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Sweetheart Arm Socks II

nobody@vox.com(hoxierice) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:40:05 -0700

I finished them. I modified the Sweetheart Sock pattern to use the parts I liked best and made some great arm warmers in Kureyon Sock yarn. They are great and I love them. I couldn't get a good picture, but I took a lot. They go up most of the way...

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Patterning Books

nobody@vox.com(hoxierice) — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:17:14 -0700

This is the book I looked at this weekend. I coughed up $85 to buy this book, it was one of the more expensive in print books I have bought. I figured it would put me on the right track because, if you are paying attention you can tell that the d...

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Sweetheart Arm Socks

nobody@vox.com(hoxierice) — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:17:58 -0700

First off, all of my knitting has been dubbed a sweater or a sock. In fact, this means that even socks can be called foot sweaters, and I guess sweaters can be called a body(?) sock. I started off making the Sweetheart sock pattern from the Holid...

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Patterning for Costumes/Clothing Draping and Drafting

nobody@vox.com(hoxierice) — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:06:26 -0700

I am currently in search of patterning books. Since I have been looking at them I thought I would share my impressions. I have two books that were required for a class and those have been sufficient for general purposes, now historical patterns ar...

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I can't think of a title

nobody@vox.com(hoxierice) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:39:01 -0700

Maybe five months ago Netflix suggested I might enjoy An Ideal Husband. Why not, it was an Oscar Wilde play, so I watched it and got what I expected. A comedy of manners, people behind doors or screens eavesdrop on conversations and misinterpret w...

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And Then I Made Some Socks....

nobody@vox.com(hoxierice) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:52:26 -0800

Apparently I need something to keep my hands busy, even in the past month when I worked every single day I worked 28 out of 29 days in February I can't stop knitting. It had been a long time since I knit socks, but after starting on some arm warme...

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Work Mini-Mitts

nobody@vox.com(hoxierice) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:02:41 -0800

A friend had some little crochet fingerless gloves, or "hobo gloves" as she called them. I told her I had been making arm warmers for friends and she asked if I would make her some. I didn't tell her the ones I have made so far have been fairly l...

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A Lesson In Fashion History

nobody@vox.com(hoxierice) — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:33:38 -0700

Today I will be giving a lesson in fashion history, but first I must talk about the new show Pushing Daisies. I really enjoy this show and I must like it a lot because usually I don't talk about things even if I do like them. Anyway, the reason I ...

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More Arm Warmers

nobody@vox.com(hoxierice) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:23:59 -0700

I have a lot of time on my hands, and my mom said she wanted arm warmers, so I made some more. I made them from Knit Picks Felici "Arugula" hence the name. Here are notes about how I knit them I won't write the pattern design, but it came from 20...

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Tempting II

nobody@vox.com(hoxierice) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:29:17 -0700

I am finally done with my Tempting II from Knitty. I made size S, but I probably could have gone larger, not that it really matters because it is built to be stretchy. I used six balls of Peru Luxury DK and pretty much followed the pattern. I made...

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