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Published by on October 14, 2024 | 1 Response

I love a challenge. I like a pattern. I love gingham!

How could I resist this?

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Gardengate Disasters

Gardengate Disasters

Published by on August 5, 2024 | 6 Responses

This is a tale of woe. And a new love, disaster, resurrection and final acceptance of failure.

…my fun with Gardengate by Jenifer Steingass…twice…

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First Sorrel

First Sorrel

Published by on July 1, 2024 | Leave a response

I promised to show you my first Sorrel, made with Yarn for the Soul’s light fingering in 2021. Fell in love with the “Midnight is a Lonely Place” colourway as it reminded me of Van Gogh’s Starry Night (just been to an immersive Van Gogh exhibition!!) – Can you see what I was seeing? Most […]

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Zakami Yarns Inspired Snuggly Jumper

Zakami Yarns Inspired Snuggly Jumper

Published by on June 17, 2024 | 4 Responses

Back from delinquent blogging after another health drama (under control now). After getting more and more tired and myself increasingly out of breath (like gasping for air after walking up the stairs or stopping several times walking up a hill that I ran up last year), I discovered I had several massive clots in my […]

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Midwinter Cushion

Midwinter Cushion

Published by on October 31, 2023 | 5 Responses

Rowan have been doing a Knitalong for Martin Storey’s Midwinter Blanket. (You need to sign up but the pattern, videos etc are free) This is the pattern pic of the blanket, made up of separately knitted fair isle squares in Rowan Felted Tweed… This immediately appealed to me – partly because of the potential to […]

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After the Rain - Love it!

After the Rain – Love it!

Published by on October 8, 2023 | 2 Responses

I finished After the Rain a couple of weeks ago – Oh Wow do I love that yoke pattern! … but I only got around to doing the obligatory photo shoot today – Bad Susan! I won’t tease you – here she is… Last time I spoke to you I’d just started the yoke pattern […]

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Sea Glass Sweater

Sea Glass Sweater

Published by on June 20, 2023 | 5 Responses

I definitely owe you some knitting eyecandy 😀 How about this? This is the fabulous Sea Glass Sweater by Wool & Pine. Made between Jan and March 2022. It is a wonderfully inventive top down pattern made entirely of 1×1 fairisle, changing both colours every row. It’s intended as a stashbuster to use up all […]

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Runaway Socks

Runaway Socks

Published by on December 9, 2018 | 4 Responses

A daring escape, a villainess, a sadistic torturer,  a heroic rescuer and a happy ending 😲 Who knew sock knitting could be so dramatic? I will share the unedited details with you and you can decide who is who in this Hollywood worthy story, featuring my “Flying Monkey Socks” …. I only discovered the truth when […]

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Fabulous Stashbuster Blanket

Fabulous Stashbuster Blanket

Published by on October 24, 2018 | 14 Responses

I have  been forced out of my blogging lethargy to show you a fabulous sock yarn blanket I have just finished 🙂 It’s made entirely from the left over bits and bobs I had in stash from pairs of socks, a couple of 4 ply shawls and some soft toy creations (and I still have […]

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Introducing Pixie

Introducing Pixie

Published by on April 30, 2017 | 7 Responses

I have the best excuse for not blogging or knitting much. I have a kitten! It’s taken Ben and I  nearly 3 years to get over losing our beautiful little Purcey and be ready for another fluff-bundle in our lives. So here she is….Pixie! We’ve had Pixie a month so she’s 12 weeks old now – […]

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