‘It was hard but worth it in the end’

Well, I’m not sure what I’ve been up to this last week or so. Firstly, half term came and went. I had visits to the dentist and farmers market etc. to do, the usual life bits. Secondly, we are desperately trying to complete some more renovation work on this old house. [...]

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February weather

The view from my office window today looks like this..
Pretty grey eh!
Everything at the hospital went well and the patient is making a good recovery. The surgeon, anaesthetist and nurses at the hospital were great, very special people. When these things are run well they really are so good, if only all hospitals [...]

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Waiting for my muse..

Sometimes I find that my muse has left me temporarily and I cannot settle to a particular project. I like to get excited about what I am knitting – at least at first. It’s a difficult time and I make a real mess, books and magazines everywhere, swatches and needles littering the place [...]

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F.O. Alpaca Jumper

GarnstudioJumper in Double Thread Alpaca ByDrops Designs
Yarn: Drops Pure Alpaca held doubleNeedles: 4.5 mm Circular and Dpn’sColour: Various shades of brown and natural

I knitted the yolk on this sweater on Saturday while my better half tiled our kitchen. I do usually get involved (you should have seen me the other year when we [...]

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She had an unequalled gift… of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.

Henry JamesBritish (US -born) author (1843 – 1916)

Last night, after joining the sleeves to the body of the Alpaca sweater I noticed this..

This is supposed to be where I cast off the stitches for the under-arms. If I had thought about it at the time I would have just put them on a [...]

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