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Here’s a sock pattern I wrote for my good friend Lora. Enjoy everyone!!

Download Pattern HERE

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I actually forgot my password for ages and I also forgot my email pw. So I been gone for ages. Sorry >_<

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Guess what I finally finished!!!! Eeeeee!

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I’m finally swatching!

When the pattern starts to actually come in perfect I’ll start making the sweater.

Might need a swatch or two more but,

I’m starting the sweater today!! Woooo

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Have I mentioned that I love my machine? Because I love it so much!!!!! <3

I realize it needs a slight cleaning, there’s a lot of yarn fuzz on the ribber lol

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So I am almost done with this lace cardi, it’s gonna be without buttons and to be worn open.

Made for my friend Lora. Be done tomorrow after I do the ribbing for the band :)

I went to a yarn lawn sale, can you believe there was such a thing?!

Spend way too much and now I gotta really get to work x_x

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Update on my socks

Going slow, real slow. But it’s going!

The colors are so pretty. I loveeee foreign sock yarns

This German one is luxurious!

It’s an unpronounceable name for me so I will just say German yarn lol

And Bare Stroll Knitpicks <3

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I got my ISS package a while ago, isn’t it beautiful? Love the socks, soooo pretty! Wish I could wear em :’( Dang allergies! I love these socks soo frickin’ much!!!

Started a new pair of socks calls philosophers walk socks, so very pretty and using the yarn from the swap for them, slow going though. I haven’t knitted by hand in a while and it’s taking a real effort to get into them.

And then finally, I knit myself a sweater, yes! I made my first sweater for myself that actually fits and stuff! Yeah for me! what!? I still don’t understand how that happened. One day of work too. I am at a new level with my machine.

I learned that It’s important to get certain measurements, especially the part from underarm to waist. Soo important!

My art is knitting mostly these days, it’s so good to express myself though this art-form. I tend to think and think and then my mind wanders off while knitting, think of the past mostly, but sometimes that’s not so good >_<

They say time heals all wounds, so not true! Whose the idiot that said that!

Lora said she would come by this week for some Machknit time. I need a pick me up and to make more things. I want to make all the things!!

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Three things happened to me since I last updated

 I made these very utilitarian pair of white socks as a gift, of course it’s knitpicks bare stroll sock yarn :)

Practiced lace on my lovely Brother machine and made this great 3-6 mon size baby sweater with a beautiful wine coloring and picot edge neck!

Then or really before I did this knitting, I went to go and root for my favorite sports team! It was exciting and hot and just awesome in every way.. but for one.. I got severely sunburned. I never have been burned before!

So imagine seeing my face when I got home and looked in the mirror.. so red it hurt D= So I’ve been trying to recover at home, and why did no one tell it it hurt so much?? It’s like a week after and it’s still peeling! omg never again, I need to invest in an over sized sun hat and instead of the SPF 50, get SPF 1000000

I miss my clear, not-red and not-peely, non-painful  skin :’(

At least the team won, but $9 for ONE ice cream?? Dang overpriced!

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Another pair, machine needs oiling and gotta make that project I have been lacking on.

Not having any good excuses lately, just heat wave mostly :(

Felici Knit picks, Beyond the wall

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Quickly made these on the machine today <3

Sooo soft! I wish I could wear wool!

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So my mother spoiled me by getting me all this amazing beautiful Felici, did I mention the entire bottom of this box is filled with hawthorne hand painted?

I am lucky! 

I made these double chocolate, chocolate chip crackle cookies too! :)

Looking forward to starting my sweater project that I’ve been taking way too long to start because of setbacks, time and other constraints. 

This week it’s starting though I am about to pop! hahaha

I did manage a pair of the most luxurious socks yesterday but I couldn’t get a photo so that’s gone lol, my mom loves them though!

Trying not to be so melancholy lately, it feels heavy. Things on my mind..

Gotta get back to work and reminisce less...

I’m gonna go make a pair of socks!

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So  I made this today

A 6-12 mo raglan sweater with button neck, easier to put on kids that way :D

Didn’t take too much time, :)

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So finally! They are both here, I wish I had ordered both at the same time

Well.. I won’t complain about being out $9.. $29 each was steep though lol 

Ugh! Live and learn!

Now I can get started on my project though!

How exciting!! Eeeeeeee!!!

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So of course because I am the fastest knitter ever! And I am inpatient..

I already knitted and sent out my International Sock Swap Package and they already got it. Talk about me being quick hahaha

Feels awesome! I have dyed that yarn from the same kind of skein as the pink there, Lion Brand Sock-ease and it dried within 1 hour because we had the heat wave x_x So i knit it in about 3-4 days and they blocked within an hour because heatwave lol So then off to World Market for goodies and bam! Done!

Shipped off! Isn’t ir great, I’m starting to liuke the picot edges for things now,

oh no!

hahahaha

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Lately all I’ve made was this hat...

Not much else has been happening, mostly pain and too much of it in fact!

So no creating lately.. Just pain pills...

Lesson is, don’t get HS (hidradenitis suppurativa).

Well I mean, you don’t just “get” it.. Also not that you have a choice..

But you know what I mean. It’s a horrible painful thing that I have no one ever has to deal with. -Sigh-

I need to order some more yarn and hopefully...Well when the heatwave cools down too hahaha

So when I’m feeling better, I can finally do this project I’m planning, 

It’s gonna be great =D

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So update on what’s been going on

First thing, I contacted KnitKnack Shop and they said they never got my order!!

So they send it out the next day =/ Grrr.. Then it arrives and it’s the tiniest cone! Now I have to order more and I’m not happy!

So I get Img2Track like I have been wanting, it’s great but it took hours to get it to work! But it’s great now :D

So i started my ISS project and actually finished in record time!

I over dyed the yarn though, I don’t care for the color, you’ll see it soon

I bought a few goodies for it and now I’m gonna make one more thing :)

So here are a Img2Track swatches :)

Also A friend of mine who is also a machine knitter started a blog!

Have a look-see over there and check him out!

He’s a local member of the machine knitting meet up :)

https://knitlabstudio.wordpress.com