Knitting
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Let’s start off this week with a finish, shall we? This is the Mushroom Hat, designed by Lotta Lothgren. I believe it may be available as a standalone pattern now but I have the entire pattern collection, Observations, that it appears in. I used 2 colors of DK-weight merino for mine. I doubled the length
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I don’t have much to show this week. A video shoot for work + several hundred miles of driving meant it wasn’t a great week for crafting. Here are the few bits and bobs I did accomplish. Book Club Cardigan: I finished the right front and picked up stitches for the left shoulder seam so
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This wound up being the week where I finished a few smaller things and they also were what took up most of my crafting time, so this post will serve double-duty as my weekly update and as a quick FO post. Norrland Hat: This project was my main focus and despite being fussy to work,
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I hope everyone had a nice couple of weeks over the holidays and enjoyed some time off work, visiting family, or just staycationing, like we did. Here’s what I worked on this week: Jane Austen Block of the Month prep: I really wanted to get the 2 Shimmer Sky quilt tops done and sent off
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We’re halfway through this year of projects. I will have a separate post in a day or two on how I’m doing with all of my proposed projects for the 52-week period. (Spoiler alert: Actually pretty good.) Here’s what I worked on this week. Book Club Cardigan: I have the back to the point where
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Most of my craft time this week was spent putting the binding on my Birds and Bees quilt. I will have a separate post on that now that it’s finished in a day or two. Otherwise I worked on: Book Club Cardigan: I’m working my way down the back. It’s all just straight “work in
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I started this shawl in January 2025 and finished it this week (December 13, 2025). Absolutely no reason on earth why it took me this long because I enjoyed the entire process of creating it. Design is by Inese Sang who has several other lovely shawl patterns I’d like to make. The pattern is well-written
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I’m delighted to say I have finished up my Bloom shawl this week. It’s currently blocking so I’ll do a separate post around it later this week. With that done, here’s what I’m working on currently: I have started back to work on my Book Club Cardigan by Sari Nordlund. I’m using Berocco Blackstone Tweed
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I launched the first episode of my rebranded podcast today. You can find it over on YouTube by searching for The Emporium of Forgotten Threads channel or watch here. In this episode, I talk about two “alongs” I’m hosting – one book and one craft project, as well as a few of the projects I’m
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Looking for Knit One, Spin Too? You’re in the right place! I took last week off from posting to do a little site update to rebrand and get ready to relaunch my podcast at the end of next week. I think I’ve got the old website URL with an auto redirect, but you may wish
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