I love the tech editor..ponders the knitted object ,touches the needle, then back to studying the pattern. 2 cute!
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Calling all knitters and other woolly things.
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Oooh, I like this one!!
It's a nice one to do - easy, too, with all the cables going one way. Only things to note are that it needs big needles (8mm for super-bulky yarn) and the pattern calls for 160 stitches, which makes it enormous. I went for 140 after trying a couple of alternatives. It really needs the loose knit on big needles because otherwise the folding over with the cables gets very thick, and it's difficult to manage the stitches.
Someone was happy before.
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This gave me a laugh!!
Reminded me of this oldie..We can all identify, I am sure! I was cracking up at the spaghetti!
Love it! Never seen that before.
Imagine being able to knit that fast and able to haul yourself back up a cliff by your feet!
Imagine being able to knit that fast and able to haul yourself back up a cliff by your feet!
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And incorporate your hair like that as well!
Yes indeed!And incorporate your hair like that as well!
I used to be able to sew (embroider, sort of) with my hair. Nothing as impressive as this, though!
People used to do that with loved ones as a remembrance I once read..Yes indeed!
I used to be able to sew (embroider, sort of) with my hair. Nothing as impressive as this, though!
Yes, hair jewellery was a popular mourning token in the Victorian era. Some amazing pieces made then! There is still hair jewellery made now, but I haven't seen any that compares with the old ones.
A rarity - Saturday morning supurrvision. (She's fallen asleep in the few minutes since I took these.)
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Second photo she looks like she's holding the suspect yarn for questioning! 
I think she was! I had to tell her this project really doesn't need tensioning help - just the opposite, it has to be very loose.Second photo she looks like she's holding the suspect yarn for questioning!
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If she's anything like Lila, she has a wonderful "I'll be the judge of that" expression when you tell her that her help isn't really needed.I think she was! I had to tell her this project really doesn't need tensioning help - just the opposite, it has to be very loose.
It was such a glorious day when I learned how to keep the yarn loose. When I first started I was tightening every single stitch like it was going to jump off the needle and run away.
I feel ya! I don't normally have trouble with the tension, but with mosaic where there's more than one stitch slipped at a time, I have to be very careful. I've given up entirely on doing stranded knitting! A pity, there are so many lovely patterns, but however loosely I work it, it still buckles.If she's anything like Lila, she has a wonderful "I'll be the judge of that" expression when you tell her that her help isn't really needed.
It was such a glorious day when I learned how to keep the yarn loose. When I first started I was tightening every single stitch like it was going to jump off the needle and run away.
Hopefully this will work out in the second attempt (first one's colour scheme didn't look good).
The knitting has ground to a halt ...
Similar to yesterday, but at least this time the knitting wasn't under my elbow when she landed.
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That is an absolutely adorable photo. 
Thank you! Sometimes putting the camera timer on does work. Helps when you have such a photogenic supurrvisor, of course.
