The Blue Brick | Inspired Yarns

Froggie Yarn Bowls!

New yarn bowls – just of the kiln today =o) These are the finished froggie bowls from a few weeks ago – and they turned out adorable! These beauties will be delivered to the Purple Purl this Saturday ! Another dragonfly pot – as usual…

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Swatching over to the dark side

Check it out – I swatched! I had plunged bravely into my first ever sweater using 6 lovely balls of TFA Sunset that I bought last summer – which involved substituting the yarn and guessing at the needles – no problem, right? Well, a book…

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Mittens!

At last, I’ve managed my fear of DPNs. Every time I picked them up and tried something it felt hopeless, tangled and uncomfortable. Then about a week ago I said ‘this is it! I want mittens!’ and I picked up the DPNs and all at…

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Lace Beret

Quickie post today to share a knitted hat that I just completed for a beautiful friend. This pattern is called “Meret” and it’s by Wooly Wormhead. You can link to their site and view the pattern here. I followed the directions for making it extra…

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Yarn Swift!

Santa was very good this year! Among many lovely things (like girls-night-out tickets from my best friend, and lots of gift certificates to the Purple Purl!) I got two absolute killer gifts: 1. Tito got us tickets to see the Lion King! Mufasssaaaaa!!! 2. A…

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