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Bind Us Together
Gosh, it was back in September when I posted about hooking a rug using my mother's equipment and wool from a fabulous house sale. But I have done a little more: put a binding on a small rug my mother had done, and made i… -
More Survivalist Knitting -- I Can Darn a Sock
Last month I made a mitten on a knitting loom, for a couple of reasons -- to hold on, in some form, to the skills my mother had, and to remember, with M.F.K. Fisher, How To Cook a Wolf (the one that is at your door). Thi… -
Knitting-Loom Mittens
Finally, I can make a mitten. I can't make it on knitting needles, but I am on my way to make respectable ones on a knitting loom. There are many patterns available, but the one that worked out well is the one-loom (beca… -
Hooking a rug-maker
I don't remember how old I was when my mother set up her rug-hooking operation, the frame in the den, the strips of wool that magically came out of the cutter when you turned the crank, the click-click of the shuttle hoo…
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