tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3695993162913288792024-03-13T14:46:19.210-04:00Robin Ulrich StudioKnitting. Life. Inspiration.Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.comBlogger227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-52612472064275621292016-01-30T07:43:00.004-05:002016-03-20T18:39:56.168-04:00Snuggling up with Sothia <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love winter (OK, I like it for a limited period of time, say... 6 weeks). I love snow and winter sports and most especially, I love knitting cozy projects I can bundle up in during cold weather. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the northern hemisphere we're now just about halfway through meteorological winter and </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've mostly been knitting fingerless mitts that will eventually become a pattern. I've also been contemplating a yarn choice for knitting a new Sothia shawl - it's such a cozy, snuggly project I like to have on my lap on a cold evening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Whatever you are knitting right now, </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you are staying warm and cozy. Thanks for stopping by today, have a great weekend!</span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-89576815255449130022015-12-31T20:03:00.000-05:002015-12-31T20:43:02.233-05:00Happy New Year 2016!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In some parts of the world it is 2016 </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">already</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">, and for those of us in the US Eastern time zone, it soon will be. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I want to thank everyone who stopped by my 'virtual studio' in 2015, I look forward to sharing many more knitting and other endeavors on this page in the coming year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To get <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">into a bit </span>more of a wintry mood, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've posted</span></span> a few pins from my Pinterest <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/robinulrich/noel/">Noel</a> and <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/robinulrich/winter/">Winter</a> boards. </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-58356886348874868452015-11-30T11:01:00.001-05:002015-11-30T11:01:43.664-05:00(Cyber) Monday's Muse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thanksgiving has passed, the leftovers are gone, and my email inbox is deluged with Cyber Monday savings offers. That got me to thinking, why not? So until 7 AM tomorrow morning, I'm offering a 30% savings on all the individual pattern in my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/robin-ulrich">Ravelry pattern store</a>. Just use coupon code: <strong>Cyber2015</strong> at checkout to receive your savings! </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-16029561253699526762015-11-12T19:04:00.000-05:002015-11-12T20:27:37.667-05:00Goodbye Autumn Colors<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our autumn has been spectacular this year, with warm temperatures, dry air and plentiful sunshine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The great weather has certainly extended our growing season; I can't believe how much is still thriving in my garden here in zone 6. Just yesterday I harvested arugula, carrots, chives and baby lettuce, with cabbages also going strong. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It seems the good weather might be nothing but a memory now though after a rain and windstorm blew through this week, washing nearly all of the remaining color from the trees. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was lovely while it lasted though. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by today, enjoy the rest of your autumn wherever you are! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">at the gold of November sunset</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">this is a beautiful way)</span></i></span></span></div>
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-87412339393577824012015-09-22T20:24:00.000-04:002015-11-12T19:06:20.379-05:00Apple Season<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This week has been so beautiful - the air is dry and crisp, the skies are blue and there is just the beginning of a chill in the morning. Acorns are dropping from trees and local orchards are producing bumper crops of gorgeous apples. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As a little girl I helped my grandmother can the bounty of her garden. My mom dabbled in canning for a while also. But I hadn't done any canning for myself until this year after seeing so many beautiful, locally-grown apples. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Although I haven't yet delved into the world of pressure canning, I have achieved relative success with water bath canning tomatoes, pickles and apples (I use the <i>Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving</i>). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I always choose organic apples after discovering on the Environmental Working Group's <a href="http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary.php">Dirty Dozen list</a> that nearly all apples are heavily contaminated with pesticides. Even so, a thorough washing is important.