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AlabasterCrafting

@alabastercraftin

Knitter, crafter, gardenlover, catfriend, coach, mediator

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AlabasterCrafting
@alabastercraftin Aug 1, 2018, 6:14 PM UTC

Fading point shawls

This week my second fading point shawl hopped of the blocking mat. This time during July I participated in the Strickelfen KAL to knit this popular shawl design by Joji. The KAL was the hosted by Jet…

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AlabasterCrafting
@alabastercraftin Feb 3, 2018, 9:42 AM UTC

Keeping warm in winter

Hello lovelies, I've been following the Suvi's designs some time and when I got a glimpse on her Keeping warm sweater it immediately went to my to-knit list. I kept looking at it again and again and…

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AlabasterCrafting
@alabastercraftin Dec 3, 2017, 5:03 PM UTC

Hvide and Everglade

So here is my newest addition to my knitting wardrobe. On the last weekend of october I had the pleasure to attend a Knit-a-long workshop with Anke from ankestrick at my local yarn store Atelyeah. I…

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AlabasterCrafting
@alabastercraftin Oct 31, 2017, 8:39 AM UTC

Downtime

Just in time at the end of October I get to add this blog to Maschenfeins collection Auf den Nadeln im Oktober and finished my autumn project. 🍁🍂 This newest addition to my wardrobe is a very cozy…

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AlabasterCrafting
@alabastercraftin Oct 22, 2017, 1:22 PM UTC

A sweater with cables and a luxurious feel

Time flies. In the last blog post I told you about the new sweater I started during the KAL workshop day at my local yarn shop Atelyeah with Isabell Kraemer at the end of August. It was a lovely day…

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AlabasterCrafting
@alabastercraftin Aug 27, 2017, 11:59 AM UTC

Ein erfolgreiches Abenteuer

Sie sind fertig. Meine allerersten selbst gestrickten Socken. 😊 Ich bin sehr zufrieden mit dem Ergebnis und damit dieses Experiment gewagt zu haben. Die zweite Socke hat sich etwas gezogen da ich zu…

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AlabasterCrafting
@alabastercraftin Aug 27, 2017, 11:53 AM UTC

A successful adventure

They are done. My first knitted socks are completed 😄. I am very satisfied with them and with the experiment of making the pair. The second one was a bit tedious as I was knitting the traditional ve…

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AlabasterCrafting
@alabastercraftin Aug 7, 2017, 7:39 PM UTC

Adventure in socks

It's a little hard to believe but in all my 30 years of knitting I never once knitted up socks. My colleague loves knitting socks as she likes they knit up so much faster than a sweater or a shawl an…

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AlabasterCrafting
@alabastercraftin Aug 7, 2017, 6:49 PM UTC

Sockenabenteuer

Eigentlich ist es kaum zu glauben. Aber es ist tatsächlich so, dass ich obwohl ich seit 30 Jahren stricke noch nie Socken gestrickt habe. Meine Kollegin liebt Socken stricken weil sie dann schneller…

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AlabasterCrafting
@alabastercraftin Jul 30, 2017, 12:11 PM UTC

Höhenausgleich Teil II und rund um

Seit dem letzten Blogeintrag hat sich viel getan im Garten. Mein Vater und ich haben weitere 2 m3 Erde von der Auffahrt in den Garten gekarrt. Wir haben die Größe des zukünftigen Rasenbereichs nochma…

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