Two Hoodies

The hoodie for Him is coming along pretty quickly really, although I suppose stocking stitch in the round has to be the ultimate easy t.v. knitting. I have added extra rows to the raglan, increasing the size, as He decided He would like to be able to wear this over the top of other [...]

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Hello world!

Hi, as you can see I have moved!
All my old posts etc. have been moved over to wordpress which I hope will resolve some issues I was having with the old service.
A new post will be soon, once I get to grips with things here.

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FO – Pom-Pom Fingerless Mitts

without the pom-pom !

Pom – Pom Fingerless MittsPattern by: Deborah Newton; Interweave Knits Spring 2006Yarn: My Own, Hand dyed, hand spun, Wensleydale
Needles: 3.75 mm (size 5) dpn’s
I have had so
much trouble getting a decent picture of these. My photographic skills are usually lacking somewhat anyway, but the colours in these [...]

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F.O. – Sweetpea Socks

Finally,

a pair!

Sweetpea Socks
Pattern: From Knitty.com by Melissa Morgan-Oakes
Needles: 2.5 mm dpn’s
Yarn: My own hand dyed, hand spun from Blue Faced Leicester top
Modifications: I knitted these toe up to make the best use of the handspun and restricted the pattern to the leg portion, making the foot stocking stitch.

All in all, once I had [...]

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Send self control!

I can’t seem to settle to spending any significant time on one knitting (or anything) project a the moment. Perhaps it is to do with loosing rhythm to my days. When I was a child my Mother had quite a rigid routine (she still does but it doesn’t affect me as much) and I hated [...]

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A bit of something else

Things are being a little hectic around here at the moment. Events (re. an earlier post about illnesses and renovation etc.) are conspiring against me and I’ve not been able to sneak away for some quiet knitting time like I usually do. Sunday afternoon before last ( has it really been that long!) was the [...]

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