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Yarncrawl !

Published by on April 10, 2007 | 4 Responses

Today I went on a yarncrawl with Janie, Jane and Jenny from my knitting group. This was a bit like a pub crawl but with less booze , smoke and pubs and a lot more scrummy yarn, shops and chatter! Our first stop was Stash in Putney – none of us had been before… “Is […]

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Ouch! It hurts!

Published by on March 26, 2007 | 5 Responses

I think I may have knitting related repetitive strain injury. No, I’m not joking – this hurts. 🙁 All of a sudden, my wrist and elbow hurt, my fingers are getting pains and going “pins and needlesy” and I’m getting odd pains in my thumb and fingers. All on my right side. I think I […]

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My Mum’s Latest Knitting…

Published by on March 20, 2007 | 3 Responses

Like most knitters – my Mum taught me the basics of how to knit. I grew up watching her fingers flying so fast they blurred, producing beautiful knitted garments. Usually even faster at a “good bit” on the TV 😉 . Mum knits small items mainly for a particular local charity and occasionally for very […]

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Granny Squares. If Cath Kidston can do it…

Published by on March 10, 2007 | 8 Responses

There’s quite a buzz on the knitting forums about this blanket from Cath Kidston. It’s in nasty acrylic and costs £160! I figured I could buy a lot of yarn for £160 and make one. So, off I went to my yarn shop and bought 6 balls of Paton’s 100% Mercerised Cotton DK. I thought […]

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Window Dressing

Published by on February 28, 2007 | 1 Response

It’s not knitting but it’s creative so I’m sharing. I’ve been busy sorting out the window “treatment” for the windows in my spare room now it’s all painted and and clean and bright and lovely. Yes- you can tell I’m pleased with the results! I’ve made these sheer curtains from crushed voile…. …really easy to […]

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Fab Finishing Course at John Lewis

Published by on February 14, 2007 | 5 Responses

I have just got home from this course with Jane Crowfoot – I am an exhausted but very happy and very humble knitter 🙂 Lots of piccies to show you!I’d thoroughly recommend this course to any knitter – you are bound to learn something. I’ve had Jane’s book “Finishing Techniques for Hand Knitting” for ages. […]

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Cat Slays Human

Published by on February 6, 2007 | 1 Response

Nothing to do with knitting – I just stumbled on this picture and thought “AWWWWww”! Thug says, “OK, so you didn’t like the mouse I gave you. What about this one?” Further caption suggestions please!

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Willie Warmer – Hot tips!

Published by on February 4, 2007 | 3 Responses

…that’s a hot tip as in “hints ‘n’ tips “. Tsk!! How could you think such a thing! 😳 Much hilarity at my knitting circle this morning – one of our number (who will remain nameless) is a little fed up with being teased (ribbed??) by a male colleague about her knitting. He frequently demands […]

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Buck the Starbucks Bear is Missing!!

Published by on January 29, 2007 | 3 Responses

I’m heartbroken ! Buck the Bear has disappeared from my local Starbucks. See the post here about his birth… Buck the Starbucks Bear No one knows where he has gone -perhaps missing in the shop (but the staff have hunted high and low)? …Accidentally dropped in a bin ? ……Stolen by a malicious ex employee? […]

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Kidsilk Kebab – New Layout!

Published by on January 21, 2007 | Leave a response

To get me started on my blog, I’d used the same colours and layout theme as Ben’s web site – very pretty, I thought, but plagiaristic. So I’m going to try this theme out for size. It originally came with goldfish in the top right hand corner – Lord knows why??? Thanks to Ben’s fabulous […]

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