tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65340402234009254742024-03-21T12:12:50.871-07:00Not Your Grandmother`s KnittingTstrr90http://www.blogger.com/profile/10567203958654072863noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534040223400925474.post-48023972962543436782015-06-27T13:30:00.000-07:002015-06-29T19:12:28.592-07:00Yarn Bombing Hats Pattern<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/riclaf/18885193816" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Chicks In Bowls Nova Scotia, 1st official meeting (June 17 2015, Halifax NS) by RicLaf, on Flickr"></a><span style="color: purple;">Alright, I'm going to admit something to you all. I have been <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/a9/20/89/a92089ef5fe7e44f2802a3bb69e9c825.jpg">neglecting my knitting</a>. Life has worked it's way in between me and my yarn. I am on both the Dead Ringers and the Dockyard Brawlers with <a href="http://www.anchorcityrollers.ca/">Anchor city rollers</a>. Our <a href="http://www.anchorcityrollers.ca/schedule/">bouting season</a> started in May and we have had games, practices and/or training camps 2-3 times a week. I have also learned to love going to the skate park and jumping around with <a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicksinbowls.com%2F&ei=QRuLVcnlHojo-QHblYDADA&usg=AFQjCNEZTntk4R9W9lmtypSI_6STFW6tEA&sig2=fhW_FxSaDpURTagUd3H7Ww&bvm=bv.96339352,d.cWw">Chicks in Bowls</a>. I'm quickly over coming my fear of skating on the ramps (and have a new appreciation for a banked track derby). So far my summer has been filled with a lot of skating and running around in the sun. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://www.anchorcityrollers.ca/the_hickster/">the Hickster</a> from <a href="http://www.anchorcityrollers.ca/">Anchor City Rollers</a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: purple;">I am very excited for one of my projects though. It was a work in progress for so long and I'm really happy with how it came out. International yarn bombing day was June 15th and a few of us went out to decorate. I love yarn bombing. Its a wonderful way to decorate mundane things. Little works of art and love that will put a smile on someone's face. Last year we went out and put bow ties on a few statues around down. Something small that I had whipped up in that week. This year I had bigger plans.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">There are quite a few <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2014/05/pei-trip.html">knit/crocheters with Anchor City Rollers</a>. I love catching up with everyone's current projects before practices. A few of them had previously expressed interest in yarn bombing with me. I asked them to knit me some tiny hats for the tops of fences...or whatever else looked like it needed a tiny hat. I received so many beautiful bits of yarn!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Another wonderful idea for yarn bombing is using any unfinished projects you may have. There are more than a few test squares I have in my odd ball pile. These items are great to tie together and make a larger project out of. This is my plan any time I go to <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2015/01/island-yarn-bomb.html">Boland's Island</a>. Check out your WIPs, you never know what you can find! I rediscovered a flowered chain project for one of my previous apartments. It was going to go outside and around my deck, but did not get finished in time. Since then it has been sitting in a bag, waiting to get finished. Sounded like the perfect item for a yarn bomb. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">A few of us went out a night for the <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/79/90/a5/7990a520af6defb1c3378546ba7fe1a2.jpg">mischief </a>of putting everything up. We started out at the Halifax Commons.There is a big fountain in the middle of the park and I have wanted to yarn bomb it for years. Seemed like the perfect situation for the flower chain and a few pom poms!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">There is a children's park at the Common Roots garden that encourages yarn bombing! Well you know we were not going to turn that down. There were a few flowers left over that did not make it into the chain. I weaved them into some of the support sticks for growth. Also the bulk of the pom poms were put up here.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">To top off the night we took all the little hats out to the Public Gardens and decorated the fence tops. It was a lot of fun but I was a little too short to put them all up. It was really exciting to see the reactions of people passing by while they were going up. The hats were the most fun to make and were very easy to do. I've shared a few basic patterns to get you <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/1a/5f/17/1a5f17bc966e094370d5cdd8f32959d8.jpg">inspired to yarn bomb</a>.</span></div>
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<u style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: purple;">Basic Little Hat Pattern</span></u><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">I like to knit my hats from the top down. I find that they are usually much more uniform and my stitches look neater. I have provided a basic hat pattern to start and then included variations. These hats are meant to be fun and playful so feel free to switch up the colours or add any other embellishments you like!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">This pattern can be used with any time of yarn and any needle size. Finished item measures only a few inches tall and approx 3" around.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Be sure to have a tapestry needle or two, especially if there are a group of people yarn bombing. I have lost so many needles throughout the night and have found bobby pins to be a handy alternative. I can pin a few to my shirt and keep track of them all night.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">You will also want to have a spare ball of yarn and some scissors. Some items will need help staying in place and it helps to have something to tie them down with. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Last (and most importantly) bring some friends. It is always much more fun yarn bombing in groups. Having more people really builds the excitement level and gets everyone creative about where to put things.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">CO 6, join for working in the round</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">*K1, KFB* repeat 5 more times</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">To add a ribbing at the bottom of the hat continue in pattern until last 2 rows. Switch to K1, P1, or K2, P2 pattern till end.