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It's my birthday (August 20th), and I thought how lovely to treat myself to a weekend knitting getaway--and with Fibrations happening in Victoria, it seemed like a perfect and easy trip to make. International visitors to my site, no, Victoria isn't set on a different planet, this is just the colour the sky gets after weeks of horrendous forest fires in our province. It's an outdoor event, perfect for a late August Sunday, and I was up at the crack of dawn. I went back to sle

I've explained in an earlier post just how easy it is to fix minor mistakes in knitting by dropping stitches and correcting them--but if you've only just made the mistake (there it is, first one over on the right needle, taunting you) there's no need to wait 'til you've knit back to the spot and then drop it. No, you can fix that impish stitch Right Now This Very Minute by "tinking." If you haven't heard of tinking, it's the new term for "unknitting" that's gained currency i