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The calm before Christmas
Hurrah! I’m settling into the calm, quiet lead-up to Christmas. Work is done, if not for year, then definitely for the long holiday weekend. Gifts have been exchanged, the door is locked, I’m on the inside and the world is on the outside. Nothing much matters for the next three days. I’ve just enjoyed a… Continue reading
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It isn’t 2024 but…
Okay, so I couldn’t wait for the end of the year and moved into my Filofax early. For December I’m just using lined notepaper for my daily sheets with a simple hand-written the date at the top of each page. So far, the daily pages are working well. They provide plenty of room to write… Continue reading
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I said there was progress
There comes a point in every knitting project – at least, in all those where you are knitting a garment – when you get your first glimpse of how the finished object is going to look when you wear it. A moment when it moves from the abstract to the concrete, from theory to reality.… Continue reading
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A slow start
After a short hiatus I have returned to the Big Blue Slouch and, after a slow start, suddenly I am back with a vengeance. The last time I stopped to take a photograph, I was still working on the fancy rib; half a week later I am approaching the place where I will start to… Continue reading
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How I inked October 2023
October came and October went, hello and goodbye, nice to see you, don’t hurry back. I started the month with three extra-fine nibs inked with what turned out to be the most boring set of inks I could possibly have chosen. Parker Sonnet / Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-Syogun This was a great combination and I do… Continue reading
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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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