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Wow, this got large quickly! I’m up to the 2nd last segment & it’s looking so awesome that I’m considering this will be my handspun article entry for next years Royal (maybe).
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Aaaaand I’m at it again, double knitting yet another @HandHuntKnits cowl. This time it’s the mammoth cowl and I’m trying to be super neat about it as I want to enter it into the 2024 Royal Easter Show.
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Started up a shawl using the black welsh & white scandi handspun yarns from last year. Again, I’m having to teach myself a bunch of new knitting stitches.
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I recently made this adorable little doll scarf for someone in my ooak doll collectors community using some of my 2023 WOW christmas advent spins. This scarf used 5 different advent blends & has a total of 14 different fibre types! How cute is it! I am open to making more doll garments like this…
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Completed double knit fossil cowl. Pattern is the ‘Fossil Frenzy Cowl’ by HandHuntKnits that was adapted for double knitting technique. This cowl was a year in the making, with lots and lots of help from a member in my fibre community who helped work out colour control for the twisted rib & created a stretchy…
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Completed chunky lace shawl & a companion chunky hat using fisherman rib.
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So many hours it took me to complete the newly invented double knit twisted rib bind off on this cowl! The bind off was developed for me by a member of one of my fibre communities and they did such a fantastic job as it is stretchy and completely matches the invisible cast on. I…
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An entirely new bind off had to be developed for double knit twisted rib. I am so very grateful to a particular member of my fibre community would spent ages figuring out this bind off for me. It’s kinda evil (but not as evil as a previous iteration) and achieves the same stretchyness & look…
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Before weaving ends in & during blocking. The pattern said to ‘block severely’, so I did; with great prejudice mind you because blocking took 2 hours & almost stole my sanity attempting to get the scalloped edge right because I was not helped by my stiff cast on.
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There is sooo much concentration happening as I learn how to do wrap & turn short rows. You can see already how the short rows are forcing the piece into more of a triangle shape; the pumpkin marker is the middle where the short rows started.