Mother’s Day Knitterly Fun
A ball of sock yarn seemed an inadequateĀ giftĀ to give my Mum for Mother’s Day. Hmmm… My Mum, an expert knitter of several decades, recently rediscovered knitting socks on four needles. A skill she first learnt as a child in school in wartimeĀ England. AfterĀ a celebratory “Mum’s day” roast dinner, while I was showing her how to […]
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Fabulous Day Out with Purl Alpaca
Ben is a wonderful husband. Guess what he bought me for Christmas? A knitting workshop with Purl Alpaca š I have knit several kits from Purl Alpaca and was thrilled to spend the day with Tracey,the Alpaca farming half of the business and Kari-Helene, the knitwear design half. All the sample garments were arranged around the […]
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Disaster, Woe, a Success and Some Fun
It’s been a week coloured byĀ knitterlyĀ disaster and woe – then it improved… Disaster: I lost a sock. Not just any sock. I lost the completed, beautiful first sock of the pink, orange and purple entrelac socks I was making š„ This is the last picture I have of my lost baby…. “What happened?”, I hear […]
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Catching Up After the Dreaded Lurgy
I had a nice long breakĀ from work over Christmas and planned to catch up on all the projects I have yet to blog…and catch up a whole list of other thing! Instead, I have spent most of my time either in bed or semi consciousĀ on the sofa under a blanket sniveling and coughing, trying to […]
It looks lovely, and ā„ļø seeing your 2009 self š!
WOW!! It looks s beautiful. I took don't knit shawls because I never wear them. Yours would be beautiful as…
Absolutely GORGEOUS ! x
Well done Susan, it's fabulous šš
Wow, love, love, love it. I am a shawl person and have a few favourites that I take on holiday…