Category: Yarn
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And the winner is…
Seems a long time since Sock Sniper started, and indeed it is 2 months. Things got quite tense in the last weeks. I had no idea where my third pair of socks to finish were coming from and it was weeks before they arrived. By that point we were down to the final three: me…
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Miles of yarn
In my last post at the end of Blog Week, I mentioned that one of my plans for the next year is to end up with less yarn in the stash. In order to do that, I need a baseline to work from. I spent an afternoon with my Ravelry stash, bringing it up to…
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Knitting and Crochet Blog Week Day 2 – A mascot project
Yesterday, in the Fourth Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, we declared our houses, choosing which of four mascots best represents our crafting style. I chose house Monkey – knitting is all about new challenges. Today ( search 4KCBWDAY2 to find other participants), the brief is to describe a mascot project. Your task today is…
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Sitting in the sunshine
Our new house gets so much light. Having lived in a gloomy modern reinterpretation of a cottage for nearly four years (although in all other respects it was an excellent place to live), I am really rather enjoying sitting by the French windows and feeling the sun move gradually across the sky. While waiting for…
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In brief
It has been a busy couple of months. Here are the highlights, because I guess it is better to write briefly than not at all. I finished my old job just after a very hectic Christmas We’ve moved house There was trouble with the kitchen floor (but I’d really rather not talk about it in…
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Harrogate 2012 – in quest of laceweight
I realised today that it has been nearly two weeks since I went to the knitting and stitching show at Harrogate. Time for a report. This has taken me all evening to write, so make the most of it. That was an evening of knitting I couldn’t really afford to miss since I have just…
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Open Sock Surgery
It’s official: I’m not knitting any socks at the moment. Be aware that this post contains images that knitters may find disturbing. The final sock on my list of socks in progress was one for a friend that I custom-designed/tweaked to her specifications. It is in the most gorgeous purple yarn from Violet Green and…
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A finished object and a glove dilemma
The beaded socks are done. These were the 3rd stage of Tour de Sock and are in pattern Stardust and yarn Smoothie Sock. The yarn was a birthday present from my sister-in-law. I got the beads from Beads Direct. I know there were some queries about the practicalities of beads on socks, but I can’t…
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Colinette Stash Enhancement
I mentioned last time that I had managed to fit in a trip to the Colinette Mill Shop in Llanfair Caereinion. I was rather disappointed last month that the chicken-pox that curtailed our Welsh holiday also put paid to my annual trip to Llanfair, but I managed to find an excuse. My boss left here…
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End of term
Things have been getting very busy here as we head towards the end of term. My boss has been away a lot (and is in fact leaving soon, but that is another story), so it is my phone that seems to be taking up the slack and ringing off the hook. Of course, it is…