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		<title>Haruha Scarf</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 18:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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<strong>Pattern:</strong> <a href="http://madebymyself.blogspot.com/2006/08/haruha-scarf.html">Haruha Scarf</a>
<strong>Yarn:</strong> Joseph Galler Superfine Prime Alpaca 3-ply, Black, 1 skein
<strong>Needles:</strong> Addi Turbos, US 7 (4.5mm)]]></description>
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<p><strong>Pattern:</strong> <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL21hZGVieW15c2VsZi5ibG9nc3BvdC5jb20vMjAwNi8wOC9oYXJ1aGEtc2NhcmYuaHRtbA==">Haruha Scarf</a><br />
<strong>Yarn:</strong> Joseph Galler Superfine Prime Alpaca 3-ply, Black, 1 skein<br />
<strong>Needles:</strong> Addi Turbos, US 7 (4.5mm)</p>
<p>The Haruha scarf had been bound off for months and just needed a good blocking before I could add it to the <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9wcm9qZWN0cy8=">list of completed projects</a>.  The problem is that the only real blocking surface in my apartment is the floor.  And while my apartment is carpeted, the padding underneath the carpet is virtually nonexistent and I suspect that I often wind up pushing pins directly into the wood subfloor.</p>
<p>Which: ouch.  Blocking lace with straight lines requires an obscene number of pins.  I tried, but gave up after pinning out maybe a third of the scarf because my fingers were red and sore.</p>
<p>So at the same time I <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy95YXJuL3NvbWV0aGluZy1wcmV0dHkv">splurged on yarn at WEBS</a>, I also hit up KnitPicks and grabbed <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5rbml0cGlja3MuY29tL0xhY2UrQmxvY2tpbmcrV2lyZXNfQUQ4MDMxNS5odG1s">a set of blocking wires</a>.</p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 300px;"><img class="post" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/haruha-block.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="Haruha Scarf, blocking" /></div>
<p>Much better.  I only needed about a dozen pins to block the long edges of the scarf, and a few more to secure the ends.</p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 400px;"><img class="post" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/haruha-endblock.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Haruha Scarf, blocking" /></div>
<p>Pattern commentary and lace porn after the jump.</p>
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		<title>Something Pretty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I hit the big <a href="http://www.yarn.com" title="Feed the yarn stash">WEBS sale</a> and this showed up on my doorstep last week:

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You may remember that I was <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy95YXJuL3doeV9zdGFzaC8=">disgruntled with my yarn and was going to splurge on something pretty</a>.</p>
<p>Well, I hit the big <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy55YXJuLmNvbQ==" title=\"Feed the yarn stash\">WEBS sale</a> and this showed up on my doorstep last week:</p>
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<p>I have no idea what to do with transmission parts.</p>
<p>So it&#8217;s a good thing that there was a WEBS label on top of the box.  Sure enough, it was full of yarn-y goodness.</p>
<p>I have (basking in the warm glow of the sunset): </p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 400px;"><img class="post" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/webs2.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Plymouth Encore from WEBS" /></div>
<p>&#8230;two skeins of Plymouth Encore for making more <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy91bmZpbmlzaGVkL292ZXJ3aGVsbWVkLw==">Wave of Babies Booties samples</a>&#8230;</p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 400px;"><img class="post" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/webs3.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Debbie Bliss Rialto from WEBS" /></div>
<p>&#8230;six balls of Debbie Bliss Rialto (mmm&#8230;buttery-soft) to knit something for my Maid of Honor&#8230;</p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 400px;"><img class="post" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/webs4.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Rowan Felted Tweed from WEBS" /></div>
<p>&#8230;and a bag of Rowan Felted Tweed for Eunny&#8217;s Tangled Yoke Cardigan.  I&#8217;ve been wanting that sweater for <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy91bmZpbmlzaGVkL3N3ZWF0ZXJfbGlmZV9jeWNsZS8=">eight months</a>.  I will be wearing a Tangled Yoke Cardigan this fall and winter or I will eat my Addi Turbos.</p>
<p>It was a good splurge. <img src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&#038;post_id=205" width="1" height="1" style="display: none;" /></p>
<h2>Related Posts:</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/unfinished/sweater_life_cycle/" rel="bookmark" title="September 8, 2007">Sweater Life Cycle</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/bookreviews/tweed/" rel="bookmark" title="April 7, 2008">Tweed</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/finished/big_sack_sweater/" rel="bookmark" title="January 29, 2008">Big Sack Sweater</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/finished/cable_seed_stitch_jacket/" rel="bookmark" title="October 8, 2007">Cable and Seed Stitch Jacket</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/yarn/f-weekend_report/" rel="bookmark" title="August 26, 2007">F-Weekend Report</a></li>
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		<title>Frogs on a Holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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<strong>Pattern:</strong> Frogs on a Holiday, from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811860825?&#38;camp=212361&#38;creative=380737&#38;linkCode=wey&#38;tag=themidnightmu-20"><em>Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts: Amigurumi</em></a>
<strong>Hook(!):</strong> D 3.0mm
<strong>Yarn:</strong> Plymouth Encore, #9401, 1 skein, and scraps of #1203]]></description>
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<p><strong>Pattern:</strong> Frogs on a Holiday, from <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvMDgxMTg2MDgyNT8mYW1wO2NhbXA9MjEyMzYxJmFtcDtjcmVhdGl2ZT0zODA3MzcmYW1wO2xpbmtDb2RlPXdleSZhbXA7dGFnPXRoZW1pZG5pZ2h0bXUtMjA="><em>Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts: Amigurumi</em></a><br />
<strong>Hook(!):</strong> D 3.0mm<br />
<strong>Yarn:</strong> Plymouth Encore, #1232, 1 skein, and scraps of #1203</p>
<p>Ladies and gentlemen, my first completed crochet project!  It&#8217;s a far cry from <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9jcm9jaGV0L2Nyb2NoZXQv" title=\"I try to crochet a rectangle\">this</a>. And <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy91bmZpbmlzaGVkL2Nyb2NoZXRfbW9kZWxzLw==" title=\"I try to crochet a model of hyperbolic space.\">this</a>.</p>
<p>*<em>takes a bow</em>*</p>
<p>Since this pattern is titled &#8220;Frogs on a Holiday,&#8221; I thought it only appropriate that I take him out on the town for a little photo shoot.</p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 375px;"><img class="post" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/frog-done2.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Finished Frog on a Holiday" /></div>
<p>This book has a very tiny techniques section, so if you&#8217;re a beginning crocheter like me, you should have another crochet reference handy.  But other than that, the pattern was very easy to follow.</p>
<p>More pictures and commentary after the jump.</p>
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		<title>A Problem and a Solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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If you remember, I <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/unfinished/instant_gratification/" title="Designing a baby bootie">originally designed these booties</a> to alleviate some work-related grumpiness.  I don't know if it's just coincidence that I always choose to knit these booties when I've been having a rough time, or if I've somehow invented baby booties with sanity-restoring properties.

