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Green Gifts

Green Gifts

Published by on September 17, 2023 | 3 Responses

Lucky me – it’s been a week of green gifts – knitterly and otherwise 😀

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Unravel Autumn 2023 - Show 'n Tell

Unravel Autumn 2023 – Show ‘n Tell

Published by on September 10, 2023 | 2 Responses

Friday was was a day of SEX at Unravel Autumn yarn festival at Farnham Maltings. (That’s a “Stash Enhancement eXercise” – nothing smutty!)

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Blue Things

Blue Things

Published by on September 3, 2023 | 4 Responses

I’ve had Blue theme the last couple of weeks – the colour not the mood! Both my latest Knitting WIP and my DIY projects are the same shade of blue!

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Jelly Roll Fever

Jelly Roll Fever

Published by on August 26, 2023 | 6 Responses

I contracted Jelly Roll fever in summer 2021. It took eight pairs of socks and a year of fun to beat my obsession with these cute little socks into remission. I still fear for the safety of my sock yarn stash. I may relapse at any time.

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Misurina Done!

Misurina Done!

Published by on August 13, 2023 | 3 Responses

Once I had finished the fairisle yoke, Misurina was finished at great speed! So happy! 😍 I won’t make you wait for a photo 🙂 I am very, very pleased with her. My fears about the fairisle pattern not showing up in the cream were unfounded – I love these colours – I think the […]

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Fabulous New KnitPro Gadget

Fabulous New KnitPro Gadget

Published by on August 6, 2023 | 2 Responses

I have a gadget that has made Misurina so much easier. Thrown in my bag at unravel with the thought, “Not seen that before, for £3.75 I’ll risk giving it a try”. The KnitPro Swivel Cable! I usually knit in the round on KnitPro Nova needles (The silvery metal ones)and occasionally Symphonie. For very small […]

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Adventures with Jacquard Ladderback

Adventures with Jacquard Ladderback

Published by on July 30, 2023 | 2 Responses

Who is Jacquard Ladderback? A late Georgian Era, gentleman thief to rival Raffles with his fiendish cunning and skill? Fiendishly cunning and skilled is right …but it’s actually a new knitting technique I’ve learnt to help with the long fairisle floats for Misurina. (It’s usually call Ladderback Jacquard but that didn’t sound as fun 😉 )

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Casting on Misurina

Casting on Misurina

Published by on July 23, 2023 | 3 Responses

Misurina is more spicy than I expected! So much going on in this little top. This week I swatched and cast on another of my aquisitions from Unravel festival in February – Misurina Tee by Caitlin Hunter. This is the pattern pic… Lace around the neck. And cables. And a big fairisle pattern with huge […]

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On The Hook

On The Hook

Published by on July 16, 2023 | 5 Responses

“What’s on the needles now?”, I hear you cry! Erm actually it’s “on the hook” – Crochet hook that is. I’ve got a little Hat Crazy the last couple of weeks – it started with this! The Rowan Margarida Hat in Rowan Cotton Glace (or Handknit Cotton.) I knew I had a bag of left […]

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Retirement of the Old and Past It

Retirement of the Old and Past It

Published by on July 9, 2023 | 2 Responses

I’m finding it hard to give up on old and dated handknits. There should be a handknit garment retirement home where they are cooed over, petted, paid compliments, and treated like venerated elders.

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