Tag Archives: free pattern

Vintage Baby Checkerboard Cardigan

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Some of you have seen the Vintage Baby Bed Jacket I knit from a 1965 issue of Popular Needlework magazine. There was another pattern on the same page called “Pink Cardigan” and I have completed that one now, too! Now, … Continue reading →

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Vintage Baby Bed Jacket – Sleeves

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Is anyone trying this great pattern? I hope so. If you’ve knit along so far, you are now ready to make the sleeves. Now, this is the part of this old vintage pattern that got a little sparse on the … Continue reading →

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Haruni Knitalong

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

The first session of the Haruni Shawl knitalong started last night at K2Tog and it was really fun – an enthusiastic set of 7 knitters, game for anything, and a very pretty collection of their yarns, shown here. In this … Continue reading →

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Haruni Shawl – Over the Finish Line

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

I finished Emily Ross’ Haruni Shawl last night at about 11:25 p.m. Watched a marathon session of Ken Burns’ “The Civil War” on PBS – they finally stopped asking me for more money – and I added the last bead … Continue reading →

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The Summerflies Shawl

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

We are in for another week or more of rainstorms and grey skies here in Northern California. It’s been a bit of a long winter of that kind of weather – or so it seems to me right now. I … Continue reading →

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Maid Marian Socks

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

My friend Jan and I went to see the movie Robin Hood the other day and being the compulsive personality that I am, I could not stand the thought of sitting in a theater for 2.5 hours with no knitting. … Continue reading →

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If Your Name is Karen King . . .

Posted on March 18, 2010 by

. . . .stop reading this post right now, unless you and I have already seen each other. I am going to display a picture about what I made you for your birthday and if I haven’t already seen you, … Continue reading →

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Diagonal Scarf

Posted on September 3, 2009 by

I love to knit on long car rides. When my husband and I recently traveled up the Mendocino Coast for his 50th birthday, I took along a bunch of knitting. But when we actually got going, I found the thing … Continue reading →

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