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I was blown away by the high quality knitting at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadian-Chica/524291107711973?fref=ts">Canadian Chica</a>'s stall. She used such fine yarns to make all of her projects that they came out with such fierce detail. She had so many amazing things such as <a href="https://img1.etsystatic.com/055/0/9768885/il_170x135.745545045_8xpg.jpg">rainbow Daleks</a>, pocket Endermen, Admiral Ackbar drink cozies. There was even two full sized <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/227049675/space-dress?ref=shop_home_active_4">Star Trek uniforms</a>! Marcy picked up a TARDIS bin. It looks just like a stuffed TARDIS but opens up for a super secret hiding spot! The work she put into her knitting is unbelievable. You should of seen the Gir plushie on a felt <a href="http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Iron_Throne">Iron Throne</a>. *swoons* Read more about her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadian-Chica/524291107711973?fref=ts">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">This was one of the most magical tables at the geequinox by far. </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kaidanivy?fref=ts">Kaidáin Ivy’s Sanctuary for Magical Misfit</a><span style="color: purple;">s is run by the lovely Caitlin Coo. You may remember her from our joint </span><a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2014/08/bow-ties-are-cool.html">bow tie/unicorn horn photo shoot</a><span style="color: purple;">. The first day of the Geequinox I was even wearing my own horn! I received so many wonderful reactions from people and it was great to be able to send them a few tables over to get their own horn. Find out more <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kaidanivy?fref=ts">here</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">These guys again! You may remember Terra and Rachel from <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2014/07/5x5.html">5X5</a>, a geeky co-op in Truro. I met these badass ladies when they were the president and vice president of the Halifax Roller Derby Association (Now <a href="http://www.anchorcityrollers.ca/">Anchor city rollers</a>). Back then they went by the names of Cry Baby Blocker and The Big Bop Her. Now they are regulars to the market scene around the Halifax Region and their native Truro. They have so many amazing things including custom <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/2hearts2suns?ref=shop_sugg">prayer candles</a> and cross-stitch art. Recently they have expanded to include home made soaps. I love these girls! You can find out more at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/twoheartstwosuns?fref=ts">2 hearts 2 suns</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I hope you enjoyed my trip to the geequinox. Please join myself and a few of these vendors at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aubcon">Aubcon</a>, May 23rd</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqyXwkjGxJRdtSL1L1VClD6Yc6OPoLkLgjiYCcWhPGnONK1K7ahQSehrMvHJc4H0xB2r9BAmukxoe5vRIKfvXZlqkULef5DktfjozrmZ0eIcmO_jis3scKkNhzB7bm_eHNNCed6HWE4o/s1600/DSC01371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: purple;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqyXwkjGxJRdtSL1L1VClD6Yc6OPoLkLgjiYCcWhPGnONK1K7ahQSehrMvHJc4H0xB2r9BAmukxoe5vRIKfvXZlqkULef5DktfjozrmZ0eIcmO_jis3scKkNhzB7bm_eHNNCed6HWE4o/s1600/DSC01371.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></span></a><span style="color: purple;">My kitty is a very big part of everything I do. When I'm at home he follows me everywhere, constantly getting into my stuff. Sometimes this is really cute. Other times it gets tedious pretty fast (especially when he goes for the merino wool!) He can be a very big inspiration as well. Recently I've started making some <a href="http://i.imgur.com/lPQHR2M.jpg">geeky cat toys</a> for him. It helps to keep him busy and out of my working yarn! Not to mention it is too adorable watching him going crazy over a pokeball.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I've included a pattern for a basic ball, knit in the round. It is very versitile as it can be adopted by so many different colour patterns and gauges. I usually stuff it with catnip and bell for an added treat that makes them pretty irresistible. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">KFB - Knit front and back</span><span class="EOP SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">K2tog - Knit two stitches together</span><span class="EOP SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX209692332" paraeid="{3822a2fd-5bc4-4b45-88e7-8c5969cd85d6}{224}" paraid="106964400" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-US">
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Co 6 sts, divide between 3 double-pointed needles and set up for working in the round (6 [</span><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">2-2-2])</span><span class="EOP SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Row 1: </span><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">KFB 6 times (12</span><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"> [4</span><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">-4</span><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">-4</span><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">])</span><span class="EOP SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://i.imgur.com/J9Ccxv4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple;"><img border="0" src="http://i.imgur.com/J9Ccxv4.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></span></a><span style="color: purple;"><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Row 2: Knit to end</span><span class="EOP SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Row 3: </span><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">[K1, KFB] Repeat 5 more times (18 [6-6-6])</span><span class="EOP SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Row 4: Knit to end</span><span class="EOP SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Row 6: [K2, KFB] Repeat 5 more times (24 [</span><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">8-8-8])</span><span class="EOP SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Row 7-17: Knit to end</span><span class="EOP SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Row 18: [</span><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">K2, K2TOG] Repeat 5 more times (18 [6-6-6])</span><span class="EOP SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Row 19: Knit to end</span><span class="EOP SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCX209692332" paraeid="{180c00d8-bd45-4b59-af53-1078b97e92ff}{217}" paraid="1335369695" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" xml:lang="EN-US">
