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Knitting on the Beach

Published by on December 30, 2011 | 7 Responses

I have learnt from bitter experience that some yarns are not for knitting on the beach. Suncream and silk? … disastrous. Kidsilk Haze and hot sweaty hands? … tangled, sticky and unpleasant. Shetland wool and sea water?….. you get the picture huh? So what did I take to Africa? I thought that the perfect yarn would […]

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Eloped to Africa…

Published by on December 29, 2011 | 14 Responses

Where have I been? Not blogging? What possible excuse? Errm….. …how about …. “We eloped to Africa on a fabulous long trip and got married”?!! Do you remember that the lovely Ben proposed last December – I blogged it in Exciting news and a Hat… We’ve been together a long time and didn’t want a […]

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A Stitch In Time Vol2

Published by on November 12, 2011 | 8 Responses

Excitement this week – My copy of A Stitch in Time Volume 2 arrived. Susan Crawford even signed it for me – Thanks Susan! It’s this book From Top Secret 2 It is a HUGE book, ram packed with 120 fantastic patterns from 1930s – 1959. All graded and made with modern yarns. Some are […]

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Irresistible Yarn

Published by on October 30, 2011 | 5 Responses

When I saw a bag of 10 skeins of Louisa Harding’s hand dyed Grace Silk DK for a silly bargain price of £2.90 a skein I couldn’t resist. Just look at it…isn’t that pretty? From Beatriz Silkwool I eagerly started to look for a pattern to use it… Hmmmmm Actually – there’s not that much […]

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It’s Blocky and I Blocked It!

Published by on October 16, 2011 | 14 Responses

Oh WOW!!! I’ve finished the Modern Quilt Wrap and I am beside myself with the results. It definitely one of my favorite things I’ve made in a long time. (Yep the knitting mojo is back!) It has been finished quickly, mainly because it has that “I’ll just finish this stripe before making dinner, I’ll just finish this […]

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Pass the Knitted Tissues

Published by on October 5, 2011 | 7 Responses

OUCH! I have had the stitches out of my poorly foot. 3 of the 5 stitches came out easily. The other 2 hurt like the nurse was pulling out  old hairy rope 🙁 My eyes watered and I needed a tissue to dab at them… …how about a knitted tissue?! OK, OK an actual knitted […]

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And I Had Most of This In Stash!

Published by on September 30, 2011 | 9 Responses

I think my mojo must be well and truly back because I think my next project is gorgeous! Here’s a clue…You should be able to guess the yarn at least (if you know my stash 😉 ) From Modern Quilt Wrap So did you guess it’s Rowan’s Kidsilk Haze? What else would be such a “Mojo […]

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The Curse is Broken (and so is my foot!)

Published by on September 26, 2011 | 5 Responses

I think I’ve finally broken that Kim Hargreaves curse of mine! Still is finished and I’m very pleased. How did I manage to finish so quickly?? That would be because I’ve been off from work since Tuesday after a small operation on my foot. OK,OK so the foot isn’t exactly broken – but I did […]

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“Still” Working on the Mojo

Published by on September 18, 2011 | 5 Responses

Maybe I’m a glutton for punishment but, my next project is another Kim Hargreaves. I will break that “Kim Hargreaves Curse” if it kills me! Usually I have at least 10 things I’m itching to start and another 20 patterns I kinda like too. This time there was much gnashing and wailing and flinging of […]

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Elizabeth – Too Damned Big

Published by on September 11, 2011 | 10 Responses

After putting in the effort to finish Elizabeth, I’m disappointed to find, she’s turned out too big 🙁 This really isn’t helping my lack of knitting mojo! I think she wearable but not the sleek, elegant fitted look I was expecting…see what you think…. From Elizabeth It’s ok over the hips but huge under the arms. Mewsley […]

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