RocketBoy Knits

Designer of patterns for hand knitting. Taking tradition to the next frontier...

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@rikka_de @ESDwaWorks This seems to cover PUA, but not the new PEUC?

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@ESDwaWorks Does the new claim apply retroactively even for people who were receiving benefits and are now back to work? I can't believe it makes sense to process all those claims a second time but the information I have received is completely contradictory, and I can't get through by phone.

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Veloce Mitts are now live and on sale over on @ravelry ! These mitts are a companion pattern to my Veloce hat pattern, and are a quick knit in worsted weight yarn. Prototypes were knit in Cascade 220, Berocco… https://t.co/JjTqWDMk9R

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Mission Control does Valentines for kindergarteners rocket-style! Of course, I had to QA one... https://t.co/6dEuogEMY2

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At long last, my Northacres Hat has been published to Ravelry! It's the first new pattern I've released in two years (!), and I am SO happy to have it out in the world that… https://t.co/Gry1PmyGmQ

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It’s one of those short, grey, Seattle winter days, but somehow the overcast made this @malabrigoyarn Rios glow! Now that I finally have modeled photos, the pattern will be… https://t.co/piN85RaVlA

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Spent part of my delightfully quiet Christmas cutting the arm steeks on my 20-year-WIP Rosemarkie Vest. I have cut plenty of steeks, but it has been a long time since the… https://t.co/gBGVbBoZt0

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It was a beautiful day to go to the inaugural yarnrevolution ! Look at the amazing colors of this huckleberryknits American Dream Dk in the winter-y sunshine...💙 Also got… https://t.co/Vtwb5uUyTn

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Thanks to @drygoodsdesign for busting me out of my weeknight routine for a magical visit to Pioneer Square tonight. I didn’t manage to finish the new #shirtno1 that I was… https://t.co/seov2GSyxk

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Yarn and ballwinder pressed into the service of science! RB1's physics project for tomorrow, powered by the motor from a remote control car my dad got him years ago. The goal was to… https://t.co/0OlIzR0mWZ

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The Clash and therapeutic fair isle knitting. Mood. https://t.co/wns18ZoUyD

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@yarnpushers is collecting yarn and crochet hook donations for a good cause! If you’re out that way, share the love! https://t.co/IqmHrrbAmU

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And now for something completely different...I found this feather on the front steps of the school where I work this morning. This photo does not even capture the richness of the orange,… https://t.co/duSgAqvLq5

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Recently I wrote my first blog post in almost three years, mostly about why I haven't published any new patterns in a while. I realized that I never posted about the few designs that did… https://t.co/PHGJGqH0s9

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Trying to wrap up writing and charting to send this pattern to my tech editor is literally giving me a headache. Good thing pauline.bartle left me this amazing chocolate last time she was… https://t.co/28oe8BM8h3

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Recently, I’ve been struggling to find stitch markers. Some are stuck in WIPs (a few...) and some just bounce away and disappear. schmutzerella inspired me to make some in a way that I… https://t.co/cJgfYLDxRA

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Working on the largest size prototype for the Veloce Mitts with the help of my robot stitch markers from @SeattleSkyDye . They make me smile every time I come around to them! It’s a smoky… https://t.co/qTxXuZcmr7

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Too hot/humid to knit in Maine this afternoon! Doing a little embroidery in the shade, thinking of daphneadair ... I got this pre-printed Kalocsa-style embroidery panel in Budapest in… https://t.co/fzRovv186F

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“Home. It’s where I want to be. Pick me up and turn me round...” At this time of year, I feel this song especially, how later it says I guess I’m already there. I’ve sort the last 20… https://t.co/WLkeOTAWBX

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Sun, for a change, and sunny yellow for the 2nd size prototype for the Veloce Mitts. I love that… https://t.co/R5Fez92Omq