In which case, I should totally market them to harried mothers and become filthy rich in the process.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s sort of been a grumpy week so far.  Well, it&#8217;s sort of been a grumpy month or two, but this week has been no good.  Yesterday was a good day but Monday nearly made me cry and today started out good and rapidly went downhill.  I was such a frowny mess when I got home that I ate potato chips and ice cream for dinner (don&#8217;t do that, your tummy won&#8217;t like it).</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been seeking out happiness where I can find it this week so, in addition to giving the <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy91bmZpbmlzaGVkL2Zyb2dfbGVncy8=" title=\"Amigurumi frog toy in progress\">froggy</a> some arms and a new mouth, I made these:</p>
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<p>If you remember, I <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy91bmZpbmlzaGVkL2luc3RhbnRfZ3JhdGlmaWNhdGlvbi8=" title=\"Designing a baby bootie\">originally designed these booties</a> to alleviate some work-related grumpiness.  I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s just coincidence that I always choose to knit these booties when I&#8217;ve been having a rough time, or if I&#8217;ve somehow invented baby booties with sanity-restoring properties.</p>
<p>In which case, I should totally market them to harried mothers and become filthy rich in the process.</p>
<p>But I&#8217;m hoping that today will be the end of the grumpiness, or at least the worst thereof.  I had a breakthrough moment on my walk home today: I am grumpy because <em>I am overwhelmed</em>.</p>
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		<title>Frog Legs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I made some frog legs, but not the kind I'd eat.

<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 300px;"><img class="post" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/frog-legs.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="The amigurumi frog has legs" /></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I made some frog legs, but not the kind I&#8217;d eat.</p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 300px;"><img class="post" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/frog-legs.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="The amigurumi frog has legs" /></div>
<p>(Actually, there no kinds of frog legs I would eat.  I&#8217;m very much an omnivore, but amphibians are on my list of Animals that are Not Food.)</p>
<p>You might have also noticed that I removed <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9saWZlL3dhdGNoaW5nLw==" title=\"Disembodied amigurumi frog head\">the mouth</a>.  I decided it looked too&#8230;lusciously porn-y.</p>
<p>That photo makes a good game of Spot the Clutter on my Desk.  I have never in my life been able to keep a clean desk.  This caused many fights with my mom when I was younger.  Now I just happily pile away. <img src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&#038;post_id=202" width="1" height="1" style="display: none;" /></p>
<h2>Related Posts:</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/finished/frogs_on_a_holiday/" rel="bookmark" title="April 18, 2008">Frogs on a Holiday</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/life/ravelry2/" rel="bookmark" title="September 22, 2007">Holy Moly!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/buttons/ifrog/" rel="bookmark" title="May 10, 2006">I Frog.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/bookreviews/feltedknits/" rel="bookmark" title="March 17, 2006">Felted Knits</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/life/lesson/" rel="bookmark" title="January 20, 2008">A Lesson Re-Learned</a></li>
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		<title>I am Starting to Understand Why People Stash Yarn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I literally have nothing on the needles right now.  Ok, not quite literally, as I have about four rows of a tiny tube knit up after I got it into my head that I was going to design a sock.  And then I quit.  But beyond that, nothing.  Not so much as a baby hat.

I have a couple of toys on hooks, one of which you saw <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/life/watching/" title="Amigurumi frog toy from Kyuuto">here</a>, but that's it.

And it occurred to me the other day that I'm just uninspired.  The projects out there are plenty inspiring.  But the yarn I own...meh.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I literally have nothing on the needles right now.  Ok, not quite literally, as I have about four rows of a tiny tube knit up after I got it into my head that I was going to design a sock.  And then I quit.  But beyond that, nothing.  Not so much as a baby hat.</p>
<p>I have a couple of toys on hooks, one of which you saw <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9saWZlL3dhdGNoaW5nLw==" title=\"Amigurumi frog toy from Kyuuto\">here</a>, but that&#8217;s it.</p>
<p>And it occurred to me the other day that I&#8217;m just uninspired.  The projects out there are plenty inspiring.  But the yarn I own&#8230;meh.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve never been a big yarn stasher.  Limited income (poor grad student) and limited space (poor grad student apartment) just make it impossible to really stash.  If you remember, my entire stash looks like this:</p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 300px;"><img class="post" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/stash.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="My entire yarn stash" /></div>
<p>And right now, those green drawers are easily half empty.  The basket mostly held yarn for the <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9maW5pc2hlZC9vbWJyZV9ibGFua2V0Lw==" title=\"Ombre blanket from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts\">Ombre Blanket</a> and is now three-quarters empty.</p>
<p>This year has been an expensive year (though for good, happy reasons) and I just can&#8217;t justify buying yarn when I had, at last count, <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy95YXJuL3lhcm5faW52ZW50b3J5Lw==" title=\"Yarn inventory\">almost thirteen miles of it</a>.  Except for the ball of green <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wbHltb3V0aHlhcm4uY29tL2luZGV4LnBocD9uYXY9Y1lhcm4ueWFybkRldGFpbCYjMDM4O3lhcm5pZD0wMDAwNTUmIzAzODtzZWFyY2hjb2xsZWN0aW9uPTAwMDAwNQ==">Plymouth Encore</a> being used for the amigurumi frog ($5.75), I cannot remember the last time I bought yarn.  I&#8217;ve just been knitting through what I&#8217;ve got, and I&#8217;m officially sick of it all.</p>
<p>Thirteen miles of yarn, all earmarked for projects, and I don&#8217;t want to cast on any of it.  Not the Alpaca Silk, long earmarked for the long-coveted <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy91bmZpbmlzaGVkL3N3ZWF0ZXJfbGlmZV9jeWNsZS8=" title=\"Sweaters I covet\">Vintage Cardigan by Norah Gaughan</a>.  Not even the gorgeous laceweight from <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3N1bmRhcmF5YXJuLnR5cGVwYWQuY29tLw==" title=\"Sundara's hand-dyed yarn\">Sundara</a>, because I wanted to design something special for that, and that requires time (something else I don&#8217;t have much of right now).</p>
<p>If I had a random stash of non-earmarked yarn, I could at least do something.  Swatch exciting stitch patterns.  Make a purse.  Some random socks.</p>
<p>Instead, I&#8217;ve got thirteen miles of earmarked yarn, and not a yard I want to knit.  What is up with that?</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 0.85em;">You won&#8217;t tell anyone if I go splurge on something pretty this weekend, will you?</span> <img src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&#038;post_id=200" width="1" height="1" style="display: none;" /></p>
<h2>Related Posts:</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/yarn/yarn_inventory/" rel="bookmark" title="January 15, 2007">Taking Yarnventory</a></li>
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		<title>Tweed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307381323?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=themidnightmu-20&#38;link_code=as3&#38;camp=211189&#38;creative=373489&#38;creativeASIN=0307381323" title="Find Tweed on Amazon.com"><img class="cover" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/tweed.jpg" alt="Cover of Tweed" width="82" height="110" /></a>

