An Unexpected Scarf
I quite often have people asking me to knit for them. There are some āinterestingā ways my skills are requested ā ranging from the polite and flattering, āI know youāre really busy but youāre such a wonderful knitter could you please make me a Ā āKnitted thing of immense size and complexity in ugly yarn?ā To […]
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Heligan is Beautiful!
Last time I told you about Heligan, she had been pushed to one side while I got excited about knitting the Icon dress. She was in the middle of being sewn up and Kitty was lending a paw… From With the Christmas break (and Kitty’s help) I’ve finished and she is lovely – if a […]
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6th Blogiversay
Wow – 6 years of blogging – I must be mad, or I just don’t know how to stop š Or it has been rather rewarding and you lovely readers have kept me going – thanks for keeping on visiting š So as is my Blogiversary tradition, I’ll give you my summary of 2012… …And […]
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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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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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Spending Too Much at Ally Pally
Oh Gosh – I’ve not blogged for a LONG time Ā – 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
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 […]
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…