Just one arm left to do!
Here’s the front:

And the back:

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Some Mama Blue Troika, Sundara & Sundara.

Sundara, Sweet Georgia, and Nature’s Palette.

Sundara and Malabrigo.
It’s interesting to note I have no yellows or golds, and not a lot of dark colors except the browns and the two darker brownish purples. Actually I understand the latter: I try to pick colors that will show off [...]

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Dave and I will be going to the Northern California coast for spring break in early April, so I should be able to get good use of whatever sweaters I have completed. I should be able to finish my Twisted sweater and Orsino (neglected but not abandoned), and hopefully I’ll be done futzing with [...]

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As promised, sweater pics! It is VERY stretchy and does fit so far. The sleeve goes about 1.5# past my wrist bone.

And from the weekly stash fondling, some sock yarns:

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Here it is! Adapted from the calf increase section of a knee sock in Teil 2 (the brown one) of  the Strickmeister books (p50-51).  I’m going to continue the top repeating portion til it’s about 6″ long.

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Okay, I’ve developed a not-so-good habit. Or maybe it’s okay.
I’m on my third? chart iteration. Or at least the third time knitting. I’ve ripped out the first two (just that section).
I think this last should work. If it doesn’t I’m just going to start swatching OTHER than in the middle of [...]

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I ended up knitting something totally different. I’ll post the new chart when I’m sure I’m not going to make changes. The old one had errors, anyways.

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Lots of it, which is awesome.  I can tell the difference in my plants after even the past day and a half.  The Heuchara’s flower stalks are now blooming, the Erigonum parvifolium is turning into a huge green mass, the Salvia ‘Pt Sal’ outside our living room window is like a leafy Blob, going everywhere. [...]

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Yes, those are my Bayerische Socks.
And my clogs.
And scrubs.
I’m wearing them to work.

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