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A mechanical apple peeler made quick work of the peels and after the canning process was complete I ended up with 7 quarts of chopped apples, all ready to be turned into easy holiday tarts later this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I saved the peels and cores to make apple cider vinegar using <a href="http://thewelcominghouseblog.com/blog/2013/09/06/making-apple-cider-vinegar-from-scratch/">this recipe</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the cool weather I've been knitting up a stack of accessories, some to become patterns eventually. One project I finished this past spring will be published in an Interweave book in 2016. As always, I'll give first notice here. </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-79748447485531326172015-09-02T18:37:00.000-04:002015-09-02T18:38:47.746-04:00Handspun Katriel <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What a lovely surprise it was for me this week, upon logging on to Ravelry, to discover that one of the front page projects featured in Sarah's <i>Community Eye Candy</i> post was a version of my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/katriel">Katriel</a> shawl design. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ravelry member Muriel's <i>Handpsun Katriel</i> was beautifully knit in gorgeous yarn spun with the colors of autumn. Just perfect for the beginning of meteorological fall. Great job Muriel! </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-15003620696147426252015-08-25T20:15:00.001-04:002015-08-26T20:00:18.096-04:00Knitting Bucket List & Free Pattern<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Do you have a knitting 'bucket list' of projects or techniques you'd like to accomplish? I certainly do! Somewhere along that list has long been a desire to knit one of Norwegian company Dale Garn's exquisite stranded stitch sweaters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Daleofnorway.com, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the company's sister ready-to-wear site, offers </span>intricately-patterned, classic sweaters commanding hefty prices in US boutiques (including the <a href="http://us.daleofnorway.com/women/tradisjon/peace-feminine-sweater/"><i>Peace Sweater</i></a> pullover below, priced at $349 US)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">With the recent release of Dale Garn's <i>Peace Sweater</i> design as a hand knitting pattern - <i>for <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/peace-11">free download on Ravelry</a></i> - I might just have to bump the project up a bit higher on my list! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What does your knitting or crochet 'bucket list' look like? </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-58816960273958310862015-07-21T13:51:00.000-04:002015-08-01T07:49:54.673-04:00A Penny Spent<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm not much of a shopper these days, waiting until I want to start a new project before looking for yarn or other supplies. But every now and then I'll stop at a charity rummage sale, usually held at a local church, to see if there is anything useful waiting for me to take it home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Over the years I've made quite a few scores in this area, finding wonderful knitting, crochet and sewing supplies for pennies, and I get a bonus good feeling knowing the money is going to charity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">One such bargain sale find was an Ashford Electric Spinner (normal retail price $750) for $5. Granted, it did not include extra bobbins, a lazy kate or other accessories, but is was new in the box, in perfect condition, so I consider it money well spent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At other sales I've poked around under piles of acrylic yarn, abandoned plastic canvas projects and musty fabric to find vintage knitting needles in a rainbow of colors, fabulous cashmere yarn for $2, and other fun, useful things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I pretty much stick to a strict rule that anything I purchase must have a useful purpose, but recently I was intrigued by a tiny cardboard box, simply because it was cute. That and because it said "Paris" on the front. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Upon opening the box I was delighted to find several skeins of silky cotton embroidery floss, in lovely shades of antique beige and gold, nestled in tissue paper (see top photo). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Not being an embroiderer, I nearly left the little box behind, but the beautiful, rich, neutral colors spoke to me and for .25 cents I decided to take it home and try my hand at a project. I might share the results here sometime, we'll see... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">How about you? Have you ever happened upon a wonderful needlework bargain? </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-47172890318744755852015-07-10T17:10:00.000-04:002015-07-10T18:42:46.730-04:00Craftsy Shout Out<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you have not yet discovered Craftsy.com, you are in for something exciting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Craftsy is a free-to-join, member-based online crafting mecca offering video classes for knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, sewing, quilting, cooking, gardening, jewelry and other creative interests. