Rock It Tee Two
Ben was flying off to Seattle again for work. Shamefully, I still hadn’t knit either of the beautiful skeins of yarn he had bought me back from Yarn Dragon in Pike Place. He’s a good man – going into a yarn shop on his own, discussing my yarn preferences with the staff and bringing back well chosen surprises. Although I have considered sending Yarn Dragon a photo of the lovely Ben with a message, “If you see this man looking for wife-treats, please send him home with XXX”!!! 🤔
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First Sorrel
I promised to show you my first Sorrel, made with Yarn for the Soul’s light fingering in 2021. Fell in love with the “Midnight is a Lonely Place” colourway as it reminded me of Van Gogh’s Starry Night (just been to an immersive Van Gogh exhibition!!) – Can you see what I was seeing? Most […]
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Waves Shawl – I’ve Been Unfaithful to Kidsilk Haze
I made this!…And it’s not Kidsilk Haze!! How can this be? When I saw this image in a mailshot from the online knitting store, Deramores, I instantly fell in love. I wear that shape of shawl as a scarf and around my shoulders quite a lot – I wanted to make it. But, as someone […]
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Catching Up After the Dreaded Lurgy
I had a nice long break from work over Christmas and planned to catch up on all the projects I have yet to blog…and catch up a whole list of other thing! Instead, I have spent most of my time either in bed or semi conscious on the sofa under a blanket sniveling and coughing, trying to […]
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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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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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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 […]
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Toning Down the Fluff
You know how much I love Rowan Kidsilk Haze. I love fluffy mohairy yarns. I even like to use KSH double where in makes a thick DK type weight hairy, fuzzy garment. But sometimes I don’t want quite that much fuzz. (This isn’t 1983 after all!) Imagine my delight to see a pattern using one […]
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Kidsilk Error
What’s that? Another new Kidsilk Hazealike yarn from Rowan, “Kidsilk Error”??? Errrm, No 🙁 It’s me making a huge blunder in the sales. I found myself at the John Lewis sale when the doors opened at 8:00am and dashed straight to the yarn department. I was overjoyed to find that one of the “Kidsilks” was […]
I still haven't gotten up the nerve to steel yet. I need to do a cup cozy first so that…
It looks terrific! The two stripes really look great together.
Looking good ! x
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Really suits you Susan. Looks great. x