Something To Test My Skills
Clearly I should do something really difficult now as I keep getting blasĆ© 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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Reading the Pattern is a Good Idea
So, I needed some “mindless” knitting after the the whirlwind of knitting Icon. What better than knit up the lovely Nimu yarns I bought at Ally Pally? This yarn… From Ally Pally 2012 I was going to make Different Lines again as I was so pleased with it but thatĀ wouldĀ be boring and I wanted […]
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Iconic
My “Completed Knit” Icon post could be very short. The word, “WOW” is enough to sum it up!! This dress is such a pleasure to knit and so bang on trend it hurts. It really is an “Iconic” knit. I love, love love the way that you start at the bottom hem and the rows […]
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Christmas Jumpers, Wine, Bloggers and Debbie Bliss!
Save The Children think I’m a popular and “on trend” knit blogger! In fact I am,Ā apparently, one of the Knitterati!! With flattery like that, how could I say, “No” to their invitation to spend an evening with them and Debbie Bliss at their “Mary’s Living and Giving” shop in Primrose Hill, North London? Save the […]
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Icon Progress – We Have a Front!
My progress with Icon is storming along although I’ve had some minor hiccups along the way – and I’m ashamed to say, the hiccups were all my fault! So let me show you how far I’ve got then you can LOL at the stupid errors I made. I have one beautiful, unpressed, front…photographed in true […]
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Being Bad…
So Heligan is at the “reknit the top of the sleeve and sew it up” stage – not my most favorite part…. And I have sumptuous new projects begging to be started from Ally Pally… And I a weak and weary from fighting off this stupid cough/cold/flu/bronchitis type thing… So have I diligently finished […]
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Heligan Mishap
You must be wondering how Heligan is going…. She has been slow going – mainly because I’ve not had much knitting time – she is an awful lot of moss stitch! I have finished knitting all the parts though š She is currently laying on my dining room table having theĀ bazillionĀ ends tidied, neatened and tugged […]
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Tension Hell-again with Heligan
GHAAAAAAAaaaa! šæ You know I said I had gotten to the armholes on Heligan? There was a helpful line in the pattern which said, “If row tension is correct, back will measure 25.5 cm from cast on edge…” I like notes like that in a pattern – they let you know if you’re on track…or […]
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Heavenly Heligan
I was going to tell you about my latest finished garment but it is currently waiting to be pressed and sewn up and is looking like a very uninspiring, messy, navy blue heap!Ā Hmm – I guess that also means it’s not actually finished either š Iāll leave the navy blue heap until I have […]
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String of Expletives
āString of Expletivesā ā¦Do my non UK readers know what it means? A String of Expletives is an outpouring of several very rude words and curses, one after another. That explains my recent knitting experiences perfectly. It also would make a great name for a knitting blog with the pun on āStringā!! The Blanket Jacket […]
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…