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I think I made it to the final wedge. I know it doesn't look like much all scrunched up like this but I'm not changing my needle. 

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Progress is slower. Still fun. 

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A couple more wedges completed.
I shifted to working from both balls or yarn so could keep the color changes from narrowing. I really like how it is working up. This is the part where it starts to take a long time to knit each wedge. 

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A friend gave me this fun yarn from Knit Picks a few years ago. I was going away for a weekend and wanted a hand project to take along.
I used my winder to make some fresh cakes and picked a color order. 
The pattern I decided to use is Dotted Rays by Stephen West. I find this shawl to be perfect for those times when my hands need something to do but I don't want to really think about it.
I did the first couple wedges in this orange. 
Then, switched to the rainbow yarn at the orange ...

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Last week we went on an adventure. We took the Amtrak from Baltimore to Providence, Rhode Island. I took along this project to give my hands something to do as the north east passed by the window. 
New York City from the train.
On the return trip I finished up the last row with shells. I was then left with my Kindle. 

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Sometimes I need a comfort crochet project. This is one of those projects. We recently traveled to say a last goodbye to a good friend. When you have plenty to think about, a simple project is perfect to occupy your hands. This is a granny triangle shawl made with a Caron Skinny Cake.

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What does one do when travelling? Bring yarn! All of this is from Knit Picks. These are singles. The solid color is no longer available. The multicolor is Chroma fingering. 
I held the two strands together. The pattern is the Just Feel Festive Shawl by Caleisha Ryan.I made mine using fewer cast on stitches but I like how it turned out. 

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This shawl was supposed to be something completely different. 
In the end, it worked out just fine. 
I think it turned out great. 

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I tried another version of this shawl. Sometimes I fail to read my work. For those of you that don't knit, or crochet, it is just where you look at what you have already done so you know where to place your increases and decreases later in the work. This is a great example of that not happening. Those three little holes don't belong. I had to remove the work from the machine and start over. 

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This was a great take-along project. 
I've reached the end of the cake of yarn and weaved in the ends. This is a nice size shawl. 
The resulting fabric is squishy and soft. I'm not sure what my next crochet project will be. Have you made something with self-striping yarn and really loved the finish? 

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I picked up several of these Caron Skinny Cakes from the big box store. They are discontinued and were marked down to $5. Perfect for learning. 
I did some experimenting with short rows and eyelets. Until I make a mistake too big to come back from. 
I ripped it out so I could start again. This is just part of the process. Yarn is rarely ruined after a single use. 

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The pattern is Kria by Tinna Thórudóttir Thorvaldsdóttir. You can find the pattern on Ravelry. She has loads of patterns and great tutorials on YouTube. 
I decided to make a contrasting stripe. 
Self-striping yarn is so great for this kind of project. 
I worked on this mostly in the car while my husband ...

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Sometimes when I get a little stressed I think I need more fabric or yarn. This past week was a yarn week. I popped over to the nearest craft store (big box craft store) and bought some Lion Brand Yarn. Most of this is Shawl in a Ball (discontinued, so if you like this ombre yarn head to your nearest big box store and stock up), with a couple balls of Heartland. It seems I was in the mood for purples. I used the Shawl in a Ball yarn to make a couple shawls on the LK 150. I made ...

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I've been experimenting with making felted slippers on the knitting machine. This was my first try. 
Sure, it started out huge, felting works like that. 

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I've been trying to make a shawl with the LK150 knitting machine. I'm not having much success. 
That isn't entirely true. I'm having some success. I managed to make the first half of the shawl before I dropped a bunch of stitches. 
Then, I managed to make the first half of the shawl again. Again I dropped a bunch of stitches. This is completely operator error. Knitting machines take a level of attention I am still learning. 
Then, I managed to complete the shawl, wrong. This was entirely my fault for misunderstanding the directions. Both sides ...

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If you think knitting machines can only knit large flat pieces of fabric you should check out this experiment. Here is the basic shape before blocking. This project used a single ball of Mandala by Lion Brand. This is the colorway Sirens. After steaming the edges don't curl as much. For this project I used yarn-over decreases combined with short rows to get the curved shape. I also added a couple rows of eyelets at the end. I think this could be so much more fun with additional rows of eyelets. I'll have to pick up some more ...

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Ik had er eerst een ander plan mee maar ik zocht iets simpels om een shawl te maken met de kleuren die passen bij mijn werkkleding, rood en zwart. Een bol met gemêleerd garen geeft altijd een leuk effect én de grannysteek is snel en simpel! Vandaar dat deze bol een andere bestemming kreeg. 

Ook de keuze van een kolshawl was niet helemaal toevallig want vanwege de veiligheid mag een shawl eigenlijk niet. En dat heeft weer te maken met machines ...

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Tot nu toe ben ik erg blij en tevreden met het resultaat van de granny shawl. Omdat ik al eerder dit patroon haakte met hetzelfde aantal steken weet ik dat ...

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De bolletjes had ik al jaren maar had er eerder nog geen bestemming voor. Maar de kleuren van de bedrijfskleding op mijn werk zijn zwart met rode accenten. En omdat ik vlak bij een grote laaddeur werk die regelmatig open gaat en dan ook echt een poosje open staat ...

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 Soms moet je eens uit je comfort zone qua kleurtjes... en dat deed ik met deze shawl! Want geel, bruin en oranje zijn nou niet bepaald mijn kleuren. En toch ging ik voor deze toverbal bol. Die ik dan weer wel combineerde met een roze-paarse bol.

En zó zette ik met deze twee bollen de shawl op de pennen en wisselde steeds de roze -paarse bol om de twee pennen af met de toverbal bol. Die een langzaam verloop had van bruin, blauw, lila, paars, geel en oranje.

Streepjes breien is altijd fijn en gaat natuurlijk een beetje sneller, althans ...

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