Category: Patterns
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Dad’s Diamond Hat
Size: Large Materials: Needles: US size 4 DPNs Yarn: Knit Picks Shine Worsted, 3 skeins in French Blue (225.0 yards/ 5.29 ounces) Gauge: 12 stitches and 14 rows = 2 inches in ST stitch
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Abstract Pillow
As soon as I cast on this sweater, I realized it was aggressively unattractive. I love yellow when painting or forcing myself into a better mood – aggressive cheerfulness is a necessity in January, but it’s brutal to wear. I’ve never looked good in yellow a day in my life. So you’ll notice this isn’t…
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Diamond Hat Redo
“Braces. What an evil word.” Those are the first words I jotted down when I wrote this beanie pattern ten years ago. I completely forgot about this hat. I don’t remember making it, wearing it, or getting rid of it, but I remember this orthodontic appointment. When I was sixteen, shortly after I got my…
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Currant Sweater
I started this sweater in my parents’ living watching Home Alone 2 and realized a little late I was knitting practically the same sweater my sister was wearing. Despite the fact that we aren’t actually twins, my sister and I dress more and more alike with every passing year. I stand by this sweater anyway.…
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Bicycle Sweater
I don’t know if this counts as an abandoned knitting project seeing as I never actually started it, but I did sketch it sometime back in 2013 fresh from a rainy day trip to Savannah. I went as far as dropping some squares in MS Paint, and then immediately forgot about it. Probably because the…
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Puppy’s First Christmas Sweater
Buttercup is cold. This is one of those things that probably isn’t true – she’s made of fluff and lives in Georgia – but it feels true. Another thing that feels that true, is that if I love her I should knit her a sweater for Christmas.