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Worst EVER!

Published by on February 21, 2010 | 9 Responses

Three guesses how Ronnie, the Big Wool Sloppy Joe turned out… Here’s a clue… Yep, it’s bonfire time. I finished the beast last week but have been so disapointed, I couldn’t bring myself to blog it 🙁 It is huge. It’s probably too huge for my sister too. I fact – it’s too huge for […]

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Big Wool, You WILL Submit To My Will…

Published by on January 31, 2010 | 5 Responses

Knitting my sister some quick and fun hats has kicked my knitting mojo back to life. It also helped that I had to be in the West Country this week for work so was able to make a flying visit to Carol on the way home – she loves the hats and takes half and […]

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Hat Need

Published by on January 23, 2010 | 8 Responses

My sister has a hat need. I have needles, an obscene amount of yarn and knit skills. There’s only one way this can turn out 🙂 Given that my knitting has not been going well, I plumped for an easy option that I knew worked. Do you remember the Accidental hat? (Snug from Rowan 42) […]

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Ben Wants a Quickie.

Published by on January 20, 2010 | 3 Responses

Ben was very sheepish over Christmas (no wool related pun intended)…he was especially awkward when I was knitting… Finally he found the courage to confess the problem… …he’d lost his Iphone cosy I’d made for him – on the train – Grrrr!!! If you remember, readers, he also lost a hat I’d lovingly made for […]

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The Wrong Kind of Wool

Published by on November 29, 2009 | 3 Responses

“Wow” said Ben, “Homebase have an offer of great big bales of wool. You’d like that wouldn’t you? Get your coat – that’s this weekend’s project!!” Sightly confused at the prospect of Homebase selling yarn, but eager to to buy bales of wool for a project, I followed Ben eagerly… Unfortunately, he had neglected to […]

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Notions. Discuss…

Published by on October 23, 2009 | 7 Responses

Knitting notions…. Why the heck do we call them notions? The definition we are used to is “items for needlework”, small items used in sewing, e.g. needles, pins, thread, and buttons But a notion could be and idea, an impression, a perception, a desire or a whim….all rather romantic and whistful… A few buttons and […]

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Ally Pally S.E.X. Update

Published by on October 11, 2009 | 11 Responses

Don’t get too excited!  S.E.X. = Stash Enhancement Exercise. I went to the Alexandra Palace (Ally Pally to Londoners) Knitting & Stitching show on Friday, accompanied by my good friends, Judie and Anita, from the Guilty Knitters 😀 I had extravagantly taken the day off work and decided on a generous budget.  My extravagance was […]

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It’s Very Green

Published by on September 26, 2009 | 7 Responses

Thug has been very busy preparing to move house. Fortunately he has still found time to help me with the finishing of Cheer. I would get mad at him sitting on my freshly blocked knitting but how could I resist this face? I did say Cheer wouldn’t take long but pressures of work, preparing for  […]

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It Started with the Shoes

Published by on August 27, 2009 | 8 Responses

It started with a new pair of  shoes. A beautiful pair of green canvas wedges,  in the Hobbs sale… I had loved them from afar all summer and stalked them until sale time – 70% off  😀 Happy, Happy, Happy. The problem was, I didn’t have anything that colour in my wardrobe to wear with […]

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Katia – another WIP becomes a FO

Published by on August 23, 2009 | 5 Responses

Do you remember Katia?  The “Holiday knitting that didn’t make it“? Now the swine flu is completely gone and Ben and I have both recovered (thankfully) and the house move is steaming ahead (yipee) I was so ashamed of myself for having so many WIPs on the go, I’ve whizzed though and finished Katia! Katia […]

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