Category Archives: Knitting

All da kine about my knitting projects

Small Kine Socks For a Friend’s Cast

Posted on March 5, 2006 by Mokihana

Tonight one friend of mine, who just broke her ankle in a kinda freaky snowmobile accident, asked me if I would be willing to make her a half sock for go over her toes, so they wouldn’t get cold.

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Sock Fevah!

Posted on March 4, 2006 by Mokihana

Okay, stay pau [finished] da Knitting Olympics.  I can go back to pidgin again!  I get two pairs of socks now; da Olympics ones and den anoddah pair dat was waiting till I wen learn da Kitchener stitch.

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It’s Gold Medal Time!

Posted on February 26, 2006 by Mokihana

I finished my socks!  I holed up in the living room, telling my husband to leave me alone, no interruptions, upon fear of death please, so that I could really concentrate on what I was doing.

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Da Mother’s Day Shawl For My Mom

Posted on October 20, 2005 by Mokihana

The relationship between my mom and me isn’t the best… she can have a real critical spirit, and is pretty judgmental even now. We talk, but only about superficial stuffs but not about the real deep issues of life. All … Continue reading →

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Da Alohaghan

Posted on October 19, 2005 by Mokihana

I’d like share to with you all a special thing that some friends and I in our Bible Study made. our friend Carol,  about 6 months ago, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Surgery and chemo are pau [finished], and now … Continue reading →

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Imua! I have begun again.

Posted on March 14, 2005 by Mokihana

On Saturday I began again to knit the poncho for my daughter. So far so good. I am going more slowly with it this time; knowing that I don’t have to meet a certain deadline is helping, though I don’t … Continue reading →

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Knitting Disaster!

Posted on March 13, 2005 by Mokihana

My daughter had longingly looked at the picture of this poncho, and said she’d love to have me knit it for her. This was months ago. I didn’t get it done for Christmas, so I hoped she’d forgotten about it … Continue reading →

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Mokihana Wen Get Socked!

Posted on March 5, 2005 by Mokihana

Growing up in Hawai‘i I rarely wore socks. Slippers, yes. Barefoot, yes. The only socks I ever wore were in tennis shoes, and my feet rebelled every moment. However, my move to Oregon has made it clear that snow and … Continue reading →

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The Side-Tracked Hawaiian Quilter

Posted on May 31, 2004 by Mokihana

Well, if only I had all the time in the world and didn’t have to work! My creative energy seems to have taken a different path for awhile. I was with a group of my wahine friends, knitting away on … Continue reading →

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