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Row 20: [K1, K2TOG] Repeat 5 more times (12 [4-4-4])</span><span class="EOP SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span class="TextRun SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US">Row 21: Knit to end</span><span class="EOP SCX209692332" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /><br /><u>Stuffing</u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I'm back in school now for my level 3 Automotive Service Technician courses. I love being back in school. It is great because not only am I learning new things every day, I get to <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/77/6c/ee/776ceebcd1fbf44b816b0e9a63e6a894.jpg">knit in class</a>! I'm the type of person who can't sit still when paying attention to something. If I didn't have my knitting needles then I would be fiddling around with my pens, doodling, fidgety. All of my teachers know that I can knit and still learn, so in between taking notes and testing engines I'm tinkering away with my projects.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">There have been a few orders that I had been finishing up, a <a href="http://i.imgur.com/iie79al.jpg?2">Harry Potter scarf</a> and a <a href="http://i.imgur.com/S2plSZh.jpg">Police Box purse</a>. The <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/177821763/custom-away-team-set-of-3?ref=shop_home_active_1">Trekkie drink cozies</a> now come in a 3-pack so I spent a few days making some extras. The cat toys have been so popular that I have been working on a few new designs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">School comes at a perfect time as I'm getting ready for all the spring craft shows that are popping up! Last year I started attending geeky markets and conventions as a vendor. It was an entirely new perspective on both attending conventions and what I am aiming to do with my knitting. It was amazing fun to experiment with designs, table layouts, photography, etc. I feel like I've expanded so much since then, mostly due to the massive year-end convention for me with <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2014/11/hal-con-2014.html">Hal-Con 2014</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I can't wait to show you what I've been working on and learning! Check out these upcoming events:</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://capeandcowlcomics.ca/">Cape and Cowl comics</a> is a wicked comic book store in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. They have a huge collection of comics and are really enthusiastic about getting people to read. There is even a safe space in the back for people to hang out and read or play games. Shortly before Christmas last year they hosted a pop-up craft fair. It was such a success that there is a spring craft fair coming up in a few weeks. This is going to be my first market of 2015 and I'm so excited to share some new patterns as well as new table designs! </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">The <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.ca/2014/03/spring-geekquinox.html">Spring Geekquinox</a> was the first market I did last year. It was a really big stepping stone into the geeky craft scene for me. I had so much fun meeting all the people that came through the door. The other vendors were great to check out and I ended up seeing many of them at other markets throughout the year. The geekquinox last year was a big opportunity for me to bring my knitting from simply being a hobby to something that more than just my friends and family would be able to appreciate. It was all about stepping out into the larger community and interacting with people with similar interests. I really can't wait to do it all again!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.ca/2014/05/aubcon.html">Aubcon </a>was another market that I started doing last year. It is a comic/gaming convention set up by the students and teachers at Auburn Drive High School. They had rooms set up with video game and board game tournaments, panels on cosplay and costume design, as well as the whole gym and surrounding hallway being set up for vendors. There were a few new patterns that I had out for this market. There were Punisher and Deadpool wristbands. There was even a suggestion box with a chance to win a knitted item. I had so much fun going through all the suggestions, my notebooks were filled with cool new ideas! I'm very excited to announce that I will have a table again this year at Aubcon. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It always amazes me how much we make assumptions about other people. Usually I run into people at work that are very excited to see a <a href="http://i.imgur.com/0f4lhBz.png">female working as an automotive technician</a>. Most of the shops I have worked in were predominantly staffed with males. Eventually the knitting comes up, either I start talking about it at work, or I work on a project at lunch. It seems to blow people away. It's as if knitting is a hobby that is way too </span>feminine<span style="font-family: inherit;"> for someone who works on cars. Well guess what, just as the automotive world is not exclusively male, the knitting world is not exclusively female. In fact, this stigma of knitting being <a href="http://static.knittingparadise.com/upload/2012/7/10/1341966693228-manly_knitting.jpg">too girly for men</a> is a relatively contemporary idea. Men have a very rich knitting history dating back hundreds of years.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Around the 1400s knitted items were becoming increasingly popular. With the Renaissance there was a large advancement in metalworking. This means many wonderful things for society including the invention and mass-production of knitting needles. This helped transform knitting from an exclusively luxury item to something more </span>accessible<span style="font-family: inherit;"> to the average person. Both men and women were knitting at the time but it was men who began to knit as a profession and all-male knitting guilds began to appear. They worked much like a labour union; established to protect secrets of the craft, improve the quality of the profession, and to create business. These knitting guilds were for serious knitters only though. To become a master knitter one would have to undertake a </span>rigorous<span style="font-family: inherit;"> apprenticeship of three years training from master knitters as well as three years travelling to learn the craft and various techniques. Once you returned you would be subjected to a thirteen week exam knitting various garments to prove you were worthy of being allowed into the knitting guild. Sounds like some pretty tough stuff!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Skip ahead to the 16th century and the invention of the knitting machine by <a href="http://www.historyofinformation.com/expanded.php?id=3634">William Lee</a>. This revolutionized the craft, being able to crank out about 7 million stitches per minute. This ended up making hand-knit items obsolete and found its way into the home as more of a domestic art typically practiced by females. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Men began to return to hand-knitting with the first and second world wars. People everywhere would pick up the needles and yarn as a </span><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1381405_203962029786357_264698585_n.jpg?oh=1420b9ad751bc96655ab1278d8779016&oe=558B957B&__gda__=1435702264_b6dba8a823faa032215c39b8a393e2a6" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">wartime effort</a><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> to aid the troops. There was a large need for socks, bandages, helmet liners, mittens...etc. Young boys and girls were even taught how to knit in school. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In May 1918 the </span><em style="font-family: inherit;">Seattle School Bulletin</em><span style="font-family: inherit;"> printed this patriotic knitting song:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">"Johnnie, get your yarn, get your yarn, get your yarn;</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">‘Make a sweater, please for me.’</span></span></div>
