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TopFrog Knits!: September 2007
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Friday, September 28, 2007. A Weekend With Annie. It's always so much fun when a well-known knitting teacher and designer comes to town! Last weekend, the Sacramento Knitting Guild - aka the Stockin'ettes. Played host to Annie Modesitt. Annie taught 4 classes over two days: Embellishments and Beading on Saturday, and Cables and Lace on Sunday. I think my favorite was the embellishments portion, but I definitely picked up *a lot* of useful tips from all. What do you think? Annie donated a full set. Here's...
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TopFrog Knits!: July 2007
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007. Thank goodness Fawkes is here to protect my feet from all of those slithery socks of late! This is Phoenix yarn from Sunshine Yarns. I wanted to use a stitch that reminded me of Phoenix feathers, so I decided to use a slightly modified Flying Chevron from Walker #2. I like the way it turned out. :). I was a bit disappointed that Fawkes did not make a return appearance during the Battle of Hogwarts, but I guess when a phoenix leaves for good, that's what it really means. The next p...
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TopFrog Knits!: March 2008
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Monday, March 03, 2008. If you heard loud whooping this past week, that might have been me. If you heard a sigh of relief, that was probably me, too. I finished a long-standing (3-year) UFO intended for my daughter. Joan M-M's Milinda pattern. Frog it. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. But the third time was the charm. It. Fit. And she likes it! She really likes it! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Cindi's Two Sticks and Yarn. The Sacramento Knitting Guild.
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TopFrog Knits!: Catching Up
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Friday, November 09, 2007. For the record, Franklin Habit. Is a very personable, very gentle, and amazingly bright man. He genuinely cares about knitting, knitters, and all things yarn; but his areas of interest and his range of knowledge are vast. He was a delightful and appreciative visitor. I am so glad the Stockin'ettes. Were able to sponsor his visit and ensure Sacramento's participation in the 1000 Knitters project. Thank you to all of the guild members and non-members —and new members! I've tried ...
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TopFrog Knits!: August 2007
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Friday, August 24, 2007. Yesterday afternoon a mysterious little box arrived in the mail. Tag! It's the Ragtag Knitsters team box from Dishrag Tag,. All the way from Amanda. In New Hampshire. She included a beautiful spiral dishcloth, a couple of strudy skeins of dishcloth cotton, a snack to keep knitting on, and a New Hampshire postcard. I had my needles and pattern all ready to go. Since California is the golden state, I selected the gold and white yarn and knitted up the California cloth.
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TopFrog Knits!: February 2008
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Thursday, February 21, 2008. Never underestimate the power of a leprechaun. Last March, I knitted a pair of green/gray Koigu socks, and accused the leprechauns. Of stealing the green color from my photo after I washed and blocked the socks. And I've been wearing them happily ever since. Last weekend, I discovered a wee hole in the heel of one of these socks. Being the packrat that I am, I dug around in my sock remnants until I found the Koigu leftovers to darn the hole with. What's up with this? Michele ...
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TopFrog Knits!: The Train Gang
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Monday, February 26, 2007. Saturday, 300 or so knitters from Sacramento totally overwhelmed the Amtrak Capitol Corridor Stitch 'n' Ride Train to Stitches West! Here's my little group waiting for the train home, loaded down with our Stitches purchases.). The ladies at Capitol Corridor had their fingers on the knitting pulse, and had requested extra train cars, but the powers-that-be just couldn't imagine that that. 5-car train, including the cafe car! Can you imagine a train jam-packed with knitters?
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TopFrog Knits!: Stitching & Pitching
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Monday, April 21, 2008. Stitch and Pitch came to Sacramento last Thursday, and, as VP of the local knitting guild, I was asked to throw out the first pitch. I dug through my stash and found some nice burgundy bulky Cascade, and used size 35 needles to knit up a good-sized swatch. I wound the other end of the yarn around a regulation baseball. Our guild president, Sandi, held the needles and swatch while I threw the still-attached ball . of yarn. Didn't. Who says knitters don't know how to have fun?
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TopFrog Knits!: July 2008
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Friday, July 18, 2008. In Which We Go to Sea. So my friend Cindi. Says, "Come on. We should do this. it will be fun! And you know what? We signed up to go on an 8-day roundtrip knitting cruise: Seattle, Ketchikan, Juneau, Victoria, Seattle. There were 115 knitters on board with us. We visited 6 yarn stores, including the wonderful Beehive Wool Shop in Victoria. We met the awesome Brenda Dayne of the Cast-On. We met the awesome Amy Singer from Knitty.com. We met the awesome Heather from Craft Lit.
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