Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: Knitting

  • False Start

    My week of knitting has had a false start. I cast on my second Water project for Project Spectrum, the Indigo Ripples skirt from IK Spring 2007. I worked on it for a couple of days and decided that I needed to start over. I can’t even recall why. Maybe I wanted to go down…

  • Crafty Monday: Twilight Scarf

    I cast on this last week while we were on vacation. It’s the Twilight Scarf from the book A Fine Fleece. I used that silk yarn hand spun from silk hankies (the one I started to use for the Morning Surf Scarf) and some yarn I hand dyed with grape Kool-Aid a couple of years…

  • Crafty Monday: Morning Surf Scarf

    I finished my scarf last week and let it block while I was out of town for 4 days. I really like how it turned out! I’m so glad I went with this yarn. I think it is absolutely perfect for this pattern. The perfect marriage. I think it, indeed, looks like morning surf. Here…

  • Crafty Monday: Morning Surf Scarf

    When I picked up the current issue of Spinoff Magazine I knew I had to buy it for the Morning Surf Scarf pattern. How perfect is this for the Water element of Project Spectrum? Absolutely perfect! And I knew exactly which yarn I wanted to use for it, too. I was going to use some…

  • Crafty Monday: Aleita Shell

    I finished and wore the Aleita Shell this past week and I am very pleased with it! It is made out of a cotton yarn, Tahki Cotton Classic, which I had never used before. I really liked knitting with it! I also loved the vast array of color choices. I will definitely be using this…