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Wed, 2010-09-29 18:59 — steve kadel

i made my first attempt at fair isle by making some patches within the scarf. it's for soldiers in afghanistan. it's all simply soft by caron. i tried steam blocking and it kind of worked even though it's acrylic. the other parts are all seed stitch

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Fri, 2010-10-01 07:37 — RickMartin
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Great work! Why don't I

Great work! Why don't I ever think of doing something like that?
Rick

Fri, 2010-10-01 09:58 — steve kadel
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thanks. it was useful

thanks. it was useful chance for me to work out fair isle without full investment of sweater

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Thu, 2010-09-30 15:51 — Joe-in Wyoming
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Very nice use of Fair

Very nice use of Fair Isle...will have to keep this in mind for the future. -- Books, knitting, cats, fountain pens...Life is Good.

Thu, 2010-09-30 15:34 — Kerry
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Looks great.

Looks great.

Fri, 2010-10-01 09:59 — steve kadel
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thanks we won't just get a

thanks

we won't just get a cat, nubby nu nu, will manifest a kitten from our love and lint from our hemp socks

Thu, 2010-09-30 06:06 — purlyman
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Those patches are great!!

Those patches are great!! Your color work is very nice.

Fri, 2010-10-01 09:59 — steve kadel
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thank you we won't just get

thank you

we won't just get a cat, nubby nu nu, will manifest a kitten from our love and lint from our hemp socks

Wed, 2010-09-29 23:09 — steve kadel
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i downloaded a free fair

i downloaded a free fair isle chart and adapted it into patches

we won't just get a cat, nubby nu nu, will manifest a kitten from our love and lint from our hemp socks

Wed, 2010-09-29 20:44 — Tom Hart
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Most righteous!

Most righteous!

Wed, 2010-09-29 20:05 — murfpapa
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Those patches are really

Those patches are really neat! Did you make up the patterns or did you adapt patterns from another source? Makes for a very unique and interesting scarf. I likes muchly!