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We are knitting for the boys over there,</div>
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To do your bit and knit a square."</div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Now knitting has come back as more of a recreational hobby then a necessity. <a href="http://makezine.com/craft/oldest-man-in-australia-still-knitting-after-80-years/">Men of all ages</a> and walks of life are picking up the needles for the same reasons as women do. Knitting has even been <a href="http://magazine.good.is/articles/prisoners-transform-through-knitting-behind-bars">introduced into male prisons</a> as a way to help rehabilitate the prisoners. With knitting comes a wonderful community of fellow crafters, and a fantastic outlet for creativity. It is a relaxing, meditative craft that has been proven to relieve stress. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">This pretty well brings us up to modern day knitting. I'll wrap up the history lesson for now but keep your eyes peeled for further blog posts and I will talk much more about <a href="https://scontent-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1157429_179780468871180_1616372854_n.jpg?oh=bb0a0fabe83d46d7e860a3aa72e1120f&oe=5585E508">current male knitters</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer05/FEATknitlikeaman.html</span><br />http://www.allaboutyou.com/craft/knitting/knitting-how-it-all-began-52451</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: purple;">http://sheepandstitch.com/the-history-of-knitting-pt-2-madonnas-stockings-and-guilds-oh-my/</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">It has now been almost two years since I started my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/NotGrandmasKnits">Etsy shop</a> in Feb 2013. There have been quite a few changes since that time. And a lot of lessons learned (some easier than others). Recently I've spent some time reviewing all the things I have learned in the past two years, and have decided to share some of them here for any prospective Etsy shop owners.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Etsy makes it pretty easy to start up a shop, but it can be a tricky path from listing your first 8 items to becoming a successful shop owner. The best place to find helpful advice is in the various listings of the <a href="https://blog.etsy.com/en/category/seller-handbook/">Seller's Handbook</a>. The start up of your shop can be a lot of trial ad error so remember that it is all a learning process. No one expects you to get it all right the first time around. I have included a few basic tips on getting your listings up and running.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Coming up with 13 tags can seem like a daunting task at first. A helpful way to start is by asking yourself a few key questions about your product. What is it? Who or what is your product made for? What materials or colours does it come in? I find it very helpful to make a mind map and write down any descriptors of my items that I can think of. Remember that you can use phrases in your tags as well. Take some time every couple of months to review your tags. It is important to pay attention to you shop stats for not only the tags that are regularly used, but also to what is not being searched for. I have found it very helpful to look at other items on Etsy that are similar to what I have listed, and what tags have been used.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I'm always happy to talk shop about my knitting or about Etsy so if you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Or maybe I've inspired you to start up an Etsy store of your own. If so, click <a href="http://etsy.me/1GQi2MW">this link</a> to open up a store with 40 free listings. Thanks for reading!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">During the holidays we went back to <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2014/06/island-business.html">Boland's Island</a>. Suie was off in Ontario for a few weeks and Wifey was the caretaker while she was gone. We decided it was the perfect time to leave Suie a few </span><span style="color: purple;">gifts around the island.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"> For Christmas I made Bonnie a purple crochet <a href="http://tinypurrs.com/2012/10/27/yub-nub-scoodie/">Ewok hood</a>. It is my first large crochet project and I have to say I am very happy with the pattern! It was so easy to follow and the hood turned out wonderfully. She loved the hood so much that she requested I make a bunch of <a href="http://madmim.com/crochet-beard-free-pattern/">interchangeable beards</a> for it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">What did you get up to during the holidays? I would love to see any photos of Christmas gifts or projects that people made during the season. Let me know!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">So Hal-Con has now come and gone. It was a crazy wild weekend filled with pretty well everything that you would want in a convention. There were costumes everywhere you looked, celebrities for autographs and photos, panel discussions on all things from the world of Wheadon to cheese puns. This was my third year attending Hal-Con but my first year with a vendor table.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="text-indent: 2px;">Everywhere you looked there was madness happening. Costumes of all shapes and sizes. It was Definitely a weekend to bring extra batteries for the camera. Day 1 I was dressed up as a unicorn and wore my wonderful horn from </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kaidanivy" style="background-color: black;"><span style="line-height: 18.6000003814697px; text-indent: 2px; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kaidáin Ivy’s </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.6000003814697px; text-indent: 2px; white-space: nowrap;">Sanctuary for Magical </span><span style="text-indent: 2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.6000003814697px; white-space: nowrap;">Misfits.