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Hobby-Knitter: Visions of Knitters Past
On Friday, I received a new knitting gadget in the mail. No, that’s not true, really. The item I received is actually quite old, and best as I can tell, never used, or only very gently used. It is a Hobby-Knit I-cord machine, and it was manufactured in about 1949. Somehow a knitting vendor received…
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Cute As a Bug in a…
Isn’t it adorable? I got this little corder from Noreen Crone Findlay at http://www.crone-findlay.com. I don’t know why but I have a thing for do-dads that make i-cords. Sure, I can just knit them myself, and I usually do. Or, I crank them out with one of any number of the crank style that I…
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FO Report: Halloween Scarf
Project Name: Halloween Scarf Source: http://circe.canalblog.com/archives/2009/04/23/index.html Yarn Used: Various, but featuring Vitreous Humor, by Insubordiknit Needle Size: 13, for the eyeball yarn Date Started: June 2, 2009 Date Completed: June 9, 2009 Notes: I knit most of this scarf on my Singer Cord Knitter, so each cord went fairly quickly. The eyeball yarn cord was…
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Crankin’ Out the Cords
I’ve been busy cranking out the i-cords with my handy dandy cord knitter machine: The two cords that I have made so far were done with Rowan Wool Cotton and Cascade 220. Now I’m wondering if I should try it tomorrow with my Noro Kureyon yarn. Should I dare? If so, I’ll let you know…
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New Knitting Toy
Today the Brownies left a box with this in it on my porch: It’s the Singer Spool Knitter! I got it because I really, really want to make one of these, which is the Spaghetti Scrap Scarf by Circé Belles Boucles. Her blog is in French, but the images are amazing. Have a look. I…
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Convention Watching… Not Much Knitting
Boy, if Michael Phelps compelled me to distraction two weeks ago, he has nothing on this week’s Democratic National Convention. I am in awe. I guess that’s all I can say about that. Believe it or not, my mind has been puzzling about i-cord, and what you can do with it. And look! I’m not…