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May 30th 2023

5/30/2023

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Knitted Blanket for Zoey's Baby Doll

Zoey has turned five years old this year. Happy Birthday, dear Zoin'ka.
One of her presents was a baby doll and a blanket. 
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I knitted this small blanket from Cotton. The colours are Zoey's favourite, especially purple.
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When Zoey was born, she got a similar 'real' blanket.
​Click on the image below to go to 'May Dreams' 2018 Newsletter for more photos and info.
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March-April 2023

4/12/2023

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Toronto "Easter Island"

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The 'Fantastic Infinity Scarf' inspired by the knitting shop in Florida is now enjoying the spring weather in Toronto :-)
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I wore that soft and warm scarf/shawl on Easter Sunday to Centre Island.






















Happy Easter!
Happy Knitting!

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February 2023

2/28/2023

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February in Florida Fantastic Infinity Scarf

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 I saw this beautiful shawl in a really nice yarn shop in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - Knit or Knot Yarns.
​I loved the design, the yarn,  and the name - Infinity Shawl.
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The yarn I purchased there was amazing:
Pure Merino Wool - 100% Virgin Wool
150g - 600m
​(click on the image of the shop to 'go there')
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The producer of yarn is Katia, a company from Spain
(click on the image on the left to go to Katia's website)

It was also one of the rare cases when I got the pattern from the store as well and followed it.
The needles were, as recommended, size 4, 1/2.

I started knitting it in Florida and finished it in Toronto.
I am very happy with this project.
Pics will be posted shortly :-)
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January

1/25/2023

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January. White Yarn Knits.

2022 Stylish Mittens - Click on the image below to see more pics
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2021 Snowy Hoodie - ​Click on the image below to see more pics
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2019 Winter White - Click on the image below to see more pics
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December 2022

12/18/2022

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Evergreen Winter Knits

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My December knit was a "Green Mittens and Turtleneck Dickey" project. Green is a very popular colour in December. And it worked out really well on the Evergreen's Market Skating rink - pine trees and ice.
Click on image to go to the Evergreen's Market website
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In both knits I used cables.
To see more green cables, click on the image above - scroll down to Knit. Google. Knit,
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More cables and mittens here
Mid December - still green :-) Waiting for a white Christmas ...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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November 2022

11/25/2022

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November Awesome Owl Motif

I always wanted to use an owl motive in my knitting.
​This November, I decided to give it a go and finally make something.  It was a 'knitting on the road project'. I took some of the leftover yarn with me and put four 3.5 needles and a hook in my carry-on. There are lots of images of owl  gloves on the internet - I just picked the ones I liked and started knitting. I made two pairs. Four hours on the plane to Las Vegas - and a mitten was done. Another four hours by car to Grand Canyon - and another mitten was finished. I repeated the process on the way back to LV and then to Toronto. I customized their eyes and hair when I got home.
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This pair was for Zoey. She loved those new friends! Hello! Hello! Yarn - 100% wool. Stitch: Double Seed.
Amelia asked me to 'upgrade' hers, and I did it by adding eyes and hair.
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For these mittens I used my favourite cable stitch. Yarn - 100% wool. Karisma. Drops Design - made in EU.
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Happy knitting!

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October 29th, 2022

10/29/2022

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October Shawl

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The shawl was knitted from the top down. I did two increases every other row on the right side: two at the outer edges and two down the spine of the shawl. On the wrong side no increases were worked. You get two symmetrical triangles.
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Yarn: to be updated   Needles: 3.5  Hook: 3
The pattern was the basic Stocking Stitch. The edges of the shawl were finished with the single crochet stitch.
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Happy Knitting!
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September

9/24/2022

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Speechless ... September

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2022 August 'Garden Gown'

8/18/2022

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August. 'Garden Gown.'

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This cotton gown is a combination of the two popular crafts - knitting and crocheting.
Both are fun and relaxing and let you create something new in the process and knit your own design.
I started with the sleeves because I loved the lace pattern in one of the knitting magazines (Sabrina 2008) - the knit looked and felt light and breezy. Then I crocheted the top - single crochet stitch. As usual, I didn't make any measurements - the beauty of crocheting is that you can always add a couple of rows and make it fit. Last part was the skirt which I knitted from the waist down - my favourite cable stitch.
I began knitting in June and did quite a lot of it at the Moon River campsite in Northern Ontario.
​The project was completed in July and made it to the photo session in our roof garden in August :-)
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This garden garment is good for a cool summer day or evening. Knitting from this yarn was a special treat. 

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It's cotton from VEB Baumwollspinnerei - cotton spinning mill - 'Ernst Thalmann', Leinefelde - still from GDR time! The quality is superb! 
To see more knits from this beautiful green yarn - click on image on the left and scroll down to Garden Knits 2013.
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Needles - 4,5 mm
​Hook - 5,5 mm
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Happy end of summer knitting! 
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2022 July.com

7/15/2022

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July.com

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