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String Theory 2.0

String Theory 2.0

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This blog was created as a space where people who knit, crochet, sew, spin, dye, weave, or just enjoy looking a colors and patterns could share ideas and pictures of their work.

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  • More stars

    Posted on Sunday June 29th, 2008 at 20:46 in , intarsia, kaffe fassett, knitting

    Almost done with the second row of stars.Piplup and Turtwig didn't like the loud thunderstorm we were having, so they (along with the little one, Panda and Riolu) got up to help me take this picture.Knitting looks better with friends, doesn't it?...

  • Thanks, Mom

    Posted on Thursday June 26th, 2008 at 19:27 in , intarsia, Technique

    Or, I should probably say "Great Aunt Iris" (You may be wondering "what is she talking about now???"). Okay; here's the story: My mother was taught sewing and needlework by her Aunt Iris in the 1940's. Iris was a school teacher, botanist, grammari...

  • Starting something with stars

    Posted on Tuesday June 24th, 2008 at 19:07 in , kaffe fassett, spaced dyed yarn

    I started work on the stars jacket. Not very much work, clearly. But I did do a some swatching, very messy and scattered (swatching intarsia is heavy going, I find so I usually do just enough to be sure my gauge won't be too far off) but that's bee...

  • Matrix is complete

    Posted on Monday June 23rd, 2008 at 19:03 in , blocking, lace

    Here's a larger picture to give you a sense of the whole piece, and a closeup for the detail.Overall, I think it worked out okay. The beads and yarn are close enough so the effect is pretty calm and doesn't detract from the lace pattern, but there'...

  • Not actually shielding her identity . . .

    Posted on Thursday June 19th, 2008 at 18:50 in , intarsia, kaffe fassett, knitting, spaced dyed yarn

    With the small purple ball of yarn. Yup.Still not happy with my idea for the hand painted.Need to swatch it (is swatch actually a verb?) but I'm thinking hand painted background, purple outlines, dark teal stars.Sounds workable to me, but I need to s...

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pwh842

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Love your blog. Nice pictures. Very interesting. Keep up the good work

Rating: 9 | Posted: Friday May 9th, 2008 at 07:32 | More Reviews From pwh842 | Report This Comment

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