Close enough

There has been some progress on the sweater front over the last few days, thanks in part to the awful weather we are experiencing here. The rain has been so awful, (and winds, don’t get me started as to what the winds have done to my sweet peas) that over the last few days there [...]

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What a distraction..

The grey Corriedale finally arrived yesterday. It was delayed somewhat because it turned out to be a special order, probably from Ashford. As I was told, rather gently and in the politest way possible, ‘Nobody has ever wanted grey before, it’s a bit of an odd colour’. I agreed that it was probably a [...]

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FO – Lacy Waves Top

Lacy Waves Top from Lace Style
by Norah Gaughan
Knitted in: James C Brett 100% Merino in Old Lace
Needles: 3.5 and 4.0 mm circular (could have used straights)

Bad obligatory door shot!

I finished this top last week but I didn’t post about it because I wasn’t entirely sure that I liked the crochet neck line. I can [...]

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Corriedale

Over the last couple of days I have been spinning some corriedale in the bubblegum (light blue) colourway for the sweater that I want to knit. As this is the first colour that I need to start knitting, perhaps I should have spun this first, but when I started with the plum I still wasn’t [...]

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