Oh, Hello…

just dropping by.
I suddenly realised that it has been two months to the day since I last posted.  Which if I’m honest is more recent that I thought it was.   I am keeping up, more or less, with everyone via your blog posts and Ravelry, although my blog reading is down to skimming through [...]

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It’s going to have to go.

After finishing Anne-Evilla I still have two fairly long standing UFO’s left (well three if you count the Autumn Cardigan that’s sleeping away somewhere but I’m not counting that for now).  One is the Lace Tank which I’ll finish, although it may have to wait until spring now, my motivation for lacy summer clothes is [...]

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Oh, Anne-Evilla how I missed you!

With the socks out of the way (I’ve had them back since as they don’t fit.  Always knew that short row heel didn’t afford the extra width I needed for the instep, still,  I don’t mind at all as I’ve just got myself a new pair of socks and Mum can have the zig zag [...]

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First is Last…. or should that be Last is First.

Oh, never mind!

I finished the balaclava and sent it away just as the weather here is warming up a little.  Still, I’m sure it will come in handy at some point over the next couple of months.  As you can see, the slit in the front is pretty small.  This version, the Quick and Easy [...]

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Note for Jean

Not a post but a quick note for Jean who emailed me but I can’t seem to be able to reach.
Jean,
I’ve tried to reply to you via the email address given to me with your question, but it is constantly being returned.  I have a rather lengthy reply so perhaps that is the problem!
Please could [...]

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Top Down, Handspun Raglan Sweater

I’m off for another day trip to London in a few days. What set it off I’m not sure, but I had a sudden urge to finish my handspun sweater and wear it on the trip. I don’t know what was taking me so long to knit this, it’s only stocking stitch. But [...]

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Fibre samples, well you can’t have too many can you?

As you know, I like to do quite a bit of sampling of fibres. I find it helps a lot to determine what spinning methods give what results and what end use the resulting yarn would probably be best for.
The fibres I ordered all came last week and I ended up with three new [...]

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Colour changing, just like that!

The shetland I spun up went through a bit of a change this week. I did a couple of swatches to see how it knitted up and decided on some sort of lace patterned scarf (must be getting near that time of year for gifts!).
I love all the knitspot patterns, Anne Hanson is a [...]

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If you keep spinning, eventually you get yarn.

Who knew?
Quite often I spin and spin and spin and although the bobbin gets fuller, the yarn seems so far away and even though I love spinning, I occasionally wonder why I do.  A bit like the second sock syndrome I suppose.  With one bobbin done, you have to start all over again with the [...]

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Playing catch up.

I haven’t posted for a month. It doesn’t feel that long but I just checked and my last post was on the 1st. Lately I seem to be going around in circles trying to catch up with things and just when I think I’m there, things get away from me again and it’s [...]

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