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Sing with me (in the key of Queen): Sherri walks warily down the street, With the brim pulled way down low Aint no sound but the sound of her feet, Knitting needles ready to go Are you ready, are you ready for this Are you hanging on the edge of your seatOut of the doorway the booga’s ripAin’t they really neatAnother one bites the dustAnother one bites the dustAnd another one gone, and another one goneAnother one bites the dustHey, I’m gonna knit for youAnother one bites the dustOh Yeah Lookout. I’ll spare you the rest. Needless (or is that needles) to say I’ve …

I enjoyed Booga #1 so much that I thought it would make a great present for someone on my list. (Not to mention it’s super fast).So off I went to Mary Maxim at Yonge & Eglinton and bought more Noro Kuryeon while it’s on sale (which ends today). I bought about the brightest colourway I could find for this particular person because it’s a running joke now that she gets something pink each year. You see, I’m allergic to pink, so only for this person would I make something in pink!I also bought a neat-o gizmo for doing the icord. …

I felted my booga bag last night. What fun! I tried a few different ways:1) with dish soap – not much happened2) with dish soap and jeans – apparently one shouldn’t try to felt with ragged jeans – the nobly parts felt in with the yarn3) throwing caution to the wind, wash it with Sunlight laundry soap and really hot waterEureka! Before felting: From Knit After Felting From KnitI …

Ok, so it’s a poor impersonation of that racing guy that starts off each race with boogity boogity boogity (I am NOT a racing fan, but I have friends who are, so I guess resistance is futile. My Booga is a Booga bag that I cast on for at 8pm on Friday night and just cast off the last blessed stitch of 6 feet of icord. D’ya know why they call it an icord?

I finished a pair of fingerless gloves from Knitty this morning. Although they look like different sizes, they aren’t. It’s just that I’ve tried on the one on the left a few times. I’ll wash them and they should end up the same size. If I had to make this pattern again, I wouldn’t do […]