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Do I know hand painted yarn? Not remotely. But I downloaded the SpaceCadet’s Launching into Hand dyed <\/a>pdf, and more hands on, I won a give away!<\/p>\n

Amy of Getoffmylawndesigns.com<\/a> gave me a copy of her Tangerine Triffle<\/a>, and a skein of Ella Rae lace merino<\/a>. I’m beginning to get my web aquaintances’ lace merino obsessions.
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It fits in my purse. <\/p>\n

It bounces when I drop it. Somehow that’s adorable.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t feel hot, it’s almost cotton like in that regard, but I don’t have to use a tight tension, and it’s not slippery.<\/p>\n

The colors are like jewels.<\/p>\n

The yarn overs are crisp, and it’s just on my needles, not blocked yet.<\/p>\n

Amy’s pattern is clear and cheerful, with good photographs; inspiring, but not artistically fuzzy. I fudged the cast on a bit by estimating what 500 stitches looked like, then dropped the extra stitches off the needle when I did the set up row. I think next time I’d put a maker on for each repeat to make sure I was setting it up right, I was off by half a repeat, but the yarn from the ‘extra’ stitches was still there, so I cast on some more. It will have to do, I’m not frogging a second time.<\/p>\n

I planned for this to be my Sunday knitting – I don’t want to be trying to meet a photography deadline on samples on a Sunday, I need that day to be different from other days, more for my benefit than the Lord’s. But since it’s so small, and in my purse, I’ve put a few stitches in at the play ground and doctor’s offices too.<\/p>\n

It’s better than a tin of mints!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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