Pamela Boxall
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The once and future cardi
This is an old photo of my much-loved Turin cardigan knit from a pattern by Martin Storey. If I am going for a King Arthur analogy with this post, then Martin Storey would be Merlin; quite fitting as I’ve always found his designs quite magical. I need to be wearing this cardigan as we head… Continue reading
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30 days, 4 pens, 1 ink
That’s my challenge for April 2023. Whilst many within the fountain pen community are getting ready to celebrate the start of April by dipping into 30 inks over 30 days, I’m going to head in the other direction for a deep dive into one particular ink. The ink I thought about buying a completely new-to-me… Continue reading
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Slow March
March has been a slow month, but at least the daffodils have been busy. I have ambled through the days, enjoying my triumvirate of inked pens which I’ve rotated, day by day, for my journal writing. Each has its own character, and two of them tie as my favourite. The little Kaweco is such a… Continue reading
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It looks like a cardigan
What a difference a week makes! Suddenly my current knitting project looks like a cardigan and is showing up in a fairly accurate colour. Next up, I have to tackle the band which will run all the way up the fronts and round the neck. I have many ideas on how I could approach this.… Continue reading
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Ruled paper for an A5 Filofax
I’ve recently been contacted by a reader to ask if I can give some direction about lined paper for an A5 Filofax. This turns out to be the type of subject that I really enjoy thinking about and researching. Naturally, I have to qualify my thoughts by pointing out that I’m always going to be… Continue reading
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Bring on the inks
This was the lineup at the weekend when I sat down to choose my pens and inks for March. It is almost all the inks I own, the absences are one pack of cartridges which are living at work and one bottle which is hiding away until April. The initial whittling-down was pretty easy because… Continue reading
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