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Author: MayaB

  • Virtual Knit Night October 8th
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    Virtual Knit Night October 8th

    Stranded on sleeve island, and I lost the yarn chicken game. I don’t think I have enough to finish both sleeves on my Milkweed jumper, so tonight might be the night for touch decisions. To make the sleeves shorter, or to bite the bullet and buy more yarn. Do you want to help me decide?…

    MayaB

  • Virtual Knit Night October 1st
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    Virtual Knit Night October 1st

    It has been such a hectic week, but some things are just moving way too slow. I wanted to shout out about my finished Filigree Sweater with a What Maya Knits blog post today, and show it off at the virtual knit night this evening, but with the change in weather the jumper is still…

    MayaB

  • Virtual Knit Night September 24th
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    Virtual Knit Night September 24th

    My Filigree Sweater is nearly done, just the ribbing on the last sleeve left to do, and I’m crazy excited about having it finished so I can wear it. I swear I’ll have it done tonight at our weekly virtual knit night, where I’ll be maniacally knitting! Will you join me? The procedure is the…

    MayaB

  • Time for a new project – Icelandic Lopapeysa
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    Time for a new project – Icelandic Lopapeysa

    The Lopapeysa originates in Iceland in early or mid-20th century, at a time when imports had displaced older and more traditional Icelandic clothing and people began to search for new ways to utilise the plentiful native wool. The design has since become a national icon for Icelandic cultural identity.

    MayaB

  • Virtual Knit Night September 17th
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    Virtual Knit Night September 17th

    When I’ve not been completely immersed in everything anniversary book, last week has been spent manically knitting, but no … it seems I’ve failed at test knitting again. With one sleeve left to do, the pattern I’m testing is launching tomorrow! Stay tuned for the Filigree Sweater! Now the question is, who can catch up…

    MayaB

  • Virtual Knit Night September 10th
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    Virtual Knit Night September 10th

    So there is this test knit I’m doing for a friend of mine, which was supposed to finish the 1st – well at least I’ve managed to finish the body! Meaning I currently have 4 WIP projects on my needles, and not only are they work-in-progress projects, they are all sleeves-in-progress… The question is which…

    MayaB

  • Virtual Knit Night September 3rd
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    Virtual Knit Night September 3rd

    There was this shift in the weather this week, in just a few days we went from proper hot to quite chilly. I don’t feel like this was a smooth transition, almost like we just missed ‘late summer’ and went straight into fall. I do miss these longer chillier evenings though, they usually provide heaps…

    MayaB

  • Virtual Knit Night August 27th
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    Virtual Knit Night August 27th

    Community has always been at the very chore of what we do here at Knit with attitude. When planning for and developing our upcoming anniversary book we set our goals, one of them being to bring Knit with attitude into people’s homes, to gift a piece of us and our surroundings, no matter where the…

    MayaB

  • Virtual Knit Night August 20th
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    Virtual Knit Night August 20th

    How did this happen, how did I go from being monogamous to having four projects on the go? I’m currently doing a test knit for a dear friend of mine, which involves lace too complicated to work on at tonight’s knit night, so I might just finish a sleeve on another project instead. Hope to…

    MayaB

  • Virtual Knit Night August 13th
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    Virtual Knit Night August 13th

    After our one week break, due to me going on holiday, we are ready to gather again, needles and laughter included! I don’t know about you guys, but the heat the last week made all my holiday knitting plans fly out of the window. I’ve started a new project which involves a woolly singles yarn,…

    MayaB

  • Update Test Knit – Knitting with attitude
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    Update Test Knit – Knitting with attitude

    First of all I have to say that I am completely overwhelmed by the response to my anniversary collection – thank you, thank you, thank you – I am so grateful that you like it and that so many of you actually want to make the designs we have come up with! Most of our…

    MayaB

  • Virtual Knit Night July 30th
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    Virtual Knit Night July 30th

    I’ve finished the body of my Summer KAL Milkweed determined to be able to wear it when I’m going on holiday next week! Tonight I’m getting onto those sleeves, and hope to see you and your knitting at our Virtual Knit Night. I did some quick counting and what do you know – this is…

    MayaB

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