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Controlled Chaos Shawl (new pattern release!)

Sep 3, 20211 min read

Controlled Chaos Shawl (new pattern release!)

It’s been awhile since I blogged, but I’ve been busy! I plan to make up for my absence with lots of new pattern releases before the end...

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Elizabeth Booth

Nov 10, 20205 min read

Challenge Accepted… AND Completed

Several months ago, I posted about participating in Jill Wolcott’s Finishing Challenge, and I figured it’s high time I share what I...

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Elizabeth Booth

Nov 7, 20195 min read

#WhyIMake

I have always been a creative person. As a young girl, I loved to draw, and then as a teen, dreamed of becoming a fashion designer. My...

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Elizabeth Booth

Oct 3, 20192 min read

Striped Directions Wrap

Striped Directions Scarf I am so happy to finally be publishing designs again! I got obsessed with slip stitch knitting several years...

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Elizabeth Booth

Dec 18, 20181 min read

Finished: Antonio’s Blanket

There are so many things I love about living in LA. But I miss my sisters and family terribly, especially at the holidays. I have two...

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Elizabeth Booth

Dec 4, 20182 min read

My Best Knitting Discovery

As a designer, I think I probably do more swatching (and ripping out), than the average knitter. Part of figuring out a design is to...

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Elizabeth Booth

Nov 2, 20182 min read

Facing Down an Old WIP

This was one of those projects where I loved the pattern, loved the yarn, and because I loved them both so much, I wanted perfection. I’m...

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Elizabeth Booth

Sep 26, 20181 min read

Short Row Slices

I love the shawl shape! Awhile ago, I mentioned I am working my way through a book about short rows. This shawl is the next project from...

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Missing You All – Updates, a Stash-Buster FO and General Catchup

Elizabeth Booth

Sep 7, 20183 min read

Missing You All – Updates, a Stash-Buster FO and General Catchup

I have been thinking I am long past due to catch up and create a post, but I just looked at the date of my last post, and wow, it’s been...

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Elizabeth Booth

Jun 25, 20181 min read

A Bonus for Charity Knitting

As any of my regular readers know, my charity crafting of choice is for Alice’s Embrace, because I have a personal connection to the...

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Elizabeth Booth

Apr 17, 20182 min read

Project Runway Fandom: Welted Coat

My new favorite knitwear Our knitting guild has a very nice holiday party every year, and for the 2017 party, as part of the fun, they...

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Elizabeth Booth

Feb 16, 20181 min read

FO: First Short-Row Shawl

Short row shawl laid flat Last year, I started working my way through a short row book, and I have enjoyed every single pattern made out...

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Elizabeth Booth

Feb 5, 20181 min read

First Charity Mailing of 2018

Journey – Alices Embrace As you may remember, I lost a dear friend close to this time last year to Alzheimer’s, and on the very same day,...

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Elizabeth Booth

Feb 1, 20181 min read

Will You Join Me in Joining a KAL?

Ready to swatch for my lopi sweater I have wanted to make a lopi sweater for about as long as I’ve been knitting. When I saw this post,...

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Elizabeth Booth

Dec 5, 20171 min read

FO: Gradient Flight

Nymphalidea (Published in Knitty) As mentioned in previous posts, I had quite the pile of FO’s to do finishing on. I decided that this...

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Elizabeth Booth

Nov 28, 20171 min read

Gifts of Short Rows

A rescue dog always makes the knitting look better! 🙂 As previously mentioned, I want to make every pattern in this book. So I decided...

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Elizabeth Booth

Oct 13, 20171 min read

FO: Honeycomb Baby Blanket

I am currently working on a series of designs using slip stitches in my own way. But this, my friends, is the project that started my...

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Elizabeth Booth

Aug 15, 20171 min read

100 Sweaters

In Los Angeles, it’s generally about 100 degrees (at least!) until at least the end of September. Sweater weather doesn’t start until...

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Elizabeth Booth

Jun 8, 20171 min read

FO: Faith

Most of you probably think I’ve disappeared, so I’m sorry for the lack of posts! I have done alot of knitting, including knitting for...

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Elizabeth Booth

Apr 28, 20171 min read

FO: KAL Blanket + A Peek of New Project

Thank you all for your support of Alice’s Embrace. When I started this KAL/CAL, I received lovely messages and encouragement, so thank...

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