</span></span></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">This coming weekend is <a href="http://hal-con.ca/">HAL-CON</a>! For those of you not from the local Halifax area, Hal-con is the city's big annual sci-fi convention. It has been going since 2010 and takes over a new floor of the convention centre every year. This year there will be some fabulous guest stars such as <a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm0791968%2F&ei=52JXVKzJGsWzyATD-oGIAg&usg=AFQjCNElmuMMP5xomubiWIGQrSwrKEdO9Q&sig2=rV7_en22eNKdu7_NUPbtYQ&bvm=bv.78677474,d.aWw">Mark Sheppard</a> from <i>Supernatural</i>, <a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm1072555%2F&ei=FWNXVPbgIomSyQTs-oGoCQ&usg=AFQjCNHotryO7PpoUzWV6UR7_HkHUwhDzA&sig2=ZDerjAih2l805Y3DWuQmaw&bvm=bv.78677474,d.aWw">Morena Baccarin</a> from <i>How I Met Your Mother</i> and <i>Firefly, </i><a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0CDEQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm3964231%2F&ei=LWNXVIOCDYiNyATOkYCYDQ&usg=AFQjCNH_Y_fznMBPaLcUnJhcIhB7iwM09Q&sig2=9yACJPqeXNR8ZCLDlZFgPA&bvm=bv.78677474,d.aWw">Kristian Nairn</a> from <i>Game of Thrones, </i>and many more!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">There are a few pattern designs that I have on the go. One of them being some Wibbly Wobbly gloves based off the <a href="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/ff/d2/3a/ffd23ac680d423419b4e6ec7b605d97c.jpg">4th Doctor scarf</a>. Designing the pattern has been a lot of fun, except for all of the colour switching it requires. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">The gloves use six different colours that I am constantly switching between. At first it was not an issue but the longer the gloves got, the more tedious it became. My yarn kept getting tangled and was <a href="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/c3/43/92/c3439226366fe26b1953cf462f8020ca.jpg">all over the place</a>. It covered every bit of the couch and often extended to the floor!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">So I figured there must be a better way. Thinking it couldn't be too hard I set out to make my own yarn holder. I've seen some yarn holders on pintrest and had a good idea of what I needed. There are some great DIY tutorials on how to make yarn holders out of things such as <a href="http://www.teachpreschool.org/2011/10/yarn-machine/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+TeachPreschool+(Teach+Preschool)">tissue paper boxes</a> or <a href="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/1e/35/49/1e3549ec9a33c542de0a6fb8b3b2564a.jpg">pop bottles</a>. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjdb1w6fFNw8FdeUJHJK-tH2hQfbeFSq3cb4nc-ykvvCEJM-2oZdrawL9HWn8H1YRoXzz23lSR3mUXfjinHZjLe9kUOcckrG87d_usUWm20sZq_YE5NxiHvA-wy_8TwlGMaVkzgeGmr8/s1600/SDC10960.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjdb1w6fFNw8FdeUJHJK-tH2hQfbeFSq3cb4nc-ykvvCEJM-2oZdrawL9HWn8H1YRoXzz23lSR3mUXfjinHZjLe9kUOcckrG87d_usUWm20sZq_YE5NxiHvA-wy_8TwlGMaVkzgeGmr8/s1600/SDC10960.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></span></a><span style="color: purple;">I decided to take a large cardboard box so that it could hold all 6 skeins of yarn and anything else I would need. All I had to do was poke a few holes in the side of the box and pull all the strings through. I found it worked best to have the yarn un-wind from the centre rather then coming from the outside. You can find a tutorial on how to do that <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Wind-a-Center-Pull-Ball-of-Yarn-by-Hand/?ALLSTEPS">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Having my own yarn holder was perfect! It not only kept all my yarn from tangling, therefore saving me so much time and energy sorting them out. it also makes things very easy for transporting my projects. All the yarn is already in the box, just throw in my pattern and needles then good to go!</span></div>
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You may remember that after <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.ca/2014/05/aubcon.html">Aubcon</a> I started working on a pattern for bow ties. Well that got put on the back burner for a few other projects. Since then I've got a bunch of stuff done and have decided to go back to it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">In honor of all things <a href="http://thelittleschremlin.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/bowties-are-cool-dr-who.jpg">Doctor Who</a> (and generally being classy) I'm happy to announce that I've perfected a pattern for bow ties that I like. You can find the finished item now available in my <a href="https://img1.etsystatic.com/037/0/7728180/il_170x135.632780705_dftr.jpg">Etsy shop.</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">There is even a whole wall dedicated to <a href="http://www.andremyette.ca/">Andre Myette's</a> prints. You may remember him from the <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2014/03/spring-geekquinox.html">Spring Geekquinox</a>. He had the table right next to ours and I absolutely love his work! </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">As many knitters do I get excited at the prospect of a beautiful pattern. There are many moments were I start a pattern that I love, get my yarn and start knitting it, only to get interrupted by finding another really beautiful pattern that I just have to make! I'm not the only one with a host of <a href="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/10/3d/21/103d21f6aa39d74fd591e475c00ec6c0.jpg">unfinished projects</a>. (Though I have never succumb to the dreaded second sock syndrome)</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">This is the start of a pair of star trek fingerless gloves designed off my star trek drink cozy pattern. Just the single glove, no pair for it yet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">These were actually really fun to work out and I still love the pattern. Seed stitch + short cuff = the cutest little gloves! All it needs is two fingers, a thumb and a matching pair to be finished. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">This is the first is a pair of gloves. The main body of the hand is knit in purl and the design is achieved by a very simple cable pattern. The fingers are going to alternate between the blue and purple yarn with a blue edging around the cuff. I fully plan to finish these one day. Very happy with the pattern!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">These are going to be some very long gloves. As you can see the cuff is going to be just past the elbow. Obviously there is still quite a bit of work left to do but it is going to make for some beautiful arm warmers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">One of the first pair of gloves I made for myself. These are actually knit flat and sewn up the side, leaving space for the thumb hole. The pair is fully knit, only needing to be sewn up and the ends weaved in. Having to sew them up is actually what put them on the back burner. I now knit my gloves in the round because I don't have to sew nearly as much. