From the knitting nook
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A sock update
I’ve been making slow progress on my stripey socks, partly because the self-striping yarn is annoying me just enough to impede matters. I mentioned previously that I’m not entirely happy with the leg-length swathe of lime and brown stripes on the first sock. Now, though, I’ve found that there is no corresponding repeat so the… Continue reading
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Let the knitting commence
It’s taken a while to line up the knitting projects that I want to make this year. I thought I’d firmed up my thoughts a couple of times, even started some projects, but quickly realised they weren’t quite where my heart is going right now. All good ideas, all still in the pot for future… Continue reading
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First finished object of 2026
All the effort on my lace cardigan project paid off and I was, indeed, able to wear the new garment on my final day at work. Whilst I’m very pleased with the outcome, making this has sated the decades-long yearning I had to knit this design. I prefer the lace cardigans I have made in… Continue reading
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A recap
Knitting, as I have previously mentioned, was a bit of a slow-burner through 2025. If that is true, then I never even lit the gas under the task of photographing my finished knits. Determined to do better in 2026, I’m now ready to do a proper “finished objects” post about the two blue knits I… Continue reading
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Project 1/2026
Here we are with the first knitting project of 2026, a year where I predict – I hope – knitting will be one of my main pursuits. 2025 was a pretty nondescript year on my needles, though two of my three finished objects are seeing a lot of use. These are the “informal” twinset –… Continue reading
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Missing due to inaction
Hello, September… goodbye September. There were tranquil moments like the one captured above, but on the whole it felt like an extension of August with too much heat and too much lethargy. I packed a lot of things into it but they were nothing much to write home about. Or, indeed, to blog about. Now… Continue reading
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