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Online video classes boast an interactive format, meaning you can download class handouts, ask for and receive input from instructors, and share your class questions and projects with other members enrolled in your class. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Another excellent feature of their website is the Craftsy blog, packed with interesting articles, one of which recently featured my <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2015/07/openwork-knitting-patterns/">Philodendra</a> scarf design in a recent piece on openwork scarves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">An online marketplace of supplies, including yarn like this yummy <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/supplies/the-fibre-company-canopy-worsted-yarn/5000?rceId=1436561151443~rnady7fu">Canopy Worsted</a> from The Fibre Company, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by today, I wish you a creative weekend! </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-67873229835776145492015-05-11T18:31:00.000-04:002015-05-11T18:37:57.492-04:00Monday's Muse - Michelangelo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The knitted samples have been dropped in the mail, and the pattern for my latest design emailed to the publisher - hurray! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since then I've had more time for knitting projects that have languished on the back burner for a while including a recently bound-off <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/brandywine-falls">Brandywine Falls</a> wrap (shown in photo above), and a stranded, color work cardigan in fingering weight wool. The wrap is still in need of blocking and the cardigan has been waiting, since I reached the steeking point, for me to get brave enough to make the cut. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today I came across this quote on my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/robinulrich/inspire/">Pinterest board</a> and the message was so simple and inspiring, I wanted to share it here: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">That's it, just 4 words. But Michelangelo's statement, at such an age, reminded me to be diligent in pursuing mastery of things I enjoy despite trepidations, set-backs or limited time, and that no matter what age we reach, or how accomplished we become, there is always still more to learn. How exciting! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by today, peace, blessing and happy stitching to you! </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-31828125877608847112015-05-06T13:54:00.001-04:002015-05-06T14:08:15.103-04:00Favorite Thing - Wool Gathering<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The latest issue of Schoolhouse Press' Wool Gathering magazine arrived in the mail a little while ago. This issue was (as usual) full of fiber-y fun stuff, prompting me to mention it here as one of my Favorite Things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Wool Gathering arrives every few months, and is full of reviews of Schoolhouse Press' latest book selections as well as a complete pattern like the one shown on this issue's cover above, the Garland Necklace Yoke pullover by Meg Swansen. I can't wait to knit this beautiful pullover!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Wool Gathering magazine began in 1969, growing out of Elizabeth Zimmerman's original 1958 newsletter to subscribers. Schoolhouse Press is currently contemplating the next move for the magazine - whether it continues in print, moves to digital media, or some combination of these. Until then, you can check their <a href="http://schoolhousepress.com/woolgathering.htm">website</a> for this issue and any available back issues. Get them while you can...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by my studio today, happy stitching! </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-24937518379843038902015-03-27T22:08:00.000-04:002015-07-10T18:49:40.881-04:00Yarn Emergency<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A yarn emergency... Is there really such a thing? I've heard the term used before but was skeptical, until it happened to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the last few days I've enjoyed a visit to beautiful San Antonio, Texas for a family celebration, but I didn't set off on the right foot when I left my newly started shawl project, 6 sets of interchangeable needles, a row counter and a needle gauge in a tote bag on a Southwest Airlines aircraft at my stopover city. By the time I realized it, it was almost time to board the next flight to SAT and the boarding agents could not help me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With nothing to work on, no reading material and no in-flight connectivity, it was a very boring 2 hours and I was more than ready to race to the nearest yarn shop when I arrived which, thankfully, turned out to be only minutes from the airport. After waiting to de-plane, collecting luggage and renting our car, we had only 20 minutes to get to the shop, choose yarn and needles before they closed! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fortunately, the nearest shop turned out to be a darling little place, newly opened within the last couple of months. In fact, <a href="http://www.unraveledsa.com/">Unraveled</a> yarn shop is so new they don't even have a permanent sign yet...