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kimmac
@kimmac Apr 2, 2019, 12:47 AM UTC

Tying up Loose Ends

After weeks of feeling ho hum, I'm finally ready to start thinking about a new project. But first, I had to finish up a few things I stumbled across while sorting through my stuff. These mitts were o…

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kimmac
@kimmac Mar 25, 2019, 11:04 PM UTC

Socks on the Machine

I finally have a tutorial for making toes and heels on the knitting machine. I began by doing the top of the sock's ribbing with my ribber. If you don't have a double bed machine, you can choose a ha…

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kimmac
@kimmac Mar 5, 2019, 2:13 AM UTC

Slightly Sloppy Socks

Sloppy because I made them a little too big through creative mathematics. Still, I like them so much that I wore them two days in a row. I did them on the machine. That's why they're done so fast. Th…

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kimmac
@kimmac Feb 26, 2019, 12:31 AM UTC

Doldrums

Today, I brought my sweater to the gallery to be juried. Even though it was basically finished a month ago, I left small things to wrap up and postponed some final decisions until a few days ago. It…

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kimmac
@kimmac Feb 18, 2019, 11:52 PM UTC

An Ott Light

My local thrift store has some great finds, but maybe I should bring my phone with me to comparison shop. I bought an Ott light there for 25 dollars, but it seems this particular model is discontinue…

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kimmac
@kimmac Feb 6, 2019, 12:49 AM UTC

Toggles

I finally submitted a photo of my sweater for the local fiber arts show. I still haven't put the buttons on, and I have some loose ends to weave in. I found some toggles at the yarn store. The color…

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kimmac
@kimmac Jan 31, 2019, 1:04 AM UTC

Monkey

I adopted Monkey five years ago. She came already with her name and a big personality. As the smallest of a litter of 10-13, I imagine she needed that extra feistiness to survive. I hear two or three…

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kimmac
@kimmac Jan 28, 2019, 10:27 PM UTC

Almost There

I've been working on the sweater for the whole month of January. Luckily, the submission date has been moved up once again. Now it is February 5th, and I think that's pretty firm. I still need to fin…

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kimmac
@kimmac Jan 14, 2019, 9:59 PM UTC

Sweater Update

Well, now it seems I have an additional ten days to finish. Before I knew this, I rushed ahead with the sleeves. As you can see below, my first sleeve was a little different. After hanging the sleeve…

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kimmac
@kimmac Jan 14, 2019, 9:32 PM UTC

Bee-zerk

This is a vest I made with scraps a little while back. Not sure why this bee's so vigilant. Maybe he's on the lookout for Monsanto.

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