From the knitting nook
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When you’re out of fashion
“Let them have their fad and their fix Confined by fashion and peer I love you for your courage In this frightened atmosphere” Don McLean: You Have Lived It doesn’t matter what particular hobbies you indulge in, I’m sure that every single one of them is prone to fads and fashions. I am equally certain… Continue reading
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Knitting time
When I updated my knitting progress on Wednesday, I was looking forward to getting to the armhole shaping on the back of my Coconut Ice Sweater. Then, towards the end of the week I mentioned the sudden resurrection of interest in my DSLR camera and we all know what havoc a sudden new enthusiasm wreaks… Continue reading
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Knit a bit, not a lot
Knitting progress has been slow. That is to say, I have enjoyed my knitting when I have picked it up, but I haven’t picked it up enough to make significant progress, which is fairly plain from the lack of knitting posts hereabouts. I worked a few rows on my sock the other night and got… Continue reading
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Just things and stuff
It’s been a slow couple of weeks Chez Pamela. If you read the blog regularly you will have noticed that the posts have been rather sporadic. This doesn’t mean that my general progress has halted, although it has slowed to the pace of the trains which rumble along the track near my flat, often stopping… Continue reading
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These owl socks
New socks! I had a very productive weekend as you can see. I made a pact with myself that I would finish the Owl socks over the weekend then spent Saturday faffing around with anything else I could lay my hands on. So, I got up on Sunday and knuckled down to knit pretty much… Continue reading
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ProgSock
Being gender-stereotypical in this instance, I cannot find anything much – actually, at all – to interest me in ProgRock (Progressive Rock music). On the other hand, ProgSock (Progress on my Sock) is just my cup of tea. I’ve had an interesting week immersed in my novel-editing (I ramble on about my progress over at… Continue reading
Pam Alison Knits 