From the knitting nook
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The universe reclining
This week has been busy. Productive, yes; interesting, yes; fun, a bit; but mainly busy. The fun definitely arrived with the new cassette player and I can see this becoming one of my favourite Etsy purchases. The Joan Baez cassette was so familiar on first listening that I’m convinced it must have been in my… Continue reading
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Off-planet
It feels like I’ve been off-planet for a few weeks, and it remains to be seen whether I’ve fully made it back, or if the command module is still bobbing around on the ocean, gently steaming. I’m pleased to say that the experiment using the week-to-page bound diary with its lined page for notes has… Continue reading
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A lot of knitting!
So, in last week’s post I wrote about being happy to have hit the 8-inch mark on this Christmas knit. Just imagine how I feel now that I’ve got 23 inches done! When I photographed it I’d just done the armhole shaping – you can see my cast-off stitches – and this is always when… Continue reading
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Those autumn vibes
Oh, yes, I’m feeling those autumn vibes now. The ink, the paper, the pen, the knitting, all illuminated with late-evening lamplight, and the glorious lyrics of Roy Wood underpinning it all. This is Mr Wood’s “Way Beyond the Rain” from his 1979 solo album “On The Road Again” – a US-only release which I’ve only… Continue reading
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Retrograde
If I were to write horoscopes, I’d fill them with real-world advice. “As Mercury opposes Saturn, be wary spillage when you open ink bottles.” “With Pluto in your fourth house, you will unpick many more stitches than you knit.” “50% of planets are retrograde now; you will be incapable of anything more advanced than reading… Continue reading
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A brief Wednesday catch-up
Just a brief one today because I’m immersed in a couple of bigger projects this week – one necessary, the other not quite so much. I have, though, achieved one little thing and that is to finish the fourth pair of socks in my self-imposed Six Socks challenge. I took my time over these, but… Continue reading
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