Friday, June 20, 2008
Day three: CASTING OFF
Surely this is the best of times? That moment of new adventure and fresh starts? The yarn is at your feet, the needles in your itching-to-be-doing hands, and we are about to begin. Here, then, is the instant of endless possibilities when everything lies ahead stretching out in our own personal horizon….and to know other virtual buddies are doing exactly the same thing in multiple spots is all kind of thrilling, don't you think? You may be in a pool of solitude yet you are never alone.
Let's…
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06/20 at 02:44 PM
Thursday, June 19, 2008
BEACH ALONG DAY TWO: Choosing your yarns
SAMPLE YARNS
One of my favorite things about free-range knitting is that you can use practically any yarn, any place. Still, different combinations will yield different results. Where I generally use specialty yarns (I don't much like the term 'novelty'. Reminds me of clowns and firecrackers), for this project I selected plainer, hand-dyed, yarns with bits of unusual divas here and there. Where usually I focus on yarn combos, here the emphasis…
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06/19 at 04:21 PM
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
KNIT A BEACH ALONG BEGINS: Day one, beach combing…
Observe…
Dear Beach-alongers,
Please meet me at the beach…any beach. It can be the one lapping shorelines in your imagination or at the very edge of a childhood memory. It can be any beach, any where, as long as you can evoke it by color and mood—the breeze in your hair, the sand between your toes. Below are a few of my favorites, each with a different mood: