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		<title>Mini Me&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://knitblog.dave-bates.net/2009/04/11/mini-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So at the beginning of last week, I heard that friends of my wife and I were going to come into town (they live about 1/2 hour south of us).  I figured, both of them like to do crafty stuff.  Knit, crochet, sewing.  Why not make something fun and quick for them as a small present.
So I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">So at the beginning of last week, I heard that friends of my wife and I were going to come into town (they live about 1/2 hour south of us).  I figured, both of them like to do crafty stuff.  Knit, crochet, sewing.  Why not make something fun and quick for them as a small present.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">So I finally found my book, on Wednesday, and found some small finger puppets that I thought would be awesome if I could make them look like our friends.  Come to find out, I needed four-ply yarn for these little buggers.. I didn&#8217;t have any.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">A trip to Michael&#8217;s didn&#8217;t turn up anything, and in my ineptitude about ply&#8217;s in yarn, I went ahead and used aran/worsted weight yarn.</p>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-26 " title="hni_0010" src="http://knitblog.dave-bates.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hni_0010-150x150.jpg" alt="Finished LARGE puppets" width="150" height="150" /></dt>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Well these things turned out almost twice the size of the finger puppets, but I did get them done in two days.  Started them on Wednesday, and finished them shortly before they arrived on Friday.  One of my few FO&#8217;s that I&#8217;ve done.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I have found, that I need to learn to stitch better, because my mattress stitch really sucks big time.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">It was a fun little project, that I ACTUALLY got finished.  Come to find out she had also made me something.  It&#8217;s called a nautiloid, it&#8217;s on Knitty&#8217;s 2006 issue.  It&#8217;s pretty awesome.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Here are some more pics, and their counterparts.</p>
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<p><div id="attachment_27" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-27" title="hni_0009" src="http://knitblog.dave-bates.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hni_0009-150x150.jpg" alt="The Small Jody before Haircut" width="150" height="150" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The Small Jody before Haircut</p></div></td>
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<p><div id="attachment_29" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 160px"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-29" title="kp-puppets-0025" src="http://knitblog.dave-bates.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/kp-puppets-0025-150x150.jpg" alt="MiniMe's and Models" width="150" height="150" /><p class="wp-caption-text">MiniMe&#39;s and Models</p></div></td>
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<p><div id="attachment_28" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 160px"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-28" title="hni_0008-17-31-14" src="http://knitblog.dave-bates.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hni_0008-17-31-14-150x150.jpg" alt="Small Jason before Face" width="150" height="150" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Small Jason before Face</p></div></td>
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		<title>Wrist Warmers a GoGo</title>
		<link>http://knitblog.dave-bates.net/2009/04/06/wrist-warmers-a-gogo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s been a couple of weeks, and with all that&#8217;s going on at the house and with the kids, I had time to finish up the base pattern of the wristers.
I have to add the thumb holes and the button strips on these suckers and it will be the next in my case of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So it&#8217;s been a couple of weeks, and with all that&#8217;s going on at the house and with the kids, I had time to finish up the base pattern of the wristers.</p>
<p>I have to add the thumb holes and the button strips on these suckers and it will be the next in my case of FO&#8217;s I&#8217;ve got.. Will have to be the 3rd out of 20 projects.. My track record isn&#8217;t too good right now.  But I&#8217;m trying.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an awful iPhone picture of the wristers, the base pattern.</p>
<p><a title="Wrist Warmers" href="http://static.flickr.com/3332/3415251371_d8ef75375b.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/3332/3415251371_d8ef75375b_t.jpg" alt="Wrist Warmers" /></a></p>
<p>Hopefully by the end of this week, these will be close to DONE! <img src='http://knitblog.dave-bates.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>New Project: Dr Horrible Wristers</title>
		<link>http://knitblog.dave-bates.net/2009/03/25/new-project-dr-horrible-wristers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone,
Last week I started a new project, the raverly project name is &#8220;Dr. Horrible Wristers&#8220;.  They are an attempt to create the fingerless gloves that penny wore during the begining of the 2nd act of Dr Horribles Sing Along Blog.