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">This weekend I had a glorious time in the sun. Me and the <a href="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/22/5a/d7/225ad7e1efdac9b05a6c7455803997d4.jpg">Wifey</a> ended up going to Boland's island out in East Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia. It was a great deal of fun in the sun. We were put to work (you've got to earn your meals somehow) and torn up an old dock. We burned all the terrible rotten parts</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">in the most massive campfire I've ever made. There were some salvageable bits though and we re-did the walkway out to the island. It was a lot of hard work but so completely worth it. It was great to be outside, getting some real work done.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">It was also a fabulous opportunity to take some new <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/564709240746388855/">product shots</a>. I'm working really hard to improve my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/notgrandmasknits">Etsy shop</a> and have been reading through the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/blog/en/category/seller-handbook/?ref=si_seller_handbook">seller's handbook</a> as well as doing some Etsy seminars. One of the first things they suggest working on is photography, as it's usually the first thing that attracts someone to your store. I spent some time playing around with my camera and ended up with some really amazing shots for my <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2014/02/drink-cozy-pattern.html">Star Trek drink cozy</a>. You can see them all <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/174615226/star-trek-drink-cozy?ref=shop_home_feat_3">here</a> on my Etsy store.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Well it is officially the start of bout season! On May 17th <a href="http://anchorcityrollers.ca/">Anchor City Rollers</a> loaded up a bus load of skaters and fans to play a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1416404998623549/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=calendar">double heade</a>r in PEI. The Halifax Black Rock Bandits faced off against Charolettetown's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MoonshineMaidens">Moonshine Maidens</a>, and then the Halifax Dead Ringers played Summerside's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Twisted-Sisters/176896869141732">Twisted Sisters</a>. It was quite the show!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">The bus ride from Halifax to Charolettetown is about four hours long. So you know I wasn't going to make the trip without my knitting! <a href="http://www.anchorcityrollers.ca/skatey-and-the-tramp/">Skatey</a> was having a bit of trouble figuring out how to <a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CEcQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stitchdiva.com%2Ftutorials%2Fdouble-knitting&ei=LYyGU4zPEeHy8AH6toGIBA&usg=AFQjCNFrZaUugEgwbSc2MMKmBjx_ZYsQiw&sig2=bthSyYzwyfvbtUpIJSlZ2g&bvm=bv.67720277,d.b2U">double-knit</a> so I decided to hold a workshop on the bus. There were are few girls that were interested in double-knitting but most were really into learning the basics. So I ended up being quite the social butterfly of the bus, constantly bouncing from one seat to the next all over the bus.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">The whole trip was such a great time. Both Halifax teams won. It was fantastic to be able to sit on the sidelines, screaming my head off for the Black Rock Bandits, who won 246-231 against the Moonshine Maidens. Then for the second game I got to jam with the Dead Ringers, who won 226-196 against the Twisted Sisters. I must have done pretty well in the game because the Twisted Sisters even voted me MVP jammer. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">There were quite a few changes to my table since the <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2014/03/spring-geekquinox.html">Geekquinox</a>. I picked up a lot of tricks since then as I've been doing a bit of research on table design. This time I had a suggestion box available for people to submit ideas for new projects. There were quite a lot of ideas and I'm really excited to get started on some cool new projects. After the con I went right home and started knitting some new stuff. That's how inspired I was by you guys!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">There were two new wristbands that I designed just for Aubcon. I was very happy to unveil my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/189378928/punisher-wristband?">Punisher</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/189251809/deadpool-wristband?">Deadpool</a> wristbands. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">My notebook is now filled with so many new sketches. So far I've got a few more Cunning Jayne hats started, working on a <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2013/10/harry-potter-scarf.html">Harry Potter scarf</a> and started making some bowties! </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1426655350923017/">Aubcon</a> will be held in the gym of Auburn drive high school in Cole Harbor Nova Scotia, April 26th from 12-10pm. It is going to be a really fun time with lots of vendors, video game tournaments, card games and door prizes. Tickets are $10 and are available at <a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0CCgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.giantrobotcomics.com%2F&ei=MEhRU-CJEYi1yATj8YLQDw&usg=AFQjCNHj1pJ_nGyzAyzvY7FE7MtuLsGLhA&sig2=kmfiz-VuNxkGVlT861myTA&bvm=bv.65058239,d.aWw">Giant Robot comics</a>, <a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.strangeadventures.com%2F&ei=HkhRU-abMcm1yATfz4KwBQ&usg=AFQjCNGJkwGy1HNfCFZZ4FINKFeT9SLDrQ&sig2=LEAqCuqhwcmWlODvidq8Dg&bvm=bv.65058239,d.aWw">Strange Adventures</a> or can be purchased at the door. Hope to see you there!</span><br />
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Tstrr90http://www.blogger.com/profile/10567203958654072863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534040223400925474.post-52675184021258262832014-03-26T10:40:00.000-07:002015-03-15T11:51:09.719-07:00Spring Geekquinox<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x49/tstrr90/Arts%20Work/Knitting/20140322_110908_zpsf667b78f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x49/tstrr90/Arts%20Work/Knitting/20140322_110908_zpsf667b78f.jpg" height="200" width="185" /></a><a href="http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x49/tstrr90/20140322_110654_zps6bce2d1b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple;"></span></a><span style="color: purple;">In case you missed it, this past weekend was the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Spring-Geequinox/343812665759416?id=343812665759416&sk=info">Spring Geekquinox </a>here in Halifax. It was a blast! This was my first time as a vendor at an expo and I have been knitting pretty ferociously this past month to get prepared. It definitely paid off. <br /><br />There were so many cool vendors there. Which is great because my favorite part of conventions is always checking out the vendor tables and the artwork. It was awesome seeing so many local artists gathered in one place. The atmosphere there was so positive. Everyone was excited to be there and sharing their geeky interests with other people.