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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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Oh, October
It’s been a quiet time around here as recuperating from a cold and then a steadily increasing workload in the day-job have turned my attention away from my hobbies. However, it soon becomes apparent that without my hobbies my head implodes, so I’m making the effort to pick them up and keep myself sane. First Continue reading
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A flock of fine nibs
October is settling in well, though it still seems as if autumn is only just peeking over the horizon. With temperatures regularly sitting above 20℃ until the past couple of days, I couldn’t bring myself to move into autumnal oranges and reds, so I ended up turning to a selection of blue inks to start 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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Punting down the River Styx
I introduced the “ferryman” theme in my previous pen and ink post with a very tenuous link to my chosen trio for September. Never keen to let go of even the slimmest analogy, today I’m going to take you punting down the River Styx. This is very apt, as some of my September combinations have 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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