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the end, I found some pretty yarn as well as the right needles to re-start my shawl project. I also found a cute new yarn shop to share here, so I decided that the 'emergency' was really a blessing in disguise. </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-9520738693271592802015-03-24T20:38:00.002-04:002015-03-24T20:42:29.890-04:00Miracles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">By this time of year we usually have early-blooming flowers and greening grass, but this year it's been a little colder than normal and everything's wet from rain and snow melting. Although I enjoy going for long walks and runs, the mud and puddles from all the wet make it annoyingly difficult to navigate roads and paths. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Then today my yoga teacher shared this acronym with our class - S.M.I.L.E., standing for "See Miracles in Life Everyday". It made me stop to think about the beauty all around us, everyday, even in the midst of something that seems annoying at first, if we'll stop and look for it. I hope you see many beautiful, miraculous things around you today.</span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-63648827563362958652015-01-16T15:06:00.000-05:002015-01-17T14:35:41.363-05:00Warm Wool Fuzzies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Regardless of the weather outside, I always get a warm, fuzzy feeling inside when a new shipment of yarn arrives, like this <a href="http://schoolhousepress.com/JamiesonShetland.htm">Jamieson's Shetland Spindrift </a>yarn I received in the mail today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Spindrift is a lovely, rustic, fingering-weight wool with a crunchy texture, available in a stunning array of colors. The yarn color shown above is Oxford Gray and only one of several different grays and other colors I purchased at Knitting Camp and during a recent Schoolhouse Press yarn sale (<i>What</i>, you didn't know about the sale? Well, then get thee to the Schoolhouse Press <a href="http://schoolhousepress.com/index.html">website</a> and sign up for their online newsletter!).</span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-46831174829295452562015-01-06T20:30:00.000-05:002015-01-06T20:59:37.210-05:00Snow Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Light, soft snow about 3-4 inches deep made for slow going but the peaceful beauty was plenty reward for the effort (that plus knowing I would enjoy an extra piece of chocolate later). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This kind of weather definitely calls for lots of warm woollies of which I am knitting plenty! Mainly I'm cranking out cowls, fingerless mitts and hats, but also dabbling with a few other things including a submission for publication. What are you working on? </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-6261697229756295562014-12-25T11:01:00.000-05:002014-12-25T11:02:41.922-05:00Happy Holidays 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-28071497054420130112014-12-24T15:53:00.000-05:002014-12-24T15:54:27.539-05:00Merry Christmas Eve!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-19836146343889317092014-12-19T14:47:00.000-05:002014-12-19T19:33:28.523-05:00Warm & Woolly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When pulling some antique fabrics out of a box for Christmas decorating, I came across this tiny pair of baby mittens. Knit by my husband's great-grandmother for her baby daughter (his grandmother), they were lovingly preserved in a trunk of things from the early 1900's. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since publishing the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ascend-cowl">Ascend Cowl</a>, I've been busy knitting mittens and fingerless gloves by the dozens. I hope you are enjoying the season, knitting or crocheting something warm, woolly and relaxing. With Hanukkah underway and Christmas fast approaching, it's easy to get caught up in a holiday frenzy. </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-90686750314956818332014-12-04T21:46:00.000-05:002014-12-05T16:44:08.316-05:00New Knitting Pattern - Ascend Cowl<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm very happy to introduce my newest knitting design, the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ascend-cowl">Ascend Cowl</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I've long admired intricate Estonian lace knitting and I've knit a few projects in this delicate style, but I wanted to design a pattern that was approachable for newer lace knitters (especially without nupps!), cozy in a chunky wool, and pretty without being fussy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After a little experimentation, I came up with a variation of a traditional Estonian stitch that swirled easily up around the cowl, in the manner of a spiral staircase, requiring nothing more of the knitter than working the simple pattern repeat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Spiral staircases can be so intriguing, and our <a href="http://robinulrich.blogspot.com/2014/08/island-of-inspiration.html">trip to Ireland</a> l</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">ast May provided us the chance to climb dozens of them. This one is located in Aughnanure Castle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After joining in the round, the ribbing edge flows seamlessly into the main lace pattern, then back through the ribbing to the top, using simple lace stitches. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ascend is easy to wear singly or doubled up to keep out the cold. