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6th Blogiversay

6th Blogiversay

Published by on January 12, 2013 | 9 Responses

Wow – 6 years of blogging – I must be mad, or I just don’t know how to stop 😉 Or it has been rather rewarding and you lovely readers have kept me going – thanks for keeping on visiting 😀 So as is my Blogiversary tradition, I’ll give you my summary of 2012… …And […]

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Something To Test My Skills

Something To Test My Skills

Published by on January 6, 2013 | 8 Responses

Clearly I should do something really difficult now as I keep getting blasé and screwing up on the easy patterns. What better than the scary, never attempted before challenge of the fabulous Autumn Rose Sweater? I bought the kit at Ally Pally at the same time as I bought the Nimu yarns for Stripe Study […]

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Things That Look Like Knitting

Things That Look Like Knitting

Published by on November 13, 2012 | 3 Responses

Have you noticed how many things are in the shops that feature a knitted pattern or texture? Or am I just finely tuned to knit-spotting? I talked about the yarnish candles, knitted tissue box and knitted mug in my post Yarn to Burn already…now I seem to be seeing knitting everywhere. In the comments to that post, BatOutOfHell […]

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Spending Too Much at Ally Pally

Spending Too Much at Ally Pally

Published by on October 14, 2012 | 5 Responses

Oh Gosh – I’ve not blogged for a LONG time  – Sorry! Multitude of inadequate excuses include: Very busy at work (All going rather well though!)… Work trip to Budapest, Hungary to do some presentations to the teams out there on what I’m doing (Very successful work trip, fabulous city and OMG – The Boscolo […]

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Yarn to Burn

Yarn to Burn

Published by on September 4, 2012 | 7 Responses

I seem to be a sucker for buying anything for the house that has a knitting related design. First it was the knitted coffee mug from Sainsburys (I now use this mug every day at work – it always draws comment!)… From Then the Knitted tissues by Kleenex… From And now??? Yarn Candles!! A geeky […]

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Been Busy Yak Shaving

Published by on May 27, 2012 | 9 Responses

Ohhhh ! There has been so much going on around here and not much of it knitting 🙁 The short and snappy list goes like this… Starting my new job – going really well, Thank you 🙂 Stopping Ziggy falling in the pond (!) – once so far… Starting to get Kitty to come out […]

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Inspired Another Modern Quilt Wrap

Published by on April 15, 2012 | 3 Responses

My good friend Mel, was wowed by my Modern Quilt Wrap (Click that link for all the details and links to where you can find the pattern) This one…. From Modern Quilt Wrap   So much so she wanted to make one just like it with Kidsilk Haze. Mel has learnt to knit since joining our […]

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Distracted by Cat Toys

Published by on April 9, 2012 | 8 Responses

I’ve had my attention diverted by cat toys. And string. Why on earth would cat toys be of interest to me when I don’t have a cat. Not since last year when Thug, and in February,  Mewsley succumbed to old age? Could it be that we have adopted new cats??!! I would like to introduce Ziggy and Kitty.   From Kitty […]

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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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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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