<strong>Author:</strong> Nancy J. Thomas
<strong>Publisher:</strong> Potter Craft
<strong>Rating:</strong> <img class="skeins" src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/uploads/4skeins.gif" alt="4 Skeins" />
<strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307381323?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=themidnightmu-20&#38;link_code=as3&#38;camp=211189&#38;creative=373489&#38;creativeASIN=0307381323" title="Find Tweed on Amazon.com">Buy <em>Tweed</em> on Amazon.com</a></strong>

Once again, the copy I am reviewing was generously provided by Potter Craft.  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307381323?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=themidnightmu-20&#38;link_code=as3&#38;camp=211189&#38;creative=373489&#38;creativeASIN=0307381323" title="Find Tweed on Amazon.com"><em>Tweed</em></a> is a combination knitting history/pattern book scheduled to be released on Tuesday.  If you pre-order it now, Amazon will give you an extra 5% off.]]></description>
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<p><strong>Author:</strong> Nancy J. Thomas<br />
<strong>Publisher:</strong> Potter Craft<br />
<strong>Rating:</strong> <img class="skeins" src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/uploads/4skeins.gif" alt="4 Skeins" /><br />
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<p>Once again, the copy I am reviewing was generously provided by Potter Craft.  <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL2dwL3Byb2R1Y3QvMDMwNzM4MTMyMz9pZT1VVEY4JmFtcDt0YWc9dGhlbWlkbmlnaHRtdS0yMCZhbXA7bGlua19jb2RlPWFzMyZhbXA7Y2FtcD0yMTExODkmYW1wO2NyZWF0aXZlPTM3MzQ4OSZhbXA7Y3JlYXRpdmVBU0lOPTAzMDczODEzMjM=" title=\"Find Tweed on Amazon.com\"><em>Tweed</em></a> is a combination knitting history/pattern book scheduled to be released on Tuesday.  If you pre-order it now, Amazon will give you an extra 5% off.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know if you guys have noticed, but I have never knit anything with a tweed yarn.  Go ahead, check out the <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9wcm9qZWN0cy8=" title=\"A list of finished knitting projects\">finished projects</a>. No tweed yarns.  But then I started <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy91bmZpbmlzaGVkL3N3ZWF0ZXJfbGlmZV9jeWNsZS8=" title=\"Sweater patterns to knit\">lusting</a> after Eunny&#8217;s Tangled Yoke Cardigan, which is knit with a tweed yarn, and all of a sudden I wanted to learn more about tweed.</p>
<p><em>Tweed</em>&#8217;s first two chapters are full of the history and making of tweed yarn.  Did you know that:</p>
<ul>
<li>Coco Chanel popularized the use of tweed fabrics in high fashion?</li>
<li>tweed yarns are more prone to felting?</li>
</ul>
<p>The third chapter contains stitch patterns with pictures of swatches knit up in tweed yarns.  This chapter was especially useful to me, as a tweed newbie and fledgling knitwear designer, to see which patterns are made more interesting with tweed yarns and which patterns are strong enough not to be obscured by the tweed flecks.</p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 400px;"><img src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/tweed2.jpg" width="410" height="200" alt="Two basketweave patterns swatched in tweed yarns" /></div>
<p>The last section is full of knitting patterns, grouped by skill level.  There are 22 projects total, including hats, scarves, bags, sweaters, vests, pillows, and throws.  Although all of my favorite projects below happen to be sweaters, sweaters make up less than half of the total pattern count.</p>
<p>Pattern previews after the jump!</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like many people, I keep an array of doohickeys and knick-knacks on top of my computer, the better to gather dust with.  And I just realized that my doohickeys and knick-knacks are either: a) small plush toys, or b) random knitting that I didn&#8217;t know what to do with.</p>
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<li>The Yoshi beanie is wearing a cape, which happens to be the first thing I ever knit that has both knit and purl stitches in it.  I came home from my knitting class, thrilled that I had managed to produce a mostly-even swatch of off-the-cuff stitch patterns and couldn&#8217;t bear to just hide it away somewhere.  So Yoshi got a cape.</li>
<li>The first baby hat I ever knit.  One of my friends had a baby shortly after I learned how to knit and I was determined to make her some baby thing.  But I wasn&#8217;t yet confident in my ability to make gift-able items, so I bought a ball of the cheapest yarn I could find to practice on.  This was the practice hat.  Of course, I discovered after I went to knit the real hat that kitchen cotton behaves really differently from wool blends.</li>
<li>This is a recent addition.  And it&#8217;s not knitting.  Did I mention that I was trying to <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9hcmNoaXZlcy9jcm9jaGV0Lw==" title=\"Blogging about crochet\">crochet</a> again?  Ah yes, <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy93ZWIvZG9nX2p1bXBlcnMv" title=\"For people who love dogs and knitting\">I did</a>.  It just clicked for me this time around and I&#8217;ve made quite a few random swatches and medallions just to prove to myself I know what I&#8217;m doing now.  And I made a dismembered frog head.  There will be a body eventually.  Until then, it will continue to stare down at me creepily.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/bookreviews/knitters_book_of_yarn/" rel="bookmark" title="November 24, 2007">The Knitter&#8217;s Book of Yarn</a></li>
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		<title>Bear in Lamb Sleep Suit: Diagrams and Assembly</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debbie recently asked me for help in assembling the Bear in Lamb Sleep Suit.  While there are some tips for assembly in my original post, here I&#8217;ve added schematics for the trickiest bits to assemble: the head and the legs.
Back of Head
In the diagram below, the light blue arrows indicate the direction of knitting.