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The yarn used is the gorgeous Plucky Bulky from <a href="http://www.thepluckyknitter.com/blog/">The Plucky Knitter</a>. Plucky Bulky is soft and cushy with a nice amount of twist, and it comes in an amazing variety of colors. The pattern project was worked in the Narragansett Gray colorway, a serene blue-gray. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The easy stitches, heavier weight yarn and larger needles make the project zoom by at lightning speed. Plucky Sarah also knit an Ascend up herself (in about a day!) in Snug yarn, featured on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/thepluckyknitter/ascend-cowl">her Ravelry page</a> in a delicious pink. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you'd like to try Plucky yarn, an update is scheduled for tomorrow and I recommend shopping early because her yarn sells fast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My thanks to my 7 awesome test knitters - your expertise is appreciated! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Much of the US, including our area, has been hit with unusually early cold weather and snow, so I'm glad I've had my Ascend cowl to keep me toasty. I hope you are staying cozy where you are, knitting and crocheting with one of your favorite yarns. </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-59835505292543852802014-11-27T19:15:00.000-05:002014-11-27T20:11:23.610-05:00Giving Thanks and a Little Pattern Sale<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm very thankful for many things. As we celebrated Thanksgiving in the US today, I was reminded of a few of those things for which I'm grateful:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">The piles of dishes in the sink (which remind me of the bounty of food we have enjoyed). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">The mountain of laundry waiting to be washed, put off while I prepared for Thanksgiving (because it reminds me that we have ample clothing to provide for our needs).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">The boisterous, occasionally annoying, wonderful relatives at large holiday gatherings (because it reminds me I have people in my life who care about me enough to spend time with me).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">This year's cancer surgeries & chemotherapy treatments (because it reminds me that every day is a precious gift from God and we should love each other, forgive each other and live the day to the fullest). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">The alarmingly large pile of knitted and crocheted FO's awaiting blocking, like the fingerless mitts in the photo above (because it reminds me I have yarn and the physical capability to do something I love). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">I'm also very thankful for my friends, including the friends I've met through Ravelry and this blog! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, to celebrate Thanksgiving this year, I decided it might be nice to offer a discount on my Ravelry patterns. Starting today, and running through Sunday, November 30th, all individual patterns in <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/robin-ulrich">my Ravelry store</a> will automatically show a 20% savings off of the total in the shopping cart. No coupon code is necessary to receive the savings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thank you to everyone for stopping by my studio today, whether this is your first visit or you are a long-time friend, I am so happy you are here and I wish you happy stitching! </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-24432133488555824392014-09-30T16:40:00.001-04:002014-10-01T19:35:27.164-04:00EnchantingTaos - Part I, the Wool Festival<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Full of rich history and rugged natural beauty, Taos, New Mexico, is truly one of the most intriguing and wonderful towns in the US. Because even a short visit to Taos can result in sensory and inspirational overload, I've decided to divide this year's Taos post into a two-part series, beginning with the famous <a href="http://taoswoolfestival.org/">Wool Festival at Taos</a>, and ending next time with more about the beauty of Taos itself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A day spent in the country enjoying the animals, demonstrations, workshops, yarn, fiber and inspiration to be found at fiber festivals throughout the US is near heaven to me and one of my favorite events is the Wool Festival at Taos, to be held this year this coming weekend, October 4-5. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Although I can't attend the festival this year, I thought I'd share a little of what you might expect to see if you are lucky enough to be in the Southwest US and can hop on up to Taos this weekend. A few of the photos here have appeared in previous posts, but most are new in just the last year or two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The festival is held on the tree-shaded grounds of Kit Carson Park in central Taos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Fiber vendors come from all over but the majority are from western states and the colors and textures of their wares delight the eye.