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">It was a great experience and I have already got a lot of ideas for next time. Which, I`m happy to announce. will be Saturday, April 27th for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aubcon">Aubcon</a> at Auburn High School in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. I can`t wait!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">The holiday season is over and so has the rush of custom orders. It was a lot of fun making other people's ideas come to life, but I'm very excited to be working on my own designs again. Every now and then you just have to make something beautiful for yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">There are quite a few projects on my needles right now. In Halifax there is a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1413658118873086/">Spring Geekquinox</a> craft market taking place at the end of March. I will be splitting a table with my friend who makes a comic called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shenanigans-Tale/623153374377406">Shenanigans Tales</a>. You can expect to see all my usual nerdy knits, <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2012/03/pokeball.html">Pokeball Hackeysacks</a>, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/174615226/star-trek-drink-cozy?ref=shop_home_active_7">Star Trek Drink Cozys</a>, <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2013/04/you-cant-take-yarn-from-me.html">Jayne Cobb hats</a>, Batman <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/125982525/reversible-batman-wristband?ref=shop_home_active_1">wristbands</a> etc., as well as some new items that I've been working on.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">There are a few odd balls of sock yarn in my stash. I've tried to find pairs for them but to no avail. There isn't enough yarn for a full pair of socks, so it's been hard to find the right project for the colours. I stumbledupon a pattern for sock yarn dice bag and fell in love. The stripey yarns look so beautiful as dice bags. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">My Doctor Who scarf is also coming along. It's not my go-to project at the moment but it's perfect when I'm in the mood for <a href="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/c1/48/fc/c148fc91af07a8142db9d5a870908528.jpg">endless knit rows</a>. After working for days to perfect a new pattern it's great to sit back and not have to worry about my stitches. The yarn was given to me as a Christmas gift and it's steadily been growing ever since. There are so many patterns for the scarf, it was really hard to find the right one to match the yarn I had. The best site I found was on <a href="http://wittylittleknitter.com/">http://wittylittleknitter.com</a>. It has a complete listing of the various scarves used during the show and is a great resource for the patterns. I decided to use the season 12 pattern as it best suits the colours I have.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">There have been a couple requests for scarves recently. One was an custom order based off the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/151404586/green-infinity-scarf?ref=shop_home_active_10">Green Infinity scarf</a>. Another one was made for one for one of the service advisers I work with. You can find both patterns below.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">-1 skein (185 yards) <a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/yarns/homespun.htm">Lion Brand Homespun</a> in Sierra</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Back in November I released a post about the <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2013/11/star-trek-drink-cozy.html">Star Trek drink cozy</a> I made. I was very excited about the pattern and since then a lot of people have expressed excitement over the cozy. So over the past few month`s I have spent some time developing the pattern and finalizing it. I`m happy to announce that not only is the pattern done, I've made a cozy for every colour of the away team.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Now, instead of just redshirt, the cozy is available in science officer blue and command gold! (It took so long to find just the right colour gold!) The listings are now available on my Etsy store for </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/174615226/star-trek-drink-cozy?ref=shop_home_feat_1">individual orders</a><span style="color: purple;">, or collect them all with a custom </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/177821763/custom-6-pack-away-team?ref=listing-shop-header-0">6-pack away team</a><span style="color: purple;">. They make great drink markers for parties.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">It`s an easy pattern and fun pattern. The cozy is knit in the round with stockinette stitch. The star fleet insignia is then added on afterwards using duplicate stitch. T</span><span style="color: purple;">he pattern is now available for purchase here on Ravelry.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">There was a derby league meeting this week. I really look forward to them because it's a few solid hours where I can knit away. It means I can make some wicked progress with whatever I'm working on. Roller derby is filled with so many creative people that I'm never the only one who brings something to work on. It also means I'm not the only one who drops a needle on the floor. (Oh, that horrible clang when it hits the ground, it always seems to happen in the middle of something important.) It's so much fun to catch up with the other girls and see what they are working on. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">There was also a snow day this week. It's rare for me to get a snow day unless I'm in school, or like today, there's a blizzard out. It was such a good day. I spent it putting up posters around the apartment and doing some much needed cleaning. Once I was done that I sat down, put on a marathon of <a href="http://dollhouse.wikia.com/wiki/Dollhouse_(series)">Dollhouse</a> and finished a few things. There are now a bunch of my favorite little hearts ready for Valentines day, available now at <a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CDUQFjAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FThecocoonboutique&ei=SH3gUobhKMnV2AXYsYDwBw&usg=AFQjCNGDZpsB-HTMAIrm8Lrg2ooz50BoqA&sig2=7mDJXoGioQjK5nhQ0k3Xow&bvm=bv.59568121,d.b2I">the Cocoon Bout-ique</a>. I even got the chance to block one of my custom orders for an infinity scarf. It's made out of the softest, chunkiest yarn so it will take a few days to dry before I can sew it together. I'll make sure to post the pattern and some photos when it's all done.