Doppelganger
Have you ever knit an identical garment to one you’ve knit before and already have? On purpose? This week – that’s what I did… Do you remember how much trouble the lovely Ben was in after he put my beautiful Purl Soho Pullover through the washing machine and shrank it? ….It was only my favorite sweater, made with […]
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Hello Again!
Ohhh, that was a long break from blogging. As you can see – I’m not dead! 😮 So what’s been going on? Well, I’ve had a couple of huge projects stealing all my blogging time – one at work (which would bore you), and a huge disruptive one at home which is much more fun […]
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Colourization of the MQW
Do you remember me making my colourful Modern Quilt Wrap? (Known as MQW…) It was this lovely scarf/wrap… Modern Quilt Wrap by Mags Kandis Some of the Guilty Knitters are thinking of making their own MQW but wanted to change some colours to stash bust. I got thinking about my gargantuan Kidsilk Haze stash but was […]
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Lovely Chocolate
I’ve been showing you a lot of FOs (finished Objects) lately so it’s high time I showed you what’s on my needles right now. It’s another cardigan by Kim Hargreaves, also from her “North” book (the same book my Captivate cardigan was from)… This book… I am making the “Lovely Cardigan”, Ravelry link here ->> Lovely […]
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Red Eyed Owls and Tweed
This story starts when the lovely Blacker Yarns asked if I’d like a sample of their new Westcountry Tweed yarn – I said, “Yes please!” The story ends with this little guy… For those of you who don’t know Blacker Yarns, They are ethical, UK producers of 100% Pure, natural British yarns, products and patterns. […]
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The Unblogged Cowl
An unblogged project made it’s way into my 8th Blogiversary post – shocking! High time I told you all about it don’t you think? The cowl in question is “The Purl Soho Stitch Block Cowl” – a beautiful cowl using 3 different slip stitch patterns and written to use Purl Soho’s own Worsted Twist yarn. […]
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Kidsilk – Lovely Gifts and a Shocking KSH Audit
My Cracksilk Haze addiction is well documented on this blog. I guess I have just found out why recovering addicts are not supposed to hang around with people with similar addictions…. Jenny, one of the Guilty Knitters, has been doing some serious destashing. She generously offered me her unwanted Kidsilk Haze, knowing I would give […]
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8th Blogiversary
8 years of blogging!!! I am definitely starting to struggle 🙁 Thank you if you are managing to put up with my infrequent blog posts. It has been a tough year – loosing Purcey in the summer hit us so hard. Nothing has been right since. My knitting seems to have been up and down too. Gaping necks […]
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The Ones I Missed
I’ve just been looking at writting my Blogiversary post, summarizing the year’s knitting, and realized with horror – there are some projects I’ve never photographed or blogged! So here is a quick and dirty blog post of the ones I missed, Completed Knit Reports at the end… The Little Red Hat… A project to use up […]
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It Took So Long
Captivate has been a real slog to get finished. Can you believe I started it at the end of August? Four and a bit months to make – with a rather nice Kitten Head Scarf in the middle of it though! So why did it take so long? Tiny, tiny needles and me having a […]
It looks lovely, and ♥️ seeing your 2009 self 😁!
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 😍😍
Wow, love, love, love it. I am a shawl person and have a few favourites that I take on holiday…