fraxknits’ blog Vox 2009-09-29T17:40:52Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d41426c4116a47/ A life in stitches What is on the needles ? tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470123ddcca1d7860d 2009-09-20T08:40:11Z 2009-09-29T17:40:52Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Elegant Ribbed Stockings Coriolis Socks

I know, posts are like buses around here... Well I just wanted to do a final post to write about what I am currently knitting. Firstly I am knitting the Elegant Ribbed Stockings by Ann Budd from Favourite Socks (still on my odyssey to knit every...

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]]> 4th Plinth tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470123ddcca0da860d 2009-09-20T08:26:17Z 2009-09-20T08:26:17Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Brenda Dayne Knitting on the Plinth

Most people in the UK will probably know about this already but In Trafalgar Square in London there are plinths with statues on them and the 4th Plinth is empty. Various things have filled it over the years and for this summer the great artist An...

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]]> Komet Socks tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470123ddcca004860d 2009-09-20T08:08:47Z 2009-09-20T08:08:47Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Komet Socks 1 Komet Socks 2

I finished the Komet Socks for a friend for Christmas and I am so pleased with the way they turned out. I think that they look gorgeous and they were great fun to knit. I shall definitely be knitting more of Stephanie Van Der Linden's patterns,...

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]]> Dark Titanias tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00d41426c4116a4701240b5f4667860e 2009-09-20T08:02:23Z 2009-09-20T08:02:23Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Titania's Dark Revenge 1 Titania's Dark Revenge 2

Wow - it is so long since I have posted. I did lose some mojo for a while and coupled with the dodgy typing on my laptop it has curtailed my desire to blog so much but I am going to try and make up for that now. The first project I completed is...

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]]> Small Stash Enhancement tag:vox.com,2009-08-27:asset-6a00d41426c4116a4701101648b92b860b 2009-08-27T15:04:18Z 2009-09-16T03:50:29Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Magus Sock Yarn

Wow - I appear to have completely forgotten to blog my last yarn purchase. Ok I have a much smaller yarn budget these days because J and I are trying to pay off our mortgage early. Far from being despondent though I am treating this as a great o...

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]]> Bring on the Christmas Knitting tag:vox.com,2009-08-27:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470110168d8dfb860c 2009-08-27T14:56:29Z 2009-08-27T14:56:29Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Sky full of Bees Socks Komet up Klose Komet Socks 1

So far I am doing well on the Christmas Knitting. I have 3 pairs of socks finished, 1 pair almost finished and a 2nd pair in progress and 1 cowl of my own design finished. This means there is only 2.5 pairs of socks (ish) left to knit and I am d...

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]]> Leftovers. tag:vox.com,2009-08-11:asset-6a00d41426c4116a4701101685edba860c 2009-08-11T08:56:15Z 2009-08-11T08:56:15Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I keep all my yarn leftovers. Sometimes I use them to hold stitches or make temporary stitch markers but in my mind I am keeping them for some Magnus Opus as yet undetermined. Also it is because I have so many gorgeous yarns and I don't want to...

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]]> Bartholomew's Socks tag:vox.com,2009-08-06:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470110163e7bfc860b 2009-08-06T08:05:52Z 2009-08-06T08:05:52Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bartholomew's Socks 1 Bartholomew's Socks 2

I have now completed my first pair of socks from my Cat Bordhi Book New Pathways for Sock Knitters. I have decided that this is the perfect book for variegated yarn because it is mostly about structure not fancy patterns that will get lost in fanc...

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]]> Melon Stitch Shawl tag:vox.com,2009-08-06:asset-6a00d41426c4116a47011016be242f860d 2009-08-06T08:03:56Z 2009-08-06T08:03:56Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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This is my most successful lace project to date (almost). As soon as I bought Victorian Lace Today my eye instantly fell on this pattern. It has a very fun stitch - the melon stitch which was really fast and it was also my first time knitting on...

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]]> The Day that I Dyed tag:vox.com,2009-08-03:asset-6a00d41426c4116a47011016821267860c 2009-08-03T18:10:19Z 2009-08-03T18:10:19Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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This weekend was a big festival of yarn and fibre goodness all in my house with my two fellow knitters J and Triskellian. I had bought 4 pots of dye (black, purple, violet and teal) from the internets ages ago and had a huge stash of yarn to dye...

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