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		<title>Koigu KPPPM P508</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These are from the latest bag I cracked open: Koigu KPPPM in colourway P508.  100% Merino; 160m/50g. And here are some samples of how it knit up: This pair is size Small, knit with the 54 needle cylinder on the Legare 400. The colours patterned in a predictable, non pooling manner on the Small and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gothic Knee Socks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found this pair of toe-up knee socks, Gothic Temptress, designed by Janine Le Cras &#8211; while trolling around on Ravelry. I don&#8217;t have the pattern, but adapted my own version inspired by the photo. I began with a pico edge mock rib hem top, and then knit a straight forward knee sock, with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://soxophoneplayer.com/?p=426</link>
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		<title>Chocolate Sky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s two new colours from the dye pot. On the left, Chocolate Brown &#8211; I&#8217;d call it a Dark Chocolate &#8211; dyed at full strength. And on the right, Sky Blue. This batch I dyed at a medium strength. The yarn is my own 75/25 Wool/Nylon fingering weight. There&#8217;s very little variegation in these two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://soxophoneplayer.com/?p=423</link>
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		<title>BLT Alternative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a very good year for the vegetable garden here at the farm. The mid-size (Ultra Girl) and cherry tomatoes have been fabulous. The Beefsteak, like the one in the photo, are plentiful but perhaps a little less fabulous &#8211; a lot of them are gnarly shaped &#8211; I think from too much rain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://soxophoneplayer.com/?p=420</link>
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		<title>Ginger Stripes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a pair of Ginger Stripes socks. This pair is size Large, knit with the 72 needle cylinder on the Verdun 47. The yarn is my own 75/25 Wool/Nylon fingering weight in  two values of Bright Orange - full, and medium &#8211; as dyed here. I fiddle with different ways of changing the colours for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://soxophoneplayer.com/?p=416</link>
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		<title>Koigu KPPPM Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I cleaned up a few part bags of Koigu KPPPM. The first pair is KPPPM colourway 439, size Large knit with the 72 cylinder on the Verdun 47. I used a purple Wooly Nylon added to the heels and toes to add strength to the 100% fingering weight merino. I was into a third skein [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://soxophoneplayer.com/?p=414</link>
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		<title>(almost) perfect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During my years in the big smoke I had tremendous luck with hybrid-T roses &#8211; I always brought home a few new bushes for dw each mothers&#8217; day. In particular I would search out the most fragrant varieties, so the garden and house always smelt fabulous in season., But at the farm I&#8217;ve never had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://soxophoneplayer.com/?p=411</link>
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		<title>2:1 Rib Top on 54 Cylinder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a 2 x 1 rib topper done with the 54 needle cylinder on the Legare 400. I don&#8217;t have a 27 slot ribber dial, so can&#8217;t easily do a 1 x 1, but with the 36 slot dial using every other slot I can knit a 2 x 1. I first read mention [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://soxophoneplayer.com/?p=406</link>
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		<title>Variegated Chestnut Brown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are two pair of socks knit from two different fingering weight yarns at the same dye rate and both with washfast Chestnut Brown. The yardage is comparable-ish, but the spin is and wool treatment is quite different. The pair on the LEFT, size Medium, in my 1 ply soft spun (almost no twist) 70/30 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://soxophoneplayer.com/?p=399</link>
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		<title>Shhhhh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shhhh. I&#8217;m working on a secret project. This is a blend I don&#8217;t use too often, but had spun as a special order a while back: 60% Alpaca, 20% Nylon and 20% my Wool. Its a fingering weight.  Some of the blended cones run to a browny-tan,  such as above, and others were blended with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://soxophoneplayer.com/?p=396</link>
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