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Why I haven’t knit yet today

Author's note: I wrote this on Sunday and discovered Monday night that I'd never published it. Sorry. I woke up about 5 a.m. in a panic today, so I knew I wasn't going to knit. My limited budget was...

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It’s the first day of the Yarn Crawl; what did you buy?

I was on assignment in Bernardsville at the Heartworks yard sale this morning, and I drove past Down Cellar on my way back to the office. The parking lot looked full as I drove past. I wished I...

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Another hat started, another ball of yarn is ready

This Ratatouille hat is made with a yarn that is 53% soy and 47% polypropylene. Written on Tuesday, May 9: On Monday at  Down Cellar's open knitting, I started another Ratouille hat. I am using the soy...

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Lousy weather, but we need the rain

Today is the second of three rainy days. Perfect weather to stay in and knit, but I have to go to work. In fact, I have to drive up to the USGA headquarters in Far Hills this afternoon, so I am going...

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The new Angelfire Studios

Welcome back to the Angel Fire Studios at the Bardy Farms shopping center in Basking Ridge. I was in Bernards covering a story yesterday afternoon, so I had a chance to swing by Angelfire Studios on my...

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So what yarn did I choose?

Yesterday, I blogged about using up my Phildar Corrida 4 yarn, leftover from a sweater I made in 1995. It's time I used it up, especially since it's so soft and works up into great chemo caps. I had...

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Floppy brim hats

The other day, someone invited me to another group on Ravelry called Chemo Caps Patterns Library. I'm in so many groups that I didn't think I wanted to join another one, but I've been hearing from some...

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Hitting the wall and other challenges

Here's the blue prayer shawl with one braided border sewn onto the end. One of the reasons that I knit more than one project at once is that when I hit a wall on one project, I can move over to another...

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Sunday was a success!

I had a ball yesterday. And one of the ways I measured my success is that I actually gave away more yarn than I bought. I consider this an excellent trade off. Shoppers were given big Ikea bags to fill...

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Taking it easy

I didn't make it to the  quilt show yesterday. My Kaffe Fassett books were sitting in my car, waiting to go, but I knew I couldn't leave for the show until I got all the real estate stories formatted...

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Book Review: ‘Stylish knit scarves & hats with Mademoiselle Sophie’

If you are looking for simple yet stylish accessories such as hats and scarves, then this book by Mlle Sophie is for you. "Stylish knit scarves & hats with Mademoiselle Sophie" is a compendium of...

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Alex’s favorite beanie pattern

These are the 5 hats I donated to the veterans at the "Knitters Unite" night at the Hunterdon County Library. All of them followed the same basic design I'm describing here. You've probably noticed I...

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Links to free Aran hat patterns

If knitting plain beanie hats or toques is getting boring, or the prospect of making them is putting you to sleep, perhaps you would like to make something more complicated. Sometimes concentrating on...

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Hats, libraries, and more

Before I forget, Knit a Bit Yarn Shop at 42 S Martine Ave, Fanwood, is having a huge sale this week on what's in stock. Big discounts on yarn and books. Get there before you go to Vogue Knitting Live....

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The Gates Avenue Knitters do more than almost any other knitting group

Arlene Kaplan, left, Annette Orlando and Eleanor Peoples display some of the hats that the Gates Avenue Knitters made for the Long Hill Township Library in 2016. The Gates Avenue Knitters, who meet...

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