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Cashmere is really soft, really pretty. However, not all cashmere is created equal. I'm ready for my close-up Mr. De Mille. I went ahead...

Yes, I know the shot of Peacock Feathers Shawl is blurry and you can't see what I've done, but I did not feel like taking it off the...

It's a wonderful thing, the internet. There is always someone who has information and is generous enough to want to share with others ne...

So I finished a shawl, but it's one of the" no-brainer", ones so I'm not sure it counts for very much in the way of comple...

Buying a pattern is not the same as knitting it. Honest! This very beautiful and clever pattern is by Sharon Winsauer, better known as the ...

Sometimes it's nice to be able to knit along with others, but not really have to "get together". I just don't have time to...

I didn't really knit that much this weekend in spite of the 3 day holiday. I spent part of it with the family and I just can't knit ...

For those still interested in making a circular shawl from a doily pattern I have a couple more suggestions. You can, of course, do what Meg...

There has been interest in how to make a circular shawl from a doily pattern. There is an article from the Spring '95 Knitter's Maga...

Not bad. Not bad at all. See above the Cashmere/Silk I purchased from ColourMart on E-Bay. (see sidebar for link). If you go to the site and...

The Circular Shetland Shawl from "A Gathering of Lace" has forced me to become a clone of Sisyphus. I have to re-knit the "Ma...

There are times where a piece of knitting must be extensively frogged back or ditched entirely because of terminal FUBAR. My sister recently...

Yeah yeah. So I'm slow. Blah Blah Blah. I'll still have a shawl at the end! Now let me be totally, brutally honest. This shawl has m...

When I was on vacation I did not knit. That is not to say I did not buy yarn however. Before I left for the lovely city of Seattle, I went o...

Thank the powers that be. I took that trip to Seattle before the security alert turned ugly! I went primarily for a poetry reading my friend...

Before I go for the weekend, I thought I'd make a short post. Normally I knit on a plane, but I'm sure I'd just screw up the lac...

So we are up to row 20 on the WRS . I couldn't resist posting these because I needed to see what little progress I have made. It's n...

So yesterday I started doing the Peacock Shawl over again in a yarn size that I can live with on US 3 needles. You see a partial pin-out sin...

Ok. So I picked the wrong yarn for the project and it's way too small. Peacock Shawl on US #1 needles is not worth the work to finish it...

So I put in a lifeline for the first time ever, using one of the long needles I bought. Not all that hard to do but next time I will remembe...