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I Just Don’t Like Variegated Yarn…

Published by on February 12, 2012 | 12 Responses

I spent most of the last week under a duvet, fighting a horrible cold. Could my week get any worse? It did, however, give me the perfect opportunity to finally finish off sewing up my last outstanding WIP – Beatriz in the Louisa Harding Silkwool. I also managed to knit another entire garment but that’s […]

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Mewsley

Published by on February 9, 2012 | 20 Responses

After my last post about knitting the Mewsley Paw Print cushion and how well Mewsley had recovered her sight, it is dreadful to have to tell you that she took a turn for the worse and was finally put to sleep on Monday. Mewsley’s kidneys have been declining for several years and she was on […]

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Mewsley's Paw Print

Mewsley’s Paw Print

Published by on January 17, 2012 | 11 Responses

Mewsley needed a treat. A big knitted treat… What I haven’t shared with you yet is that Mewsley has been poorly. The day before we got back from honeymoon, she went blind.. We came down from the joy of the honeymoon pretty fast, I can tell you. Thug coped really well with being blind, Mewsley […]

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That was Quick!

Published by on January 9, 2012 | 6 Responses

The long awaited Ben scarf was all over in 3 days šŸ˜Æ I really enjoyed the mindless long rows of knit and the regular gratification of finishing a stripe. I cast off with a 4.5mm needle (was knit on 4mm) and made sure it wasn’t too tight (I used a cable cast on BTW – […]

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Finally sewed it up!

Published by on January 7, 2012 | 4 Responses

Do youĀ rememberĀ Liliana? This is the picture from the pattern book… From Lilianna I had finished knitting her and just had the neckband and sewing up to do last February when I was overwhelmed by my beautiful furry ginger boy, Thug dying. Ā I couldn’t face the fiddly sewing up and Liliana was flug to one side […]

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Graciously Permitted to Knit a Scarf

Published by on January 4, 2012 | 7 Responses

I’ve said before how Ben doesn’t feel the cold. Ā He rarely wears a jumper and only wears gloves, and hats when it’s several degrees below freezing. Pretty frustrating for a knitter šŸ™ We’ve had several conversations like this over the years, Me: “Ohhh, look at this lovely man-scarf pattern. Can I knit it for you?” […]

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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? …Ā 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 Ā£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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