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abigailvr posted NaBloPoMo Day 27: oh crap | Nov 27, 2009
Here I am, breezing along in my sweater, posting daily and then I suddenly realized today that if I want to finish this sweater in the month of November, I have three days to do it! Oh. Crap. I think it's safe to say that isn't going to happen. My NaNoSweMo will have to be like National Gluttony...
abigailvr posted NaBloPoMo Day 26: learning a new skill | Nov 26, 2009
Last night I finished sewing in the front panel and started on the first sleeve. I decided from the outset to do a top-down set-in sleeve following Barbara Walker's instructions in Knitting from the Top. I am doing this for simplicity's sake: I don't have to sew it in, but also because I don't want...
abigailvr posted NaBloPoMo Day 22: we have vest! | Nov 22, 2009
It's always exciting when a sweater reaches a point when it becomes something that can be put on. Today my sweater became a vest. Granted, it's somewhat oddly shaped for a stand-alone garment, not having much front but it can be put on and that's something. I'm going to pick up along the angled edge...
abigailvr posted NaBloPoMo Day 19: sweater fronts done! | Nov 19, 2009
I wove with the kids at school again today. They didn't seem as fast as last week. One of the other moms and I may have come up with a way to help the warp on the Beka looms stay tighter. I think it helped the kids a bit. I have a couple of weeks off before we weave again so hopefully I'll get my...
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