So far, I&#8217;ve gotten the left side almost all done, except for the thumb hole, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>Last week I started a new project, the raverly project name is &#8220;<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dr-horribles-sing-a-long-wristers" target="_blank">Dr. Horrible Wristers</a>&#8220;.  They are an attempt to create the fingerless gloves that penny wore during the begining of the 2nd act of Dr Horribles Sing Along Blog.</p>
<p>So far, I&#8217;ve gotten the left side almost all done, except for the thumb hole, the button hole strip and I need to still bind off the stitches.</p>
<p>I did find that during this project I was knitting actually pretty fast for this one, the stitches weren&#8217;t all that tight, I think I&#8217;m getting better at that..</p>
<p>I&#8217;m extremly confused with the bind off, and am looking for help on that one..</p>
<p>I also have attached some pictures for after I completed the last Rib row on the piece.</p>
<p><a title="KP - Wrist Warmers-0001" href="http://static.flickr.com/3583/3378128798_26c764b573.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/3583/3378128798_26c764b573_t.jpg" alt="KP - Wrist Warmers-0001" /></a></p>
<p><a title="KP - Wrist Warmers-0003" href="http://static.flickr.com/3461/3377312057_35e9a62a32.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/3461/3377312057_35e9a62a32_t.jpg" alt="KP - Wrist Warmers-0003" /></a></p>
<p><a title="KP - Wrist Warmers-0002" href="http://static.flickr.com/3636/3377321361_6c423e8286.jpg"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/3636/3377321361_6c423e8286_t.jpg" alt="KP - Wrist Warmers-0002" /></a></p>
<p>You can follow my progress, on <a href="http://knitblog.dave-bates.net/project-dr-horrible-wrist-warmers/">this page</a>.</p>
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		<title>New Needles</title>
		<link>http://knitblog.dave-bates.net/2009/03/18/new-needles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well the flood took many things from us, most of us.. houses..
For me.. I lost all my straight needles.. So  I&#8217;ve been in the search for some new ones, and found these nice 10&#8243; straight wood sets from KnitPicks.  They look like a good deal, still looking around.. if anyone knows of more sets, let [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well the flood took many things from us, most of us.. houses..</p>
<p><div id="attachment_9" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/Straight+Harmony+Knitting+Needle+Sets_NDSTNHarmonysets.html"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-9" title="Harmony Needle Set" src="http://knitblog.dave-bates.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/stnharmonysets-150x150.jpg" alt="Harmony Needles" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Harmony Needles</p></div></p>
<p>For me.. I lost all my straight needles.. So  I&#8217;ve been in the search for some new ones, and found these nice 10&#8243; straight wood sets from <a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/Straight+Harmony+Knitting+Needle+Sets_NDSTNHarmonysets.html" target="_blank">KnitPicks</a>.  They look like a good deal, still looking around.. if anyone knows of more sets, let me know!! <img src='http://knitblog.dave-bates.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Welcome Back&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://knitblog.dave-bates.net/2009/03/18/welcome-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Bates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone..
I figure, now that our house is mostly done and we have pretty much recovered from the flood, that I would try to get back into my knitting hobby.
The only problem I&#8217;m having is finding all my kneedles.. Many of them were under water.. I lost ALOT.. I have I think one or two [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello everyone..</p>
<p>I figure, now that our house is mostly done and we have pretty much recovered from the flood, that I would try to get back into my knitting hobby.</p>
<p>The only problem I&#8217;m having is finding all my kneedles.. Many of them were under water.. I lost ALOT.. I have I think one or two of my interchangeable, but none of my straights, which means I need to buy lots more.</p>
<p>All my old needles were aluminium, but I&#8217;m planning on replacing them all with bamboo.. I really liek the bamboos and I think they will work with me better.</p>
<p>My first project back (I have a coupel actually) will most likely be <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dr-horribles-sing-a-long-wristers" target="_blank">this pattern</a> from over at Ravelry for my daughter.. And I&#8217;m also thinking of the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/my-jayne-hat" target="_blank">Jayne Cobb hat</a>, cause it&#8217;s neat.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m also trying to get back into my life over at Knitting Help and some other forums.. We&#8217;ll see how that goes..</p>
<p>Hope to see you all on the other side of the needles.</p>
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