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Category Archives: Knitting
Takeover
As Hoxton’s still brushing confetti out of her hair, it falls to me to keep this blog going. Honestly, I have to do everything around here. However this does afford me the opportunity to sort the place out and give … Continue reading
Black Death – the pattern
I have just published my Black Death shawl pattern as a free Ravelry download! I am quite giddy with excitement. Thank you to everyone who left encouraging comments, I hope it doesn’t disappoint. As it’s my very first pattern it’s … Continue reading
Life Is A Party
So, I am half way through a month of happy celebrations – a wedding bonanza, as I like to think of it – where I am at a wedding or a hen party every weekend. If you’re wondering where the … Continue reading
Pen and Paper
It’s National Stationery Week – no I don’t know why either, but I have something of an obsession with notebooks and stationery in general, so I’m happy to join in. New stationery brings the promise of so much – artistic … Continue reading
Episode 107: Remake
This week we’re taking the advice of movie moguls and launching remakes of old knitwear as all new epic blockbusters. Or something like that. Plus there’s my trip to York, an update on my first pattern, a cardigan to help … Continue reading
Red Death
I’ve knitted up another version of my Black Death shawl, so that I could make notes as I went and write up the pattern. This time I used Malabrigo Rios, in a gorgeous red and pink shade called Jupiter. I … Continue reading
Groundhog Day
Like the scenario of what is arguably the best film ever, we appear to be trapped in a neverending Winter. At this very moment, it is attempting to snow outside my window. Apparently last weekend was the coldest Easter Sunday … Continue reading
York
Some snaps from my trip to York a couple of weeks ago… (click to embiggen). Will tell you more (and of course discuss the yarn I brought back) on the next ep of the podcast.
Little Brother
At last, it is DONE! This is the cardigan I promised my little brother about, oh, it must be several decades ago by now. And when I say little, I mean that he is younger than me, not smaller than … Continue reading
Catch Them Early
There is an epidemic of babies around here at the moment. Actually, forget that, it makes it sound like a bad thing, let’s call it a multitude of happy events instead. Now some of these babies have been around for several months, … Continue reading
