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Not Enough Yarn!

Published by on April 22, 2009 | 4 Responses

I had a sneaky feeling when I started The Flower Blanket that 30 balls of yarn wasn’t going to be enough… I was right 😥 One column of nine squares uses pretty much 3 balls, one of each colour. Just scraps left over. I want 13 columns and an edging (which I guessing would be […]

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Cat Subdues Yarn and a Dumb Blunder

Published by on April 18, 2009 | 5 Responses

I’m still slogging away at the Flower Blanket! …and I have discovered Blanket Rule No.6… Sixth rule: Tired Sleepy Knitter + Intarsia = Tears I tried to press on one evening, when very tired, and finish one of the flowers. Once you’re past the centre it’s relatively easy – just the column of single stitches […]

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The Blanket Rules

Published by on April 8, 2009 | 4 Responses

I realised that I have created a set of strict rules for myself when I’m working on the Flower Blanket. The Blankie-Police are not going to come and get me if I break them but they do make life easier, or maybe more achievable, if I follow them. Your rules and ways of thinking are […]

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Flower Blanket – Taking Shape…

Published by on April 5, 2009 | 7 Responses

I have finished 17 squares of my Flower Blanket, rejiggled the pattern (again) and done some sewing up! The squares have taken over as my train knitting – on a knitpicks circular needle (ideal on a crowded train and for leaving fellow commuter’s eyes in their sockets!) I can get one striped or one moss […]

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Flower Blanket – The Knitting Begins…

Published by on March 29, 2009 | 6 Responses

I’m guessing some of you have been awaiting progress on the Flower Blanket?? Shall I taunt you?? I’m not that cruel 😀 You know I said I’d do this on the train? Somehow I’ve found another project to do on the train so this has been my evening project instead – the plain and stripy […]

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Purple Flower Blanket – The Design Phase

Published by on March 15, 2009 | 10 Responses

How does being bored with knitting plain socks on the train turn into an afternoon designing a blanket? Here’s how… I sat asking myself, “What can I knit on the train that’s not socks?” Squares for a blanket maybe? Out came my two Debbie Abrahams blanket books. These two… I made my Denim Blankie from […]

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Knit Blogger’s Block

Published by on March 1, 2009 | 7 Responses

I’ve been sitting at my PC, staring at a blank blogpost for about 15 minutes. I think I may be suffering from “Knit Blogger’s Block”. That’s very like Writer’s Block…but knitterly…. Maybe it’s some kind of cross contamination between writing and blocking my knitting??? Oh dear, I just had a vision of myself pondering the […]

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Commuting Knitting Sock No.3

Published by on January 7, 2009 | 6 Responses

Just a quickie post to show you my next Commuting, “Knit on the train” sock project. I found a new yarn lurking on John Lewis’ shelves and had to give it a go. It’s Wendy “Happy” sock yarn. I think that is a terrible, cloyingly sugary name for sock yarn but maybe I just have […]

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How Many Sleeves?

Published by on December 30, 2008 | 4 Responses

There’s a regular “joke” in our house that goes something like this… Ben: “How’s the knitting going? Are you nearly finished yet?” Susan: “Quite well, Thanks Honey. I’m on the last sleeve” Ben: “The last sleeve? How many sleeves are there? !!” Ben walks away chuckling to himself and Susan rolls her eyes…. Then, of […]

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Top Secret – Declassified

Published by on December 22, 2008 | 7 Responses

Do you remember, way back in March, how excited I was to be knitting as sample for KnitOnTheNet?  I first blogged it in “Top Secret Project – Shhhhh“.  The big downer of the project was that I couldn’t show it to you until the book it was for was out (understandable really!) Guess what, A […]

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