Peggy Stuart's Blog Posts Tagged 'Elizabeth' (6)

High Fiber--Sewing Surprise and Knitting with My Handspun

This week I finally put the sleeves and body of my La Boheme Cardigan together and started on the yoke pattern:

Here's a detail of the design, which I adapted from my friend Marianne's pattern. (You may remember Marianne from the photo I posted of the pullover that she converted to a cardigan by making…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on January 10, 2011 at 7:02am — 73 Comments

High Fiber--Frolicking with Furry Friends....

Now that I have your attention...

That's Gabriella. You have seen her before if you have read a previous blog post. She's the orphaned baby alpaca my friend Linda has been raising with a bottle. You will see more of her later.…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on November 29, 2010 at 6:21am — 77 Comments

High Fiber--Dancing With the Alpacas, and Other Fiber Fun!

This weekend was Alpaca Days in Woodland, UT, and many other places in the US. I spent the weekend spinning at the Blue Moon Alpaca Ranch. More about that later.

This week saw the completion of the knitting on DH's Fair Isle sleeveless cardi. I'm still working on trimming and sewing down the steek sts. I found a… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on September 26, 2010 at 7:00pm — 72 Comments

High Fiber--Quilting and Spinning at Elevation

Vintage Stitchers met last week. Here you see Rebecca (left) and Barbara working away on their quilts.

Barbara picked up her diamond quilt from Julie, who had done the machine quilting on it. (I love how she used a plaid in the borders!)

I was sewing the binding on the Turning Twenty wedding quilt.… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on September 19, 2010 at 7:33pm — 34 Comments

Sweater Time!

Good thing I'm making progress on DH's Fair Isle Sleeveless Cardi:

It's the Fridarey Sleeveless Cardigan from The Art of Fair Isle Knitting by Ann Feitelson. The yarn is Jamieson and Smith's Shetland yarn in a fingering weight. Here's a close up:

Winter is paying it's usual short autumn visit in Park City. It always warms up again after this, but it's a reminder:… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on October 6, 2009 at 4:00pm — 18 Comments

Well, I ended up having to frog again! This time, it was because I did follow the directions. Only the directions I followed were from EZ's The Opinionated Knitter. I had finished the increases for the thigh and tried it on for length. Oooo! Way too wide for my leg at that point. I checked my numbers, and they were OK. Then I checked in Knitter's Almanac just for the heck of it. I discovered that there is some wording in the little Almanac book that is not contained… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on January 21, 2009 at 10:39am — 8 Comments