Author Archives: atangledyarn84

Building

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I got out of my comfort zone on the weekend. I helped my dad make progress on his guest house project.

Duke appointed himself honorary foreman and I was in charge of climbing, fetching and toting. Thank goodness for electric staple guns.

We managed to fully insulate this shed and get over half of the tongue and groove flooring done. Boy oh howdy am I sore! That was a lot of lifting and bending. Not sure who was more sore me…or my dad. We just need a few cool days so we can finish the floor!

Happy Constructing!!

Decreasing This Hat

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I passed my online training and took a HUGE load off my brain. And in the process I got my Online Training Hat all the way to the decreases

I know this is DK being worked on Worsted gauge, but I don’t think it is causing any issues. The hat may be more on the smaller snug size and it will still be adult size. I think 20 more minutes of knitting and I will have a finished hat!

I still have a decent ball of yarn left and therefore leftover will be involved. My next hat WIP might need to be a Musselburgh and use more scraps as that bag is full.

Happy Knitting!!

Collar And Sleeves

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It’s been a minute since I showed you my Love Note and I got a wild hair to abandon the body and work the finishing part.

I knit the sleeves according to pattern but on a US 8 instead of the US 9 I am doing for the body. I just couldn’t find small circumference needles in the correct needles size. After knitting both sleeves, the gauge is close enough. I used half of the second skein of sock yarn and almost a full ball of mohair for these.

And I deviated from pattern on the collar. I followed all the directions but I didn’t use the super small needles called for. I used size 8s to make sure I had wide enough and stretchy enough collar to fit over my noggin.

Now to just cruise through the body and high/low hem for a finished sweater! Happy Knitting!!

Spinning The Pink Bobbin

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I just passed the second full bobbin and I am starting the third on my mini fiber combo spin for the 2025 Pigskin Party KAL. I am hoping this really scores some points!

This set of minis are pinks, oranges, maroons and some rainbow-ish fiber. This fiber is more consistent and higher quality. I am hoping it makes for a more pleasurable spin.

There are lot of the same colors in this bag. I will have to be very intentional to use it without big swaths of any of the same colors and sprinkle in the rainbow. But so far, so fun!

Happy Spinning!!

Finished Bobbin #2

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I am finally finished with this infernal bobbin. I really had to force myself to want to spin this rest of this fiber.

The colors were not my favorite and the fiber type was all over the place. I couldn’t get into the spin and my consistency was crap. And done is better than perfect.

This bobbin was the “and the rest” from my fiber minis. I am really glad I spun this second and didn’t save it until last. I would have struggled worse. From this end, you can see the variety of wild colors in this. There is more black in other parts of this spin but I thought this end was beautiful.

Now I get to start the pinks! Happy Spinning!!

Setting The Order

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I am really on the struggle bus with this second bobbin for my mini fiber combo spin.

To say this fiber is all over the map is an understatement. There is toothy long wool and ultra find merino with everything in-between. I have been struggling to keep a consistent fine single and with the transition between minis

I have just a few minis left, so I have them planned out to the end. I couldn’t help making sure to break them up so that no one color is next to each other. I just can’t help myself that I need the appearance of randomness without too many colors bunching up.

I can’t wait to finish this! Happy Spinning!!

Online Training Hat Brim

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I am past the infernal one by one ribbing on my Online Training Hat! Though I am still stuck in the training classes…

The brim is folded and attached and I can cruise along in stockinette now. I could have done the attachment a little bit better as it is not as stretchy as I would normally desire. But now I need to get back to ceaseless training and note taking…

Happy Knitting!!

Dividing For Love Note

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I am past the infernal lace patterning on my Love Note. I finally got the hang of it by the last four rows.

I knit down from the lace and got the sleeves divided. This thing is shedding ALL OVER the place. I think I am going to knit down just a wee bit and then start the sleeves. I will use the other skein of sock yarn to make the sleeves consistent. I haven’t decided if I will do the short or long body.

May even get wild and knit the neckline before finishing the body….

Happy Knitting!!

Studying With Hats

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One by one ribbing is quite something. My Online Training Hat is slowly growing as I watch slide dec after slide dec.

I am finally more confident and comfortable with flicking and switching between knits and purls. I am getting faster without having to drop the needles or the working yarn. Well, as fast as you can be in one by one rib LOL.

This DK yarn is working up more like a worsted. I think I should be fine at this gauge and needle size. The hat might could be small or could be fine. There is a head for every hat!

Happy Knitting!!