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 Baby hats for charity, various yarns.  | 
 
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 I love this color and the yarn is so soft, 100% merino wool, hand dyed.  | 
 
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 Five completed socks.  Stay tuned for the mates.  | 
 
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 Mock "fair isle" sock, with self-patterning yarn.  | 
 
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 My sweater, made with wool from sheep raised in Fairfield, just outside Gettysburg.  This yarn is handspun and hand dyed.   | 
 
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 Baby sweater and hat, an example of what can be done with Knitware software.  | 
 
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 Kelly's poncho.  Two panels made on the knitting machine.  Ribbing, crochet border and fringe by hand.  | 
 
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 Lorelai's poncho.  Just like Mommy's!  | 
 
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 Lorelai's Christmas stocking  | 
 
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 Lorelai's First Halloween costume.  | 
 
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 The little pumpkin in her Halloween costume.  | 
 
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 Kim's poncho.  The color is actually a pretty lilac blue.  | 
 
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 Green socks, pattern found on the web, knit with two strands of Wildfoote from Brown Sheep, color Jungle.  | 
 
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 A striped stocking cap for Kim's friend, for a Halloween costume.  I love it!  | 
 
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 Merino wool from Hello Yarn.  Pattern is the Classic sock pattern from the Folk Socks book.  | 
 
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 Soft merino wool multicolor socks.  | 
 
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 These are 100% wool knit mittens, lined with fleece fabric.  | 
 
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 Detail of the fleece blanket-stitched to the inside of the mitten.  | 
 
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 Cable knit socks, my first patterned sock.  | 
 
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 His and Hers Victorian style Christmas stockings.  | 
 
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 Lorelai's stocking for Nana's house.  It's gansey style with seed stitch patterns.  | 
 
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 Completed mock "fair isle" socks.  | 
 
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 My shawl.  Paton's classic wool in winter white.    | 
 
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 Center knitted on the machine, border single crocheted.  Pattern from Knitware software.  | 
 
 
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 Brown mittens for me (color-chocolate!) in alpaca and gray mittens for Kim (wool/acrylic blend)  | 
 
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 A scarf for me, artful yarns shakespeare from the shop in Charleston  | 
 
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 detail of scarf, broken rib pattern  | 
 
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 Kelly's gloves, to match her crocheted hat.  | 
 
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 Cocoa rose socks, classic sock pattern, yarn from ebay.  | 
 
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 The Yarn Harlot's scarf pattern, Paton's classic wool, leftover from Janet's shawl.  | 
 
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 Blue and purple striped socks, regia yarn, Harlot's "sock recipe".  | 
 
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 Lorelai's sweater with Pooh buttons.  | 
 
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 Yarn - Sensations Bellezza collection Canditi (wool and nylon blend) colors purple and cream.  Pattern from Creative Knitting magazine, November, 2006  | 
 
 
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 My "traveling" socks from the book launch day Strawberry Fields sock shoot.  | 
 
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 Purple scarf, Berroco "Peruvia"  | 
 
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 Scarf with mittens to match.  | 
 
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 Our bed quilt, my first attempt at a full size quilt.  | 
 
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 I don't have a picture of the pair.  When they were done, there were on her feet!  | 
 
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 Lorelai's hat and mittens.  | 
 
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 Hat made with Cascade quatro (color number 9435)  | 
 
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 Feather and fan scarf.  Yarn - Alchemy migration.  Color - Nighthawk  | 
 
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 Feather and fan triangle shawl.  Yarn is Lion Brand Imagine.  First effort.  Not bad.  | 
 
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 Two hats for Kelly and Kim.  Yarn Silk Garden.  | 
 
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 Scarf, the harlot's pattern, made with Paton's sws wool and soy yarn  | 
 
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 A vinyl bag for Bill to bring to work, locked to protect his milk from his coworkers!  | 
 
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 A sunny door hanging for Kelly.  | 
 
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 Dark picture of a baby quilt and cotton knitted bib  | 
 
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 The colors of this baby sweater remind me of cotton candy.  I've dubbed this the cotton candy sweater.  | 
 
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 Baby gifts - sweater, bib and quilt.  | 
 
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 First decent skein of yarn  | 
 
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 Lorelai's second poncho, same yarn, same color, larger size.  | 
 
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 My poncho, with the turtleneck.  | 
 
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 Blue wool gloves, pattern from Ann Budd's book, The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns.  | 
 
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 54 yards of handspun yarn in the colorway Roses and Lilacs.  | 
 
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 Gloves, same pattern as blue gloves.  Yarn - 50% merino wool and 50% yak.  | 
 
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 Mittens - yarn is llama/wool blend from animals raised here on Long Island.  | 
 
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 Lorelai's cream colored cotton/wool blend socks.  | 
 
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 Blue wool socks for Lorelai, Knitpicks essential yarn  | 
 
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 A hat for Lorelai, Patons classic wool  | 
 
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 And the palm of the glove.  | 
 
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 Scarf for Debbie's birthday.  Pattern:  the harlot scarf, yarn:  Prism  | 
 
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 plain socks, austermann step yarn, classic sock pattern  | 
 
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 Still on the bobbin, Finn wool  | 
 
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 Striped hat for St. Baldrick's charity   | 
 
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 The first complete yarn from alpaca fleece (Joshua)  | 
 
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 Another St. Baldrick's hat  | 
 
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 Red Cross vintage sock pattern from the 1940's.  Knit Picks Essential yarn.  | 
 
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 Feather and Fan lace shawl  | 
 
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 Garter stitch shawl, with my handspun yarn  | 
 
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 Hat, the Yarn Harlot's "Unoriginal Hat" pattern  | 
 
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 Wool dyed with Wilton cake decorating food color.  | 
 
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 My first handspun handknit sweater.  | 
 
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 Baby hat for Janet's grandson.  | 
 
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 Socks for Bill, Knit Picks risata cotton/wool blend.  | 
 
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 Dorset wool/alpaca blend.  | 
 
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 Gold garter ridge cardigan.  Yarn is Vail, from Colorado yarns.  | 
 
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 A sweater for Lorelai, knitted with my handspun superwash merino wool.  | 
 
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 Kelly's wedding gown  | 
 
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 Kelly's bridal gown and bridesmaid's dresses  | 
 
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 Lorelai's flower girl dress  | 
 
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 Knitting machine made hat  | 
 
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 Hats made on the knitting machine for needy kids.  | 
 
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 "Sunshine of your love" superwash merino  | 
 
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 Socks knit from my first handspun sock yarn  | 
 
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 "Instant gratification" scarf, a quick knit with yarn I bought at Disney World.  | 
 
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 Lined mittens - handspun colonial (shell), handspun corriedale (lining)  | 
 
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 Fair isle gloves, finally complete!  | 
 
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 "Corduroy" sweater from the book A Fine Fleece.  Yarn:  Briar rose legend  | 
 
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 "Bella's Mittens" for Kelly  | 
 
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 Baby boy sweater for Liam  | 
 
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 Baby girl sweater for Ella Kate  | 
 
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 Betty's fiber (Moose Manor Handpaints), 2 ounces  | 
 
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 Hat, scarf and mittens from the blueberry handspun  | 
 
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 Morning surf scarf knit with the "sunshine of your love" handspun  | 
 
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 superwash merino handspun, "angelfish"  | 
 
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 first sock knit with handspun sock yarn from raw romney and mohair  | 
 
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 alpaca lace shawl, raw alpaca from first trip to Estes Park Wool Market  | 
 
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