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">It took me a lot of trial and error, but I'm starting to see my store grow. Other then cosmetic updates like adding new listings or changing the banner images, my shop has stayed in a basic format since I opened it. Most of my attention has been building my blog and working on local orders, but in the past few weeks I took some time to sit down and make a real effort to grow my shop.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">One big change is that I created some policies and procedures. These were left blank for the longest time because I didn't know what sort of expectations to set with my potential customers. I spent a bit of time doing research first, reading the policies of shops that were doing well or sellers that I admired. From there I was able to draft an outline of what most shops were doing, then I customized it for myself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Etsy makes it really easy to get started growing your own business. They provide so much information and support about ways to start up and improve your shop. If you`re thinking of opening one up I would suggest taking a look at the Seller`s handbook they have available. Or if you already have a store up and running and want to make some improvements I would suggest checking out the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/blog/en/?ref=si_blog">Etsy blog</a>. It has some great entries on just about everything you need to know. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">The Etsy store has not seen a whole lot of changes over the year but I am starting to get custom orders. It's amazing to me when people from other countries contact me because they love my work! Most of the feedback I get is still from friends or people I have met in person, but that is starting to grow. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">We hit over 800 views for the month of December. That's absolutely mind-blowing to me! It's amazing the difference posting on Ravelry can make. I noticed a huge change in traffic once I started sharing my patterns for free, so keep a watch for more patterns as I will definitely be doing that again in the future. The top posts of the year were the <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2013/12/rainbow-mittens.html">Rainbow Mittens</a>, my post on the <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2013/04/you-cant-take-yarn-from-me.html">Jayne Cobb hat shutdown</a>, and the <a href="http://tstrr90.blogspot.com/2013/03/scott-pilgrim-hat.html">Scott Pilgrim hat</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">My workplace has been treating me pretty well for the holidays. First I got a week and a half off. Which is awesome, having worked through Christmas and New Years for the past few years. Next the ladies at work got everyone a Christmas card complete, with gift cards. My gift card was for <a href="https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CEEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaels.com%2F&ei=1Zu3Us-9IaqY2QXwkIDQDw&usg=AFQjCNFgs1F9ukeD9dvPBkW5Yr2nqroNAg&sig2=3TZzp3uzodv2ko9or4Km5g&bvm=bv.58187178,d.b2I">Micheals</a>, the ladies know me so well! I needed something that I could whip up for them overnight, before we left for the holidays. A customer had made each of them a little guy folded out of a pop can and it seemed like the perfect place for a little Santa hat. It was really easy to make and took me about an hour or so from start to finish.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMUqEkGPF8WSmEcaYHqgHFpfk1JMtDV25HvVroVeQh8v2KGU8SnfWh94KEHUa6dmxHS4HjMHCNgDWxDl0KGbmGGUFJSMpAWMR8OzEtNAgPnS-MDWOv1jgbzr0AhPvvfhkforBMpEL6nI/s1600/20131221_074102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMUqEkGPF8WSmEcaYHqgHFpfk1JMtDV25HvVroVeQh8v2KGU8SnfWh94KEHUa6dmxHS4HjMHCNgDWxDl0KGbmGGUFJSMpAWMR8OzEtNAgPnS-MDWOv1jgbzr0AhPvvfhkforBMpEL6nI/s200/20131221_074102.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="color: purple;">Finished item measures approx. 3" from cuff to tip of pom-pom x 5" around un-stretched<u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">- scrap yarn in red and white</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">- 4 double pointed needles sized 5mm/US 8</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">- <a href="http://www.classiceliteyarns.com/WebLetter/Stitches/PomPom/PomPom.php">pom-pom makers</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">-tapestry needle</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Sts - stitches</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">CO - cast on</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">BO - bind off</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">K - knit</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">PM - place marker</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">K2tog – knit two together</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/faq/80.html">SSK - slip slip knit</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/faq/113.html">SC - single crochet</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Using red CO 20 sts and join for working in the round. I used three double pointed needles (7-6-7)</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Row 1: K10, PM, K10</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Row 2: K to end
Row 3: SSK, Kto 2 before marker, K2TOG, repeat</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Row 4 - 5: K to end</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">I usually go down to 2 needles on row 9, leaving 4 sts on each needle.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">repeat last 3 rows until 4 sts left. Cut yarn and weave through remaining sts.</span></div>
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<u><span style="color: purple;">Cuff and Pom-pom</span></u></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">You will need the hat body, some scrap white yarn, size 4.5 crochet needle, and two small pom-pom makers. (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EULHNtikVxg">I make my own out of cardboard</a>.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Using white, work 1 row of <a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/faq/113.html">SC</a> around cast on edge of hat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Using white <a href="http://www.classiceliteyarns.com/WebLetter/Stitches/PomPom/PomPom.php">make a pom pom</a>. Attach to top of hat. Weave in all ends and voila! You have a Lil Santa hat! </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Now come the endless possibilities of where to put it! I plan to spread the joy and yarn bomb the places I visit over the holidays. Leaving a bit of Christmas cheer behind. Pro tip, anytime I`m transporting a hat with a pom-pom, <a href="http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x49/tstrr90/Arts%20Work/Knitting/20131222_210655_zps53814e52.jpg?t=1387762774">I turn it inside out</a> to preserve the fluffiness.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Not Your Grandmother`s Knitting!</span></div>
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