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Orange Boot Socks

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:46:36 +0000

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Yarn: Filatura di Crosa 501 washable wool
Pattern: Yankee Knitter Designs #29 (Classic Socks for the Family)
Needles: Size 4 (US) dp

Baby Surprise Sweater WIP#1

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:32:04 +0000

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This is the first 12 rows of Elizabeth Zimmermann's pattern for the Baby Surprise Sweater. I've never knit this pattern before, and it's a bit of a mystery. Words of wisdom or support from other knitters who have made this are much appreciated. I'll post more pix of this work in progress in the next few weeks. You can also follow my rant in progress on my blog.

WIP #3 - Sleeves!

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:17:34 +0000

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The sweater is taking shape. This is how it will be folded to make the sleeves.

WIP #2

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:17:34 +0000

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The gift might actually be finished by the time the baby is 3 months old. Now up to row 48.

BSS WIP#4

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:50:34 +0000

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Baby Surprise Sweater, with only 4 rows left to go. It sure doesn't look like a sweater.

BSS WIP#5

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:50:34 +0000

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I admit -- Elizabeth Zimmermann was a genius. This is how the lumpy mass of wool is folded to become a sweater. The only seams will be on the top of the sleeves.

BSS Done!

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:40:23 +0000

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The Baby Surprise Sweater is ready to wrap and mail to New York. The mismatched vintage buttons are as much of necessity as by design -- I didn't have 5 that matched. But I think it looks pretty cute.

Regia Socks 1

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:52:54 +0000

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Yarn: Regia washable wool, color: Jubilee
Pattern: Yankee Knitter Designs #29 (Classic Socks for the Family)
Needles: Size 2 (US) dp

Regia Socks 2

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:52:12 +0000

MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix) has posted:

Yarn: Regia washable wool -- Jubilee
Pattern: Yankee Knitter Designs #29 (Classic Socks for the Family)
Needles: Size 2 (US) dp

New Spring Socks

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Fri, 04 May 2007 22:07:16 +0000

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It was snowing in early April when I started knitting these. It took me forever to finish them, and spring took its own sweet time getting here. I think that the yarn is too busy for this pattern, but at least no one will ever find my mistakes in the lace.

Pattern: Hedera
Yarn: Knit Picks Dancing (with cat hair knit in)
Needles: size 1 (US) dps

Vintage Button Bracelets

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:49:34 +0000

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There's a new consignment shop in town that's selling nothing but items made by local crafters. I went by the other day and showed the owner one of my button bracelets. She thought they'd be great for the store, so I'm going to make up a bunch and see if I can sell them.

Youth Crafts

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:39:49 +0000

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Some kid got second place for gluing eyeballs onto rocks. 4-H Exhibit Hall, 150th Belchertown Fair.

See where this picture was taken. [?]

Mitts for Brits

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:12:01 +0000

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Fingerless mitts that I knit for my British Flickr mates who I met when I was in London.

Spooner's New Mitts

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:12:04 +0000

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To replace the ones wot got nicked on the tube.

Tudora WIP

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:13:02 +0000

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A neck warmer that I'm knitting for myself. It's 75% done at this point.

Cable Cuff Mittens WIP

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:23:00 +0000

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This is my third attempt at putting a cable cuff on these mittens. I'm trying to come up with something that's a cross between the Fetching fingerless mitts and a full mitten. If I decide the cuff is too tight, I'm either going to knit normal mittens or go back to the tried-and-true Fetching pattern.

Tudora neck warmer -- done!

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:22:48 +0000

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I love this yarn -- 50% wool, 50% angora. And it's my favorite color.

iPod Cosy

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:59:01 +0000

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I knit 3 of these from one ball of Fixation. The yarn is cotton with a little bit of elastic in it so the cosy hugs the iPod, keeping it safe and warm. Something like this on a larger scale might work well as a Gorillapod cosy.

Erin's Zig Zag Scarf

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:52:09 +0000

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Knit in 2006. I've just joined Ravelry (online knitting community -- my username is emjayem there, so please add me to your friends if you're on Ravelry, too), and you have to put photos of your projects on Flickr first in order to link them to your Ravelry page, so I'm going through my backlog to see what I remembered to photograph before gifting. When I finish doing this, and when the temperature climbs a bit, I'll go back to taking pix of winter in New England. (This photo was taken in January of 2007 -- a very different winter.)

Whales (cat toys)

nobody@ipernity.com (MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:00:22 +0000

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I know, they look more like fish, but the pattern said they were whales. Filled with cotton balls and catnip. Made from odds and ends of wool from other projects (which some of you may recognize).