KAL and will be knitting another over the holidays in a different yarn :) Here I’ve used Brigg’s & Little’s Sport yarn , which is not quite a DK weight and I’m using Green Heather , West…
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Advent Sock 2023 “Arne and Carlos” Pattern
I got a late start but I’ve been knitting along to catch up on the #ArneCarlos Advent calendar 2023 KAL . Its a free pattern and they have their videos on Youtube I’m knitting with dark rustic colours Brigg’s and Little Sport in Green Heather, Levi’s Golden Lockes and West Head Wild Cranberry
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Knitted Christmas Balls and Cake
Time to get knitting on a few more Arne and Carlos Christmas Balls this year and get the festive War Cake on the stove.(actually I should have had at least one made before this lol) Oh boy does it smell like Christmas in the house now ! Got my PJs on and sitting down with…
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Let it snow, Let it snow ! Knitted Snow Buddy Family
The Snow Buddy Family says “Let it snow!!” lol. Very happy to have finally knitted this sweet family, I’ve had the pattern way too long. (That seems to happen a lot) Knit all with Brigg’s & Little worsted weight 100% wool, some scraps left from other projects, but the snow family itself was knit with…
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November, Wind and Raining and Knitting of Course!
Well we are a few days from the Lobstering season here in Nova Scotia and we’ve had rain and cold winds. Some weird little gusts of wind that last all of a few minutes and then it’s calm again. That’s typical of weather here just before the season starts. But all is good. I turned…
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More Woolly Knits – Second Pair
I’m working on woolly socks for the cooler weather. I finished the first pair that I started here. It’s a new pattern to me, in the Saltwater Socks Book. It’s similar to one that I usually knit “work socks” with, great pattern but I wanted to try something new. This is a super easy pattern…
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Time For Woolly Knits
I got a good start on woolly socks. These are are knit with my favourite worsted weight wool yarn that makes great wool socks, and my fav needles for sock knitting, 3.75mm. its just works out 🙂 They keep your feet super warm inside of boots, whether it’s cold and damp or the snow is…
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August, Still Stitching and Knitting
August has arrived (over a week ago now !) where has the time gone ? It’s cooler weather, at least it seems so after such a hot muggy July, oh yeah and fog and rain 🙂 This weather is much more comfortable for sitting outside and knitting on the Mitre Square Blanket, which I’ve added…
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Sunny Day Finishes ! July 25
I woke up to a nice surprise this morning…no fog ! I know it was great LOL. It’s a beautiful sunny day with a nice breeze and I can see over to Forbes Point which is a peninsula across the harbour. How could I resit sitting out with a cup-a and finish up the socks…
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Mitre Square Blanket is Still Growing! : Update June 6, 2023
Doing a happy dance and hoping I don’t throw my hip out LOL. The Mitre Square Blanket is half way completed! 156 squares ….Yeah! Now I really do have to stop and weave in all these ends. I think I’ll do that while I sit out on the deck in the morning, now that it’s…
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