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<p><strong>Back of Head</strong></p>
<p>In the diagram below, the light blue arrows indicate the direction of knitting.</p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 400px;"><img src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/slbear-backhead.gif" width="400" height="250" alt="Schematic for the back of the bear's head" /></div>
<p>Note that the back of the head is constructed in much the same way as the arms and the body.  You make conjoined octagons and then sew the seams indicated by the black double-pointed arrows.  After you are done with this bit, you will have a small bowl-shaped piece.</p>
<p><strong>Front of Head</strong></p>
<p>The front of the head is a little trickier.  First, line up the pieces as pictured, with the right sides facing you&mdash;if you&#8217;ve done this correctly, the two bound-off stitches at the side of each piece should meet in the middle.  The blue dots represent the row markers you placed while knitting.</p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 400px;"><img src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/slbear-fronthead.gif" width="400" height="250" alt="Schematic for the front of the bear's head" /></div>
<p>The first thing you should do is sew the right side and the left side together where indicated by the double-pointed arrows&mdash;this is the side of each piece from the cast-on edge to the first marker.  This seam runs from the center chin to the nose.  Do not sew the cast-on edges together!  This will be the neck opening you use to stuff the head.</p>
<p>Next, sew the head gusset in.  Line up the tip of the triangle with the center of the V where the bound-off stitches meet.  Then seam each side of the triangle to each side of the head, lining up the head gusset&#8217;s cast-on edge with the second marker.  Note that the cast-on edge for the gusset is the top of the bear&#8217;s head.</p>
<p>You should now have another bowl-shaped piece (this one has a little point at the center) for the front of the head.  Sew the back and front of the head together at the sides and at the top, leaving the neck open for stuffing.</p>
<p>Instructions for leg assembly after the jump.</p>
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		<title>This Creeps Me Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/7304452.stm">Woman knits jumpers out of her dead dogs' fur.</a>

I love dogs, but...no.]]></description>
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<p>I love dogs, but&#8230;no.</p>
<p>If you love dogs (and love them in ways that do not involve collecting and spinning up dog fur), go visit <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL2Jhcmtua25pdC5ibG9nc3BvdC5jb20v" title=\"A blog about knitting and dogs\">Gnat and her adorable puppies at BarknKnit</a> (all dogs are puppies to me).  She&#8217;s got a great podcast, too!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s all I&#8217;ve got for you today.  I&#8217;d meant to post some pics of my latest adventures in crochet, but some nasty upper respiratory thing has invaded my system for like, the fourth time this winter, and I think it&#8217;s nap time. <img src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&#038;post_id=194" width="1" height="1" style="display: none;" /></p>
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		<title>Anemoi Mittens (Larger)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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<strong>Pattern:</strong> <a href="http://www.eunnyjang.com/knit/2006/12/anemoi_mittens.html" title="Gorgeous colorwork mittens by Eunny Jang">Anemoi Mittens, by Eunny Jang</a>
<strong>Yarn:</strong> Dalegarn Baby Ull, #0010 and #5545, 1 skein each
<strong>Needles:</strong> Addi Turbos, US 0 (2mm) and US 1 (2.5mm)]]></description>
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<p><strong>Pattern:</strong> <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ldW5ueWphbmcuY29tL2tuaXQvMjAwNi8xMi9hbmVtb2lfbWl0dGVucy5odG1s" title=\"Gorgeous colorwork mittens by Eunny Jang\">Anemoi Mittens, by Eunny Jang</a><br />
<strong>Yarn:</strong> Dalegarn Baby Ull, #0010 and #5545, 1 skein each<br />
<strong>Needles:</strong> Addi Turbos, US 0 (2mm) and US 1 (2.5mm)</p>
<p>Woohoo!!  <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy91bmZpbmlzaGVkL2dlbmVyb3NpdHkv" title=\"In which I decide to knit two pairs of Anemoi Mittens\">The larger pair is now done.</a>  Three mittens (smallest size) used up one full skein of each color, so I had to dip into extra skeins to finish the final mitten.</p>
<p><strong>Additional Pattern Commentary</strong><br />
In finishing the second pair, I remembered a few more things about the pattern that I didn&#8217;t mention <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9maW5pc2hlZC9hbmVtb2lfbWl0dGVuc19zbWFsbGVyLw==" title=\"Anemoi Mittens commentary\">last time</a>:</p>
<p><em>Errata</em><br />
In the chart for the right hand palm, there is an error in row 57, the last row of the repeated section.  The first stitch to the left of the border on the right side of the chart is marked as Main Color, but it should be marked Contrast Color.  This should be clear when you examine the left side of the chart and the overall pattern.</p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 400px;"><img class="post" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/anemoilg-closeup.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="Anemoi Mittens, by Eunny Jang" /></div>
<p><em>Modifications</em><br />
I made the cuff longer for both pairs of mittens&mdash;24 and 25 rows of corrugated rib instead of 18, respectively.  I like the longer cuff because it seals against the cold better (plus I have long arms and so my wrists are forever peeking out from under my sleeves), but this isn&#8217;t so much extra length that it upsets the proportion of the mitten.</p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 300px;"><img class="post" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/anemoilg-done.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="Anemoi Mittens, by Eunny Jang" /></div>
<p><em>Finishing</em><br />
I think it&#8217;s absolutely necessary to block the mittens the way Eunny recommends in the pattern&mdash;palm side up, with the thumbs folded in and pinned to the palm.  I am generally a big believer in blocking, but there are a couple of reasons why it&#8217;s an especially good idea for the Anemoi Mittens:</p>
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<li>The purl stitches are meant to run along the side edges of the mittens, but they are knit with the front and the back.  This means that the mittens will be slightly twisted when they first come off the needles but a proper blocking will restore the intended shape.</li>
<li>The thumb gore is actually attached to the palm, not the side.  If you look at the palm charts, you&#8217;ll see that the border continues down next to the thumb gore.  Folding the thumb in when blocking preserves this border and also forms the mitten so it more closely follows the shape of your hand.  After all, your thumb is usually bent in slightly, not sticking straight out to the side.</li>
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<p>More pictures and commentary after the jump.</p>
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		<title>In Which I Ponder Summer Knitting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.interweaveknits.com/galleries/bonus/spring-2008/Auburn-Camp-Shirt.asp" title="Spring 2008 Interweave Knits's Auburn Camp Shirt"><img class="post" style="float: left; margin: 0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/auburn.jpg" width="144" height="216" alt="Spring 2008 Interweave Knits's Auburn Camp Shirt" /></a>

