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A quick win
Knitting hasn’t been exactly flying off the needles hereabouts, although I sauntered to the end of the first sock of my current pair this morning. As I wound off the yarn to get to a starting-place which would somewhat resemble the first sock, I realised it was probably the perfect amount of scrap yarn to… Continue reading
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Sunday morning yarns
I’m just coming to the end of a week off work and you’d have thought (well, I thought) that I would have quite a bit to show in the way of knitting progress, yet things haven’t quite turned out that way. The little progress I have made has been on my sock where I am… Continue reading
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Knit and wrap: January 2022
I think it would be interesting to see how January fared on the knitting front. It certainly saw an upturn in both productivity and interest in my knitting, and you can see above that something has actually made its way off my needles and jumped Cleopatra-style into a nice bath. I haven’t been knitting much… Continue reading
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Pens in case: January 2022
It struck me earlier this month how very long it is since I’ve worked somewhere with a proper walk-in stationery cupboard. That sit-com stalwart is gone and has taken with it the unique aroma of pencils and paper and glue, typewriter ribbons and stamp pad ink, all overlaid with the metallic accents of bulldog clips… Continue reading
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Frost on her toes
We’ve been enjoying a run of frosty mornings here in the East of England, and what better way to celebrate than to wear my recently-completed sparkly socks? I enjoyed working on these and they were a nice, speedy knit. The wool, West Yorkshire Spinners’ Signature Sparkle 4-ply in the Silent Night shade, behaved perfectly with… Continue reading
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Circularity
I’m seeing circles everywhere at the moment. My cassette collection hasn’t grown since before Christmas, but I’ve enjoyed listening to the cassettes I’d picked up. The spinning of sprockets, the steady spooling of the tape from one side to the other, and that most circular of all experiences: rediscovering old favourites, have kept me charmed.… Continue reading
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