From the knitting nook
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Nearly November
Time is all askew this year. The summer seemed endless… and not in a good way. I don’t think September even existed, August simply went on and on and on. Now October seems to have teleported us straight from summer to winter; one week the only protection I needed all day was a cardigan, the… Continue reading
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A radically romantic slouch
I’ve been out and about recently, but then I’ve also been sitting at home working away at my knitting and I already have one complete front piece for my mega-cardigan, the Big Blue Slouch. I don’t think I have enough wool, so I’ve ordered an extra couple of skeins just to be on the safe… Continue reading
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Grey socks – a finished project
Grey socks finished. Grey socks on the feet – momentarily, as there is a real danger of spontaneous human combustion in the late summer heatwave we’ve got going on. In photographs, these manage to look less grey than they do in real life, and a whole lot less grey than they seemed whilst knitting. I’m… Continue reading
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Oh, the knitty-witty
All together now, I know you know the tune: You add some stitches onYou pull your stitches outIn, out, in, out, shake ’em all aboutYou change your knitting needlesAnd you start againThat’s what it’s all about Oh, the knitty-witty. Okay, time to cut the whimsy and get brutal: six days ago I took a good… Continue reading
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Going to the ball
Yes, Cinderella, you shall go to the ball! And there, in the merest blink of an eye, it’s a finished object! I cannot believe that such a basic cardigan took me three and a half months to knit. It’s lamentable. Even worse, it’s the first garment I’ve actually completed to a wearable standard all year.… Continue reading
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The Cinderella project
The pink cardi is so close to being finished but, like Cinderella, it needs its buttons! For once, I have nothing suitable in my button box, so the cardi won’t be truly complete until I’ve taken a trip to town and bought something suitable. I could have done that today, but I craved an at-home… Continue reading
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