Given that the <a href="http://www.interweaveknits.com/galleries/bonus/spring-2008/Auburn-Camp-Shirt.asp" title="Spring 2008 Interweave Knits's Auburn Camp Shirt">Auburn Camp Shirt</a> was selected for <a href="http://www.knittingdaily.com/knittinghelp/auburn.html" title="The Auburn Camp Shirt in Knitting Daily's Spring Gallery">Knitting Daily's spring gallery</a>, I strongly suspect that I'm not the only one who's rather smitten with this top.

I love the little details, the subtle texture of the fabric, the turned-up cuffs (though I'd probably sew down that top to keep myself from going crazy).  It has a nice fitted shape that can still be layered over a camisole.  This seems like it would be eminently wearable for most of the year in Texas.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a little bit incongruous, working on the other <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9maW5pc2hlZC9hbmVtb2lfbWl0dGVuc19zbWFsbGVyLw==" title=\"Knitting blog post about Eunny Jang's Anemoi Mittens\">Anemoi Mittens</a> while surfing for summer tops.  But my life is a bit incongruous right now, as I&#8217;m dividing my time between Pittsburgh (brrrr), Milwaukee (brrrrrrr!), and Houston, Texas.</p>
<p>And starting this summer, I will be living in Texas full-time, so I might as well look into this business of knitting for warm weather.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5pbnRlcndlYXZla25pdHMuY29tL2dhbGxlcmllcy9ib251cy9zcHJpbmctMjAwOC9BdWJ1cm4tQ2FtcC1TaGlydC5hc3A=" title=\"Spring 2008 Interweave Knits's Auburn Camp Shirt\"><img class="post" style="float: left; margin: 0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/auburn.jpg" width="144" height="216" alt="Spring 2008 Interweave Knits's Auburn Camp Shirt" /></a></p>
<p>Given that the <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5pbnRlcndlYXZla25pdHMuY29tL2dhbGxlcmllcy9ib251cy9zcHJpbmctMjAwOC9BdWJ1cm4tQ2FtcC1TaGlydC5hc3A=" title=\"Spring 2008 Interweave Knits's Auburn Camp Shirt\">Auburn Camp Shirt</a> was selected for <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5rbml0dGluZ2RhaWx5LmNvbS9rbml0dGluZ2hlbHAvYXVidXJuLmh0bWw=" title=\"The Auburn Camp Shirt in Knitting Daily's Spring Gallery\">Knitting Daily&#8217;s spring gallery</a>, I strongly suspect that I&#8217;m not the only one who&#8217;s rather smitten with this top.</p>
<p>I love the little details, the subtle texture of the fabric, the turned-up cuffs (though I&#8217;d probably sew down that tab to keep myself from going crazy).  It has a nice fitted shape that can still be layered over a camisole.  This seems like it would be eminently wearable for most of the year in Texas.</p>
<p style="clear: both"><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5rbml0dHkuY29tL0lTU1VFc3ByaW5nMDgvUEFUVHlvc2VtaXRlLmh0bWw=" title=\"Spring 2008 Knitty's Yosemite\"><img class="post" style="float: left; margin: 0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/yosemite.jpg" width="144" height="216" alt="Spring 2008 Knitty's Yosemite" /></a></p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5rbml0dHkuY29tL0lTU1VFc3ByaW5nMDgvUEFUVHlvc2VtaXRlLmh0bWw=" title=\"Spring 2008 Knitty's Yosemite\">Yosemite top</a> in <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL2tuaXR0eS5jb20vSVNTVUVzcHJpbmcwOC9pbmRleC5odG1s" title=\"Spring 2008 Knitty\">the latest Knitty</a> also looks like a keeper.  I love <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9maW5pc2hlZC9jYWJsZV9hbmRfcmliX3N3ZWF0ZXIv" title=\"Cable and Rib Sweater with Hood, by Debbie Bliss\">cabled ribs and shawl collars</a>!</p>
<p>If I were to knit this, I&#8217;d probably add an inch or so of regular ribbing at the bottom and at the sleeves to give it a more finished-looking edge, and I&#8217;d probably make turn the sleeves into regular cap sleeves instead of knitting them straight down from the armhole.</p>
<p style="clear: both;">Are any of you from warm-to-raging-hot areas?  If so, what do you knit? <img src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&#038;post_id=192" width="1" height="1" style="display: none;" /></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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"There’s a “ktog” on the top of p. 5 that should be a k2tog, and there should be 8, 9, and 8 stitches on each dpn when you start the thumb."

I do not understand this language.

