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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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Yarncrawl !

Published by on April 10, 2007 | 4 Responses

Today I went on a yarncrawl with Janie, Jane and Jenny from my knitting group. This was a bit like a pub crawl but with less booze , smoke and pubs and a lot more scrummy yarn, shops and chatter! Our first stop was Stash in Putney – none of us had been before… “Is […]

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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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Learning Fair Isle – First Socks

Published by on April 1, 2007 | 4 Responses

I promised I’d show you these, from my extensive “Pre-Blogging Archives” in my last post, Fair Isle Space Invaders. They are my “I’m gonna teach myself Fair Isle” project socks from Rowan’s RYC Classic Home book – the Snuggle bed socks. I made these a couple of years ago. I wanted something small that I […]

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New Books Page

Published by on March 31, 2007 | Leave a response

Because of the interest when I’ve mentioned my favourite technique books, I’ve posted a page on them – take a look…Essential Knit Books I hope it’s useful 🙂

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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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Ouch! It hurts!

Published by on March 26, 2007 | 5 Responses

I think I may have knitting related repetitive strain injury. No, I’m not joking – this hurts. 🙁 All of a sudden, my wrist and elbow hurt, my fingers are getting pains and going “pins and needlesy” and I’m getting odd pains in my thumb and fingers. All on my right side. I think I […]

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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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My Mum’s Latest Knitting…

Published by on March 20, 2007 | 3 Responses

Like most knitters – my Mum taught me the basics of how to knit. I grew up watching her fingers flying so fast they blurred, producing beautiful knitted garments. Usually even faster at a “good bit” on the TV 😉 . Mum knits small items mainly for a particular local charity and occasionally for very […]

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Keats is Finished!

Published by on March 17, 2007 | 3 Responses

I finally did it. I completed grafting Keats. For those of you who didn’t witness the full horror of my monumental blunder, see the dissection of Keats here Arrghh, I’ve Broken My Knitting And the more hopeful start Ode to a Merino Yarn. It was gruelling but I think worth it. Lots of piccies for […]

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