</span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-73222847787120468442014-09-06T17:01:00.001-04:002014-09-06T17:11:52.044-04:00Facing Up To It and New Project Notes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Lately I've been enjoying summer and knitting at a somewhat leisurely pace as I'm still regaining my strength after chemotherapy, and my DH and I have been traveling and attending to home and garden tasks. Still, a cardigan has been completed, as well as half a dozen dishcloths, and I've enjoyed swatching some gorgeous Plucky Knitter Bulky yarn for a new pattern design, albeit in a relaxed fashion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In other news this summer, I've finally broken down and joined the legions of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/robin.ulrich.737">Facebook users</a> (<i>gasp</i>!!). I've had the page for a little while now, but almost never logged on since I spend as little time as possible online and didn't want to add to the time already spent on my blog, Ravelry, Twitter, Craftsy and Pinterest. However, I've been posting for a couple of months, and although I'm still not much of a social media lover, I grudgingly admit Facebook has been a good way to keep in touch with people I know as well as make new fiber friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm keeping my options open with an official Robin Ulrich Studio page (although it has zero content right now) but I don't know if that idea will ever take off. For now I am sticking with a personal page, this is my current user profile photo. </span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-16372005829688202122014-08-26T20:20:00.001-04:002014-11-04T19:53:29.455-05:00Island of Inspiration<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Not long ago, a cousin kindly invited my husband and I to accompany him on a trip to Ireland, a place none of us had ever visited. Although our trip was short (just 4 full days), we packed in an amazing amount of activity and I came home fairly bursting with inspiration. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Irish hospitality is legendary and one of the best parts of the trip were the Irish themselves, certainly some of the warmest, friendliest people in the world. Every person we interacted with made us feel welcome. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A popular nickname for this land is the "Emerald Isle." With miles upon miles of brilliant green vegetation that label is apt, but Ireland also delights the eye in many other ways with rugged vistas, ancient ruins, peacefully grazing livestock (especially sheep), sparkling coastlines, quaint villages and beautiful cities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Since my cousin planned the trip, visits to knitting sites were not a top priority, however, we couldn't help but be surrounded by wonderful things of interest to knitters and non-knitters alike. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If Ireland sounds like a place you'd like to visit, you might want to consider joining my friend Amy Detjen's <a href="http://celtic-journeys.com/knitting.htm">Knitting Tour of Ireland</a> coming up next month which will be packed with things both knitting and Irish. Amy is a superb knitting teacher, experienced in Irish travel, and a super fun person to hang out with, so you are sure to have a great time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you can't go this time around, you can follow her via her <a href="http://amydetjen.com/">website</a>, or join her <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/amy-detjen-travels">Ravelry knitting travel group</a> and keep up on plans for future trips. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm still absorbing everything we saw on our visit to this inspiring island nation, I think I feel a bout of cable knitting coming on...</span><br />
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Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419045515047473991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369599316291328879.post-80445923002453095002014-07-22T19:48:00.001-04:002014-07-22T19:48:14.079-04:00Another FO Off The Needles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My final (at least for now) <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/philodendra">Philodendra</a> scarf, in Handmaiden Fine Yarn's <i>Mini Maiden</i> silk and wool blend yarn, is fresh off the needles. As usual, the unblocked finished object looks like a wadded up dish rag. Guess I'd better get blocking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On another note, have I mentioned that knitters and crocheters are the best folks around? At least I think they are, especially after a very thoughtful new friend (</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">one of three of us named Robin at Camp 1</span>) from <a href="http://robinulrich.blogspot.com/2014/07/knitting-camp-wrap-up.html">Meg Swansen's Knitting Camp</a> sent me this lovely surprise in the mail today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Robin wore the cutest T-shirt that she'd made herself by creating an iron-on transfer </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">with this picture of an American Robin</span>. When I admired it, she kindly offered to send me a transfer</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">. </span>Thank you for the adorable transfer Robin, I can't wait to make my own shirt!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And thanks to my readers for stopping by my virtual studio today - I wish you peace, blessings and many hours of happy stitching!</span><br />
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