Tag: colorwork sweater

• My Latest Sweater

  This is the story of a sweater, but it starts with the story of another sweater … and then two more: All The Sweaters! Almost three years ago now, I stumbled on a picture of a beautiful sweater on Instagram – the Turka Bluesky from Natela Astakhova. I love the colors she chose and the…

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  December 6, 2019

  knitting

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• My First Sweater Made With Hand Spun Yarn

  You would think I carefully planned my first hand spun (and first steeked) sweater but, dear reader, I did not. I just got lucky. I bought a brown merino x fleece at a local farm when my knitting group visited it in spring 2010. I had just started spinning the previous summer and this fleece…

  madgeface

  September 9, 2019

  fiber art, knitting, spinning

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