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Ithilien progress, a week later

Posted on July 14, 2008 by

Just a quick couple of photos to show some actual progress… I’m closing in on 2 inches in length, and it is starting to look like the real thing! You can see how the background colors here are shading from … Continue reading →

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The ‘honeymoon’ begins…

Posted on July 8, 2008 by

I told you I would, so I had to take the plunge. My new circular needles from KnitPicks arrived, and I cast on the Ithilien Brocade Jacket. 348 stitches per round, plus 8 steek stitches. Times about 8 rows per … Continue reading →

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Swatching is kind of like dating

Posted on June 30, 2008 by

I’ve been knitting swatches obsessively diligently with this Ithilien design, and it occurs to me that perhaps I’m staving off the next level of commitment. You know, figuring the precise number of stitches to cast on and then just doing … Continue reading →

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Ithilien meets Las Vegas

Posted on June 19, 2008 by

It’s odd, how the fictional world created by J.R.R. Tolkien can seem so much closer to real life than the artificiality of the Las Vegas strip. I’ve been walking around that part of Las Vegas the past few days, and … Continue reading →

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