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Alexa’s Sweaters in Review

For a long time, I didn’t knit sweaters for me – but once I got started… Here’s a review of the sweaters I finished in 2019.

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Knitting for yourself

I haven’t always knit sweaters for myself. For a long time it seemed like an infinite amount of knitting. But I’m here to tell you, it is indeed a finite amount of knitting and having a hand knit sweater, made by you, is an absolute joy.

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Almanac hack

After we sent Strange Brew to the printers this black-and-white version of Almanac went right on the needles! I combined a special subtly shifting marl from Uist Wool (Meireal Aran) with a Canadian grown & mule-spun yarn by Custom Woollen Mills (I’m relatively sure it was this one).