Category: General Entries
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For the past decade or so, I’ve been posting most of my thoughts, photos and ideas to platforms controlled by mega corporations like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (also Facebook-owned). Over the years, the Almighty Algorithms mean that content is squeezed,…
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I never took the time to post last year’s two videos from Edinburgh Yarn Festival 2017 in March last year. It was a fantastic event, where I met so many new people, and got to hang out with loads of…
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YESSSS!!! Booked the class I wanted for Edinburgh Yarn Festival! So good to be back in the craft room, with lots of great spinning, knitting and giveaway stuff going on 🙂 Subscribe and say hi on Twitter/Rav/Instagram: https://twitter.com/vero/ http://www.ravelry.com/people/thatcanadiangirl/ https://instagram.com/thatcanadiangirl/…
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Let’s do some unboxing & craft haul admiring! I’ve had so much fun these past few months, grabbing lovely things from craft festivals, swapping with fellow handmakers. What did I share? My awesome swapee Tracie’s Grocery Girls Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsHAwj2jXiwpiYOdYiY3Tgg Mrs…
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What a fantastic yarn crawl! We visited four fabulous yarn shops, and I chatted with designers, shop owners and happy shoppers! We visited: Ray Stitch in Islington, London http://raystitch.co.uk Loop Knitting, Islington, London http://www.loopknittingshop.com Knit With Attitude, Stoke Newington, London…
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Vero’s Warming winter chilli recipes for meat-eaters and veggies This is a very loose recipe, so use your creativity and use the veggies and meats or meat-alternatives you enjoy the most. Today’s chillies both contained: Onions and garlic with olive…
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I’m back from Canada and I have so much to tell you! This episode is filled with new projects, poutine (yummy!), bonfires and travel tales. Don’t forget to subscribe to the channel for more fun projects and tutorials! Subscribe and…
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VAT MOSS is the latest brainchild of HMRC (the UK’s Tax & Customs part of the government) and it’s been giving everyone some weird and wonderful headaches. While I don’t have time to go into details about why it’s going to hurt…
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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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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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