From the knitting nook
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Sunday morning yarns
I’m just coming to the end of a week off work and you’d have thought (well, I thought) that I would have quite a bit to show in the way of knitting progress, yet things haven’t quite turned out that way. The little progress I have made has been on my sock where I am… Continue reading
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Knit and wrap: January 2022
I think it would be interesting to see how January fared on the knitting front. It certainly saw an upturn in both productivity and interest in my knitting, and you can see above that something has actually made its way off my needles and jumped Cleopatra-style into a nice bath. I haven’t been knitting much… Continue reading
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Frost on her toes
We’ve been enjoying a run of frosty mornings here in the East of England, and what better way to celebrate than to wear my recently-completed sparkly socks? I enjoyed working on these and they were a nice, speedy knit. The wool, West Yorkshire Spinners’ Signature Sparkle 4-ply in the Silent Night shade, behaved perfectly with… Continue reading
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Circularity
I’m seeing circles everywhere at the moment. My cassette collection hasn’t grown since before Christmas, but I’ve enjoyed listening to the cassettes I’d picked up. The spinning of sprockets, the steady spooling of the tape from one side to the other, and that most circular of all experiences: rediscovering old favourites, have kept me charmed.… Continue reading
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Clickety-clack go the knitting needles
Oh, yes, I have been knitting. I’m not sure what happened through the final third of 2021, but things are on the mend and I’ve experienced a resurgence of enjoyment in the craft. I finished the sparkly socks before New Year’s Eve, though I didn’t get around to wearing them at New Year. I’m very… Continue reading
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Sporadic
I had a lovely dream last night which, for reasons beyond our ken, made me realise on waking that I need to get back to writing, and that includes writing some blog posts. I have no idea whether these will continue to be sporadic, as they have become through the past couple of months, or… Continue reading
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