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So Fed Up, I Went to Mexico….

Published by on July 20, 2009 | 6 Responses

I’ve been busy.  I’ve been stressed with work. I’ve been trying to sell and buy a new home. I’ve not had any time off work since Christmas because I thought I’d be moving. 🙁 I was coping with all this. My  house purchase/sale falling apart for the second time and putting right back at square […]

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The Carol Cushion

Published by on June 28, 2009 | 8 Responses

OK. I admit it….my resolve has failed me and I got bored with the flower blanket. It has been put away, pending winter. I’m a bad, naughty knitter and a bad, delinquent blogger 🙁 It’s my sister’s fault really….she went and had a birthday right when I was struggling to apply myself – she distracted […]

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And The Flower Blanket Goes On…

Published by on May 30, 2009 | 9 Responses

You must all be wondering how the Flower Blanket is going? The truth is, not as quickly as I would have liked! I have completed and sewn up a mighty 6 strips now… It’s a bit crumpled because it’s getting so big it has to be folded up and put away when I’m not working […]

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The Culling of the Wardrobe…

Published by on May 23, 2009 | 5 Responses

My wardrobes are overflowing – which is very bad as I remodelled to bedroom two years ago and made more wardrobe space! I’ve been very disciplined lately and taken great bags full of “stuff” to the charity shop. Now the hard bit…I need to cull the shelf where my hand knits live. I found three […]

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Train Knitting and Nutters

Published by on May 20, 2009 | 12 Responses

The Knit’n’Commute  blankie production line has been going well but I’ve had my first nutter objecting to “train knitting” this week! I get on the mainline train and get my knitting out. Within three stitches the woman next to me pulls herself up to her  sour, scrub faced, puffed up height of self importance and […]

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Interrupted by a Bear

Published by on May 17, 2009 | 5 Responses

It’s been busy, busy, busy here! House buying fun  – I now have a buyer for my flat 😀 … Day trips all over England with my 4 clients to visit suppliers (knitting on the train rides)… Attempting to get more Flower Blanket knitted… And the sudden and urgent need for a small knitted bear! […]

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I Need More Knitting Time

Published by on April 26, 2009 | 4 Responses

I’d love to be able to post a picture of a massive chunk of completed blanket but the sad truth is – I’ve only just finished knitting the squares for the 5th strip…barely one strip knitted in a week and still the pressing and sewing up to do! At this rate this blanket will take […]

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Not Enough Yarn!

Published by on April 22, 2009 | 4 Responses

I had a sneaky feeling when I started The Flower Blanket that 30 balls of yarn wasn’t going to be enough… I was right 😥 One column of nine squares uses pretty much 3 balls, one of each colour. Just scraps left over. I want 13 columns and an edging (which I guessing would be […]

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Cat Subdues Yarn and a Dumb Blunder

Published by on April 18, 2009 | 5 Responses

I’m still slogging away at the Flower Blanket! …and I have discovered Blanket Rule No.6… Sixth rule: Tired Sleepy Knitter + Intarsia = Tears I tried to press on one evening, when very tired, and finish one of the flowers. Once you’re past the centre it’s relatively easy – just the column of single stitches […]

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The Blanket Rules

Published by on April 8, 2009 | 4 Responses

I realised that I have created a set of strict rules for myself when I’m working on the Flower Blanket. The Blankie-Police are not going to come and get me if I break them but they do make life easier, or maybe more achievable, if I follow them. Your rules and ways of thinking are […]

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