Archive for June 2009
Blue and purple miters
Posted by: The Left-Handed Crafter on: June 9, 2009
A fresh crop of miters has recently been harvested – blue and purple mixed with bright white, ready to join the heap of colorful squares patiently waiting to be sewn into a finished blanket. I love how these new miters came out – the contrast between the darker colors and the bright white will add [...]
Historic FO: Endpaper Mitts, part deux
Posted by: The Left-Handed Crafter on: June 5, 2009
After I posted about my first pair of Endpaper Mitts, I decided to grant my second pair a temporary leave of absence from my office drawer for its oh-so-deserving glamour shots. Don’t they just say, “Hey baby, you know you want me…” in that coy, seductive kind of way? Wait… is it just me who hears [...]
Historic FO: Endpaper Mitts
Posted by: The Left-Handed Crafter on: June 3, 2009
As I’m knitting away on the Mitered Square Blanket (which is actually going really well – I’ve been knitting about a square a night all week), I figured I’d post about an old finished object (FO) that’s near and dear to my heart… and hands. The Endpaper Mitts by Eunny Jang, a beautiful and cleverly-designed pair of [...]
Just born: pink and green miters
Posted by: The Left-Handed Crafter on: June 1, 2009
Allow me to introduce the newest members of my Mitered Square Blanket: eight little pink and green miters – aww, how cute! : ) I squeezed in a boat-load of knitting time this past weekend, and what you see above is the result. These bright-white squares are really growing on me, and I really like [...]
I do things backwards, on purpose.
Name: Carolyn
Location: Westchester, New York
Affliction: Left-handed, left-brained craft addict
Warning: I knit backwards. If you feel yourself twitching at the very thought, take a deep breath and hold a mirror up to the screen. Trust me, it will be ok. : )
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