I'm like "What could 'ktog' be a typo for?  Oh.  It's 'k2tog,' naturally."

what is this now?!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just received the following message from a friend:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;There’s a “ktog” on the top of p. 5 that should be a k2tog, and there should be 8, 9, and 8 stitches on each dpn when you start the thumb.&#8221;</p>
<p>I do not understand this language.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m like &#8220;What could &#8216;ktog&#8217; be a typo for?  Oh.  It&#8217;s &#8216;k2tog,&#8217; naturally.&#8221;</p>
<p>what is this now?!</p>
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<p>Hee hee hee. <img src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&#038;post_id=191" width="1" height="1" style="display: none;" /></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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<strong>Pattern:</strong> <a href="http://www.eunnyjang.com/knit/2006/12/anemoi_mittens.html" title="Gorgeous colorwork mittens by Eunny Jang">Anemoi Mittens, by Eunny Jang</a>
<strong>Yarn:</strong> Dalegarn Baby Ull, #0010 and $5545, 1 skein each
<strong>Needles:</strong> Addi Turbos, US 0 (2mm) and US 1 (2.5mm)]]></description>
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<p><strong>Pattern:</strong> <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ldW5ueWphbmcuY29tL2tuaXQvMjAwNi8xMi9hbmVtb2lfbWl0dGVucy5odG1s" title=\"Gorgeous colorwork mittens by Eunny Jang\">Anemoi Mittens, by Eunny Jang</a><br />
<strong>Yarn:</strong> Dalegarn Baby Ull, #0010 and #5545, 1 skein each<br />
<strong>Needles:</strong> Addi Turbos, US 0 (2mm) and US 1 (2.5mm)</p>
<p>Eunny is a knitting goddess.</p>
<p>There was a terrifying moment after I bound off the third mitten in which I thought that, instead of making a mitten to match <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy91bmZpbmlzaGVkL2tuaXR0aW5nX3BlcmZlY3Rpb25pc20v" title=\"In which I knit a second mitten of an entirely different size than the first\">one of the two sizes I already had</a>, I had knitted a mitten of an entirely new medium size.</p>
<p>Fortunately, a good blocking matched the intended mates up nicely.  Whew!  This is the <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy91bmZpbmlzaGVkL2dlbmVyb3NpdHkv" title=\"I plan to knit two pairs of mittens and give away the smaller one\">smaller pair meant for my knitting friend with the tiny hands</a>.</p>
<p>If I cast on the fourth mitten tonight, and if I don&#8217;t experience more gauge wonkiness, I might have a pair for myself by the time I face Wisconsin&#8217;s fifteen-degree (that&#8217;s -9.4 degrees for you Celsius people) weather next weekend.</p>
<p>I did find a few minor typos in the pattern.  There&#8217;s a &#8220;ktog&#8221; on the top of p. 5 that should be a k2tog, and there should be 8, 9, and 8 stitches on each dpn when you start the thumb.  But the pattern as a whole is super easy to follow and the finished product is just gorgeous.</p>
<p>More pictures after the jump.</p>
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	<p>(...)<br/>Read the rest of <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/finished/anemoi_mittens_smaller/">Anemoi Mittens (Smaller)</a> (25 words)</p>
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<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 415px;"><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RoZW1lcy5mYWNlc29meXZlLmNvbS9pbmRleC5waHA/d3B0aGVtZT1Qb2ludHkgU3RpY2tzICgyIENvbHVtbnMp" title=\"View a live demo of the &quot;Pointy Sticks&quot; Wordpress theme, 2-column version\"><img class="post" style="margin: 0 5px 5px 0;" src="http://www.facesofyve.com/uploads/screenshots/pointysticks_2col.jpg" width="200" height="250" alt="Screenshot of &quot;Pointy Sticks&quot; Wordpress theme, 2-column version" /></a> <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3RoZW1lcy5mYWNlc29meXZlLmNvbS9pbmRleC5waHA/d3B0aGVtZT1Qb2ludHkgU3RpY2tzICgzIENvbHVtbnMp" title=\"View a live demo of the &quot;Pointy Sticks&quot; Wordpress theme, 3-column version\"><img class="post" style="margin: 0 0 5px 0;" src="http://www.facesofyve.com/uploads/screenshots/pointysticks_3col.jpg" width="200" height="250" alt="Screenshot of &quot;Pointy Sticks&quot; Wordpress theme, 3-column version" /></a></div>
<p>It&#8217;s a re-working of the second theme pictured <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9rbml0YmxvZ2dpbmcva25pdHRpbmdfYmxvZ2dlcnMv" title=\"Previous themes I've designed for knitting blogs\">here</a>.  The new version is widget-ready, is more visually interesting, and is powered by fancier/cleaner code.</p>
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*Actually, I have many other hobbies, and all of them play a role in my plan for world craft domination.  Martha Stewart better watch her back, is all I&#8217;m sayin&#8217;.  But that&#8217;s a post for another day. <img src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&#038;post_id=189" width="1" height="1" style="display: none;" /></p>
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		<title>For Those Who Remember the 80s&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[...and are old-school video-game nerds, be sure to check out <a href="http://www.spritestitch.com/" title="A needlecraft blog devoted to video game art">Sprite Stitch</a>.

