Another New Year is almost apon us

(Duck, cliché ahead!) As another new year approaches, most of us begin to look back and reflect on the past year and forward to the new one, wondering what that will bring. (Whew, that was close)
Over the last day or so I have found myself doing this a great deal. It seems more poignant [...]

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No more Christmas Knitting here! (Well almost)

With the Tyrolean Stockings done, blocked and ready to go, I was really in a dilemma as to what to do about my Uncle. The prospect of knitting a pair of man’s socks at this late hour, especially as I needed to have them posted within a couple of days was just daunting. [...]

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What else would a knitter do?

I think that the reason why most knitters are generally patient and chilled out is that we are able to knit through those moments in life others just find irritating and so make them less….well, irritating, as well as achieving something from them.
My regular three monthly trip to the dentist yesterday (to clean and have [...]

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A wet weekend in England

(or anywhere for that matter) can be a dream come true for knitters and spinners alike. Me? Unfortunately I had my weekend taken up with painting door-frames. Oh well, like I’ve said so many times here ‘it’ll all be worth it in the end’! We are aiming to have this place finished by [...]

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