Tag Archives: blue

Playing Catch-Up With Spring

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Carrie

Spring is later than usual in the PNW this year.  I guess that’s what we get for enjoying all that extra snow!  So the usual early spring flowers have been playing catch-up over the last week, the trees are adding … Continue reading →

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Spinning Color

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Carrie

I’m sitting at my computer in the semi-dark middle of the day, with the rain pelting my house and the wind alternating between whipping around like a wild thing and falling eerily silent.  The lights and heating are on at … Continue reading →

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No Time To Talk

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Carrie

Have you ever encountered one of those weeks, where everything sort of piles on itself and there is no time to catch a breath?  I know you have.  Everybody has.  Well, that’s what happened to the last several weeks.  Mom … Continue reading →

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A Study In Blues

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Carrie

It seems that I’m in a mood to work with the color blue lately.  There was the cabled pools shawl that I showed you a few weeks ago.  And the experimental spinning project – though I really expected that to … Continue reading →

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Cabled Pools Shawl

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Carrie

I must have brought the sun back with me from vacation.  It has been sunny and warm so many days in the last few weeks that we’re beginning to think summer has arrived early.  We know that can’t be true … Continue reading →

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The Experiment Continues

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Carrie

Happy Friday!  Just a quick check in today to show you how the spinning color experiment is going. So far I’ve spun up just three of the little bumps of fiber strips onto my first bobbin.  I’m finding it easier … Continue reading →

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Snow Moon Shawl

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Carrie

Following closely on the heels of the release of the Northern Lights shawl pattern, the designer started a test knit for another pattern that I couldn’t resist.  Really, she just keeps cranking them out (it’s rather astonishing how prolific she … Continue reading →

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Pi Shawl Finish

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Carrie

I finally have blocked and styled photos of the finished half pi shawl for you.  You had given up on seeing it finished, hadn’t you?  All in good time, my friends.  If you recall, that last round of finishitis included … Continue reading →

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Needlepoint in Waiting

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Carrie

I was digging through some of my craft storage boxes a few weeks ago and happened upon this not-so-little treasure. This is the nearly-finished needlepoint project I worked from a pattern in the book Icelandic Patterns in Needlepoint.  Years ago.  … Continue reading →

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Spring Pi – Last Rounds

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Carrie

It seems that I’ve run into a strong bout of finishitis over the last few weeks.  Several WIPs have come out of hiding to get that final push to the finish line.  The pi shawl is no exception.  I was … Continue reading →

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