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Before I begin with my tutorial, I’ve been meaning to post this since last year, but back when I first spent a few hours putting the post together, the dog ate my homework Squarespace ate my blog post. Disheartened as I was,…
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While you might associate knitting and fleecy activities to the depth of winters, to me, it’s a year-round activity. Every year, Ravelry members organise an event that follows in the footsteps of the Tour de France. Rather than making a…
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In the rare stolen moments of freedom I’ve had these past few months, I’ve found great enjoyment in yarn spinning; taking fluffy stuff and turning it into usable, knittable yarn. Over the past 9 months, I discovered the art of…
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In October, I attended a workshop on “Granny Squares and Beyond”, a crochet workshop by Joanne Scrace of Not So Granny at the Sheep Shop in Cambridge. It’s always lovely popping by the Sheep Shop, where the owner Sarah always…
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Last week was pure bliss. A week away from work (almost), cooking and cleaning. As the wonderful Antiguan resort staff said, “the only lifting you should be doing this week is lifting your cocktail glass or your fork!” Andrew took…
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I was inspired by The Yarn Yard’s post yesterday, where Natalie mentioned the Store Cupboard Challenge. You know how you open the cupboard at 6:30pm, look into it. It’s reasonably full, yet “there’s nothing to eat”? The challenge is to…
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While the weather’s been a bit grim and grey, I’ve been enjoying spinning some new fibre. This latest one is a Bluefaced Leicester, about 60 grams, 120 yards, DK weight two-ply yarn. The fibre was called Time Lord, but I’ve…
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It’s mad how time flies, isn’t it? After nearly 10 years of blogging regularly, it was like an overnight switch where I no longer felt the need to publish my thoughts online constantly. That’s not to say I’ve been idle.…
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Last night, I started reading “The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making” She smoothed the lap of her now-wrinkled and rumpled orange dress. She liked anything orange: leaves; some moons; marigolds; chrysanthemums; cheese; pumpkin, both…
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Today, we did a gingerbread house competition. In teams, we had to create the most traditional or wildest gingerbread houses. The only rule was that the gingerbread had to remain edible. Everything else was down to each team’s creativity, and…
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