Knitterly Kickstarter
Thank you for all your lovely messages about the video – I’ll post properly in response at the weekend when I have more time š But in the mean time … As I seem to have a thing for home furnishings that “look like knitting” – I wanted to quickly show you a lovely looking […]
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Alright Mr De-Mille, I’m Ready for My Close Up Now
Who would have thought that my knitting could lead to me Ā becoming a film star! OK, Ā that’s overstating itĀ slightly š So here’s what happened… I was contacted by an independent filmmaker, via his wife on Ravelry. Sergey explained he wanted to make a short documentary about knitting to expand his portfolio and wondered if I’d […]
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Struggling With Those Sleeves
Time to put on my *Shameface* and confess my slow progress with my Autumn Rose Sweater š³ Can you remember way back to the end of December? I blogged about Autumn Rose here -> Something to Test My SkillsĀ She’s this beautiful fairisle sweater I was going great guns – quickly whizzing up the body […]
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And Now With Added Beads
Remember when I made my beautiful green Emanuela,Ā I said I might change that 2nd skein of green for a different colour and make another one? That’s exactly what I did! Loop were very happy to change the skein for a different one for me and also flattered me by fawning over the lovely green Emanuela […]
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Fallen off the Cracksilk Wagon
I’ve fallen off the wagon in a big way – The lure of Rowan’s Kidsilk Haze was too much for me to resist. My long struggle with Cracksilk Haze addiction Ā has been well documented on this blog: KSH ShameĀ – Where I found I had nearly all the yarn for the Earthstripe wrap in stash. […]
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“Green Thing” (Otherwise Know as Fabulous Green Shawl)
I made the mistake ofĀ askingĀ the lovely Ben what to title this blog post – I don’t think he was feeling particularly inspired this morning. “Green Thing”, was his instant answer. “That doesn’t reallyĀ conjurerĀ up a beautiful, lace shawl does it?”, I said. “Here is a beautiful lace shawl wot I made and some pictures of it. […]
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Unseasonably Warm Neck!
When I told you about my Camilla hat, I hinted that there was also somethingĀ warmĀ andĀ snugglyĀ to for neck to match… So what have I been knitting while theĀ weatherĀ suddenlyĀ rememberedĀ it’s late spring and got “T-shirt” warm?? No, not a scarf….I’ve made the Jerri Cowl! AĀ beautiful, incredibly practical, cosy-warm cowl design, again from Purl Alpaca. Here’s the pattern pic.. […]
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If You Wanna Get Ahead, Get A Hat!
Work has been quite busy – Ā The move to Agile and Ā a pretty heavy training course with lots of home work has stolen my blogging time. I have, however, managed to keep up my “Commuting Knitting” š Can you guess what I’ve made? Is the title of this post a spoiler? Ok – here it […]
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Agile Knitting
Behold! I have discovered that I am an Agile Knitter!! Knitting while performingĀ aerobics? Standing on one leg while performing impossible feats of fairisle dexterity? Urm, no… Let me start at theĀ beginning, at work –Ā I don’t normally talk about work because it is “work” and this is a knitting blog and what I do for a […]
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I am Forgiven
I have finally been forgiven for being a bad, unfaithful wife and knitting for another man. How did Ben attain this state of nirvana? It only took me to knitĀ a beautiful pair of socksĀ and me to finish his Drifter š The finishing is timely – The weather here is still freezing and Ben has a […]
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…