I'd never thought of it this way before, but stitching really is the perfect medium for reproducing pixelated 8-bit graphics.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;and are old-school video-game nerds, be sure to check out <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zcHJpdGVzdGl0Y2guY29tLw==" title=\"A needlecraft blog devoted to video game art\">Sprite Stitch</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d never thought of it this way before, but stitching really is the perfect medium for reproducing pixelated 8-bit graphics. <img src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&#038;post_id=188" width="1" height="1" style="display: none;" /></p>
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		<title>My Herringbone Hat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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<strong>Pattern:</strong> <a href="http://www.moonfrog.com/?p=185">My Herringbone Hat</a>
<strong>Yarn:</strong> A Malabrigo-like handpainted, chunky handspun wool, in an unknown colorway
<strong>Needles:</strong> Addi Turbos, US 10 (6mm)]]></description>
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<p><strong>Pattern:</strong> <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tb29uZnJvZy5jb20vP3A9MTg1">My Herringbone Hat</a><br />
<strong>Yarn:</strong> A Malabrigo-like handpainted, chunky handspun wool, in an unknown colorway purchased from eBay<br />
<strong>Needles:</strong> Addi Turbos, US 10 (6mm)</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve was hoping for nice-ish weather so I could photograph this outside, but this is the forecast for the rest of the week:</p>
<ul>
<li>Snow</li>
<li>Snow likely</li>
<li>Chance snow</li>
<li>Chance rain/snow</li>
</ul>
<p>So we&#8217;ll have to make do with a photo of me, sitting in front of my very cluttered bulletin board.</p>
<p>I am an obsessive matchy-matchy sort of person, and it has long bothered me that my <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zaGVlcGludGhlY2l0eS5wcmV0dHlwb3NpZXMuY29tL2FyY2hpdmVzLzAwMDA3OS5odG1s" title=\"Knitting pattern for My So-Called Scarf, a herringbone scarf\">My So-Called Scarf</a> had no companion for my head.</p>
<p>I had already started swatching the herringbone pattern, trying to figure out how to best convert it to the round, when I randomly Googled &#8220;my so-called hat&#8221; and found <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tb29uZnJvZy5jb20vP3A9MTg1" title=\"Knitting pattern for My Herringbone Hat\">moonfrog&#8217;s pattern</a>.</p>
<p>End of swatching.  Cast on!</p>
<p>I sort of winged it with the size of the hat, wrapping the band around my head until it seemed right, and then picking up stitches until I ran out of space.</p>
<p>One Super Bowl and several episodes of <em>American Gladiator</em> later (it took several episodes because I have irresistible urges to jump up and down and pump iron while watching that show, and I have yet to figure out how to juggle free weights and knitting needles at the same time), I have a matchy-matchy hat!</p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 400px;"><img class="post" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/herringhat-flat.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="My Herringbone Hat" /></div>
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		<title>Solution: Generosity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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I knit semi-regularly with a bunch of fellow grad students.  Last weekend, we had a round of Cinderella-esque (or O. J. Simpson-esque) mitten-trying, and one girl did turn out to have smaller hands than me.  She will be getting a pair of Anemoi Mittens, courtesy my Continuing Problems with Gauge.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My dilemma about the <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy91bmZpbmlzaGVkL2tuaXR0aW5nX3BlcmZlY3Rpb25pc20v">differently-sized cuffs</a> has been solved, in much the way that <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy91bmZpbmlzaGVkL2tuaXR0aW5nX3BlcmZlY3Rpb25pc20vI2NvbW1lbnQtNzEzOQ==">Tamar suggested</a>.  I wasn&#8217;t sure it would work, as I have teeny tiny hands and wrists.  Anyone with smaller hands than me likely has an age in the single digits.</p>
<p>I knit semi-regularly with a bunch of fellow grad students.  Last weekend, we had a round of Cinderella-esque (or O. J. Simpson-esque) mitten-trying, and one girl did turn out to have smaller hands than me.  She will be getting a pair of Anemoi Mittens, courtesy my Continuing Problems with Gauge.</p>
<p>But I did also cast on for something simple, single, and in a chunky wool.</p>
<div style="margin: 1em auto; width: 400px;"><img class="post" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/sch-start.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="The start of something simple, single, and in a chunky wool" /></div>
<p>I got this far during the <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50aG91Z2h0YnViYmxlcy5vcmcvcHN5Y2hvbG9neS9zdXBlcl9ib3dsX2Fkcy8=">Super Bowl</a> and an episode of <em>American Gladiators</em>.  From here on out, it&#8217;s all stockinette, baby! <img src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&#038;post_id=186" width="1" height="1" style="display: none;" /></p>
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		<title>Knitting Perfectionism: The Bane of my Existence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I jinxed myself when I mentioned my <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/life/insanity/" title="A knitting blog post in which I debate frogging two whole sweaters">frogging spree</a> in a <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/finished/big_sack_sweater/" title="A knitting blog post about the Big Sack Sweater">recent post</a>.  Behold, the Anemoi Mittens:

<img style="margin: 1em auto; width: 400px;" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/anemoi-cuffs.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="A closeup of the cuffs on the Anemoi Mittens" />

