If at first you don’t succeed…

….and all that!
I was having a bad day yesterday.
You know the days.  Something happens or goes wrong, which is totally out of your control, and that one thing seems to infect other things throughout the day until you have a whole list of things that, for one reason or other, go the same way.  A [...]

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Waiting for a bus.

There are quite a few photos in this post, all of them taken with a flash or very poor daylight. It is England in January after all! Sometimes we get very cold and bright but more often, dark and wet. This year so far it has all been dark and wet. [...]

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Spinning in the wind.

If you replace the first word in this posts’ title for *issing, you have a favourite expression around ‘these parts’ meaning futile.
Sorry about that, but as I spent most of my spare time this weekend spinning, I had to wonder if I was doing just that with all these tiny skeins of hand-spun.  As you [...]

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Spicy Chicken – Gluten and Dairy Free

Some time ago I mentioned a recipe for a gluten and dairy free chicken, then promptly forgot all about it. Well, I made it again the other day and remembered to share it with you so I took a picture. To be honest, it doesn’t really look that inviting in the picture, and [...]

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At Last!

Yes, at last I have finally found time and effort to finish the Luvtroja Mans Sweater.

LUVTRÖJA MÅNS
by Katarina Brieditis
Interweave Knits Summer 2007
Needles: 2.5 mm and 3.0 mm circulars
Yarn: My own hand spun Corriedale 2 ply (see below)
For this sweater I spun:
696 m / 761 yds of 2 ply Purple Corriedale
472 m [...]

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First and Last

On this, my first post of 2008, is my last FO of 2007.
The Hacky Sack Hoodie was finally finished on New Years Eve. Yes, I sat knitting instead of partying, but it was worth it.
Now, I have tried really hard to get pictures of this hoodie. I tried hanging it on the door [...]

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