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Strappy Lace and Bead Fun

Published by on July 5, 2007 | 5 Responses

I promised, in my last post about Nicole, to tell you about how I resolved the beady problem of the straps. The pattern tells you to knit the straps then sew nearly 200 beads on afterwards by hand. As I said in my last posting, I’d rather stab myself in the leg repeatedly with a […]

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More fun than it looks…

Published by on July 3, 2007 | 4 Responses

I have about a gazillion balls of yarn and associated projects waiting to be knit up. So why did I suddenly become overwhelmed in John Lewis, by the desire to buy yarn to make a pattern I’d only just seen?? I must be a sick, untreatable yarn addict…. It’s that or the tummy bug that’s […]

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Fluorescent Florence

Published by on June 17, 2007 | 11 Responses

This project has yielded a couple of surprises! I wanted to knit something in either Rowan 4 ply cotton or Cotton Glace. After scanning the current Rowan magazine, I thought I’d have a flip through some of the old ones and ended up with Rowan Magazine 35 in my hand. This is one of the […]

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The Knitting Gods Hate Me…..

Published by on May 15, 2007 | 6 Responses

Have you ever felt like everything you touch “knitting wise” is going to turn a big pile of steaming Doggy Doodar?? I have just stuffed one of those accursed projects down the back of my “pending” knitting basket! In the middle of the huge Glade Edging Slog, I thought I’d treat my self to a […]

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Yellow, Sunny and Happy

Published by on May 11, 2007 | 7 Responses

I really, really need a straight forward, rewarding project to cheer me up. I also really, really need to use up some of my stash! That sounds like a cue for the 10 skeins of Rowan Summer Tweed I found at a recent London show for a bargainous price! I had never been attracted to […]

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First wave of Invaders Sock Completed

Published by on April 13, 2007 | 9 Responses

First sock done of the Knitty BMP pattern – Space Invader Socks hot off the needles!! There’s a previous post about getting the right needle size here.. Fair Isle Space Invaders Ohhh.. you can see another sock creation of mine on the other foot in the background – that was in Fortisima Colori Socka Color… […]

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Glade-Strapped Up Like a Gladiator

Published by on April 6, 2007 | 3 Responses

My elbow/hand/wrist pain is finally coming under control. 🙂 My GP showed my the twisting wrist action to avoid at all costs and the penny dropped – it was going mad at crocheting the Granny squares that did the damage! The elbow pain was “golfer’s elbow” (medial epicondylitis to the medically minded). I turned away […]

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Fair Isle Space Invaders…

Published by on March 29, 2007 | 4 Responses

My elbow downwards is still playing up and aggravated by gripping normal straight needles. So, I thought, lets try some socks. The latest issue of Knitty had some fantastic geeky Space Invader socks. Ben – being a retro gaming, console collecting Geek – just has to have a pair of these! He even checked that […]

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Glade from the waist up….

Published by on March 21, 2007 | 6 Responses

Just a quick post to show you Glade’s progress…. I’ve done the hem edging for the sleeves, sewn it on and finished the top half (all except the front edging which goes on last). I was especially pleased with the way it fitted together – stitch to stitch perfect with no need to jiggle, easy […]

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Glade Edging and Flimsy Needles

Published by on March 12, 2007 | 1 Response

I’ve started the Hem edging for Glade and finished the first pattern repeat. I’m not finding the pattern too hard – it’s actually easier than it looks as there are distinct panels, each one quite easy. See Blinkers on, I’m Knitting Glade for the start of Glade if you missed it. A minor niggle is […]

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