Author Archives: Ninja

About Ninja

The Knitting Ninja knits, blogs, draws, jogs, works, lives and loves in Ottawa, ON. She has a boyfriend, a roommate and a small zoo of awesome pets.

I’ll Just Keep Movin’ On

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Ninja

The Shark Hat is ready for test knitting. I’ll be starting to send it to potential test knitters tonight. If you don’t get an email by this weekend, please send me a message on Ravelry or here, and I’ll get … Continue reading →

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Lucky 7 & Squares

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Ninja

I have had the sick. Just some sort of seasonal flu/cold bug, but it really knocked me on my knickers for a few days. So, I knit. While I was stocking up on some small skeins of dishcloth cotton at … Continue reading →

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Granny Squares and Landmarks

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Ninja

The holidays have been cruel to me, health-wise. Anxiety is at an all time high, meaning my temporo-mandibular joint issue has escalated, causing me to slightly dislocate the left side a few nights before Christmas. I had to slurp down … Continue reading →

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Regarding the Shark Hat

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Ninja

It’s been removed until further notice. I do not have the time right now for fixing the pattern myself, and I cannot deal with another “you ruined my child’s Christmas” email. People need to remember that the internet isn’t a … Continue reading →

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Now I Am A True Ninja.

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Ninja

Because I have a ninja mask! Balaclava is complete. Knit with Drunken Pennsic yarn, and reminded me of why I hate knitting long tubes of ribbing. It did knit up lovely though, and it is deliciously warm and soft. It … Continue reading →

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Nothing says irony…

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Ninja

… like a pit bull in a shark hat. This is the lovely Luce, eeeeevil red dog extraordinaire. Her person is an online friend from a dog community I belong to, and her mum was cool enough to knit this … Continue reading →

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Shark Hat, Version 3.0. Finally.

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Ninja

After way too long, the new, and hopefully error-free Shark Hat is available for download. You can get it on Ravelry or on my page here. Special thanks to the lovely Kate (discosmurf on Ravelry) for making some necessary mods … Continue reading →

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Health & Balaclava

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Ninja

Not much in the way of news. I’ve been chugging along on my Shovelling Mask for winter, based on this awesome balaclava pattern. I’ve made it to the split. I want it ASAP so I’m going to keep plugging at … Continue reading →

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Shark Hat and Travelling Sock

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Ninja

First, some big news. As many folks have learned, the Shark Hat pattern is… poorly written. It is my fault, having made a sore attempt to combine by test knitter’s efforts with my own and then failing to test knit … Continue reading →

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Timey Wimey Socks

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Ninja

So, many moons later, the socks are complete. I took a significant knitting hiatus over the summer, and came back with a vengeance. I tried very hard to make them symmetrical, but the dye was uneven, so no fault of … Continue reading →

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