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A Patchwork Effort.

This weekend I went to Philadelphia to celebrate with a friend who’s having a baby in December. To honor this new mother and baby, two friends and I secretly labored over the past couple of months to knit and crochet a variety of squares in matching yarns. We then attached the squares using

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Post-Holiday Reveal, Part II: Scarves.

Okay, so the knitting that consumed me for for much of December AND Janurary could not be shared because I was making gifts. But with the holiday more than long gone, I’m now free to show and tell. Here are two scarves, both made in purse stitch but with very different yarns and needle sizes.

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