On the left, we have a finished right mitten.  On the right, we have the cuff of the left mitten in progress.  Notice something different?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I jinxed myself when I mentioned my <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9saWZlL2luc2FuaXR5Lw==" title=\"A knitting blog post in which I debate frogging two whole sweaters\">frogging spree</a> in a <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9maW5pc2hlZC9iaWdfc2Fja19zd2VhdGVyLw==" title=\"A knitting blog post about the Big Sack Sweater\">recent post</a>.  Behold, the Anemoi Mittens:</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><img class="post" src="http://www.cogknition.org/uploads/anemoi-cuffs.jpg" width="400" height="300" alt="A closeup of the cuffs on the Anemoi Mittens" /></div>
<p>On the left, we have a finished right mitten.  On the right, we have the cuff of the left mitten in progress.  Notice something different?</p>
<p>Mm-hmm.  The second cuff is way bigger than the first.</p>
<p>What do I do?  I could just rip the second cuff and start over, except that it&#8217;s actually the right size; the first cuff is a bit tight.  Plus I&#8217;m not really happy with how the top of the mitten turned out.</p>
<p>But that involves frogging a whole mitten!  At the rate I&#8217;m knitting these (it took me three whole weeks to do 24 rows of corrugated rib, because let&#8217;s face it, corrugated rib sucks), they won&#8217;t be done until April.  On the other hand, this sort of size difference is exactly the type of thing that will bother me until kingdom come.</p>
<p>What to do, what to do&#8230;</p>
<p>While I figure that out, I think I&#8217;m going to go cast on for something simple.  That doesn&#8217;t come in a pair.  In a chunky wool. <img src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&#038;post_id=185" width="1" height="1" style="display: none;" /></p>
<h2>Related Posts:</h2><ul><li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/finished/anemoi_mittens_larger/" rel="bookmark" title="March 16, 2008">Anemoi Mittens (Larger)</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/unfinished/folly/" rel="bookmark" title="December 9, 2007">Folly. Fall-y. Fa-la-la-la-la-y.</a></li>
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		<title>How d&#8217;You Like Them Economic Stimulus Packages?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/news/congress_to_raise_alpacas_to_aid" title="The Onion: Congress To Raise Alpacas To Aid Struggling Economy">This one gets my vote.</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Big Sack Sweater</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<strong>Pattern:</strong> Big Sack Sweater, by Jenna Wilson, <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/bookreviews/stitchnbitch/"><em>Stitch 'n Bitch</em></a>
<strong>Yarn:</strong> Debbie Bliss Merino Chunky, #402, 19 skeins
<strong>Needles:</strong> US 8 and 10.5]]></description>
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<p><strong>Pattern:</strong> Big Sack Sweater, by Jenna Wilson, <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9ib29rcmV2aWV3cy9zdGl0Y2huYml0Y2gv"><em>Stitch &#8216;n Bitch</em></a><br />
<strong>Yarn:</strong> Debbie Bliss Merino Chunky, #402, 19 skeins<br />
<strong>Needles:</strong> US 8 and 10.5</p>
<p>So I <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9saWZlL2xlc3Nvbi8=">haven&#8217;t been knitting much</a>.  But I need to post something with a picture to <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy91cGRhdGVzL3RpbmtlcmluZy8=">test the feed readers</a>.   And then the godawful bitter cold* gave me a flash of inspiration.  So I present to you a blast from the past, the Big Sack Sweater.</p>
<p>This was my very first sweater ever, chosen specifically for the following properties:</p>
<ul>
<li>No shaping.  It&#8217;s a big sack.</li>
<li>No need for fitting.  It&#8217;s a big sack.</li>
<li>No complicated construction.  It&#8217;s a big sack.  With raglan sleeves.</li>
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<p>And being the dedicated beginner I was, I knit a big gauge swatch for it anyways. I was right on the money.  This probably made me overconfident for <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9maW5pc2hlZC9yb2d1ZS8=" title=\"Read about my adventures with gauge and the Rogue sweater\">future sweaters</a>.</p>
<p>I knit this sweater largely while I was scanning research subjects at the fMRI center for my first-year research project.  Everything went pretty smoothly up until the neckline.  (It&#8217;s a big sack.  Hard to screw up.) I had no idea how to pick up a certain number of stitches.  So I just sort of picked up stitches willy-nilly until I&#8217;d gone all the way around the neck opening, and knit the neck.  The result was a neckline that was much too big.  I finally fixed it this summer, arguably the first step in my <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy9saWZlL2luc2FuaXR5Lw==">great frogging adventure</a>.</p>
<p>This sweater is hella awesome when it&#8217;s hella cold.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8211;<br />
*Perhaps what I really should say is this:</p>
<p>For those of you who live south of the 40th parallel, or who are blessed with moderate temperatures thanks to the ocean, OMG IT WAS SO COLD I DIDN&#8217;T LEAVE MY HOUSE FOR DAYS.  I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HYPOTHERMIA AND AN ASTRONOMICAL GAS BILL.</p>
<p>For those of you who live north of the 40th parallel, like everyone back home who actually saw below-zero (that&#8217;s zero Fahrenheit) temperatures&#8230;well, it was a bit nippy, but tolerable.  I just put on a sweater.</p>
<p>What can I say, cold tolerance is a badge of honor where I come from. <img src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&#038;post_id=183" width="1" height="1" style="display: none;" /></p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[And now a word from our webmaster...me.

I've been messing around on the backend of all my blogs, upgrading things, installing things, uninstalling things, and whatever the web-equivalent of kicking the tires is.  I pressed my luck by mucking around in the main database itself without making a proper backup.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And now a word from our webmaster&#8230;me.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been messing around on the backend of all my blogs, upgrading things, installing things, uninstalling things, and whatever the web-equivalent of kicking the tires is.  I pressed my luck by mucking around in the main database itself without making a proper backup.</p>
<p>I was a computer science major.  You&#8217;d think I&#8217;d know better than to do that, but I don&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Anyways.  I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve broken anything, but if you notice anything odd, please let me know.</p>
<p>One of the things I&#8217;ve been working on is the feed.  I&#8217;ve disabled hotlinking site-wide because I don&#8217;t have the patience or the money to deal with <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5rbml0YmxvZy5jb20vYmFuZHdpZHRoLXRoaWVmLmh0bQ==">bandwidth thieves</a>.  This site sucks a crazy amount of my bandwidth as it is.  But the upshot of that was that the images didn&#8217;t show up if you were using a feed reader.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve enabled the images for Google Reader, and I&#8217;m working on Bloglines as we speak.  If you&#8217;re using some other feed reader and can&#8217;t see the images, please post a comment and let me know what that is.</p>
<p>Or maybe I should just hotlink all the images from Flickr.  I had to put them all over there for Ravelry&#8217;s sake anyways, and bought a pro account in the process, so I might as well suck their bandwidth, right?</p>
<p>We will return to our regular knitting content shortly! <img src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&#038;post_id=182" width="1" height="1" style="display: none;" /></p>
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		<dc:creator>Yvonne</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t wear hand-wash only wool to a bar that allows smoking.  BLEGH!  And since even hell must be frozen over, air-drying my scarf and sweater will probably take until March.</p>
<p>Life has been crazy around here for the last month.  I finished exactly zero of the projects on my <a href="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb2drbml0aW9uLm9yZy91bmZpbmlzaGVkL2RlY2VtYmVyLw==">December projects list</a>.</p>
<p>A belated Happy New Year to you all, and here&#8217;s to a more knitterly 2008! <img src="http://www.cogknition.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?view=1&#038;post_id=181" width="1" height="1" style="display: none;" /></p>
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<li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/finished/rogue_2/" rel="bookmark" title="December 5, 2007">Rogue 2.0</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/life/thanksgiving2006/" rel="bookmark" title="November 26, 2006">A Knitterly Thanksgiving</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/unfinished/winter_hat/" rel="bookmark" title="November 17, 2006">Cold Front</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cogknition.org/finished/haruha_scarf/" rel="bookmark" title="May 4, 2008">Haruha Scarf</a></li>
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