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2025 or 1986?
It’s 2025 and I’m celebrating by working on The 1986. New year, new knitting project, if we ignore the fact that I actually made a start on Christmas Day. So, some details. The 1986 is a sleeveless slipover using 4-ply wool so it counts as a light-weight, fine knit project. The pattern I’m following is Continue reading
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Here it comes
Is that a knock on the door? Yes it is, and 2025 is standing on the doorstep, waiting to be invited in to play. For some knitters, this will be a year to work through their stash and arrive in 2026 leaner, meaner, more intentional. For my own knitting, I’ve designated this as the year Continue reading
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Fine weather for knitting
The East of England has largely escaped the worst of the UK’s recent stormy weather, but the cold fronts have swept across bringing windy, rainy conditions. This, of course, is perfect weather for sitting on the settee and putting in some serious effort on the knitting front. I managed to make the required adjustments to Continue reading
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Two Twelve Twenty-four
December has dawned so I think it’s time to catch up on the pens and inks I’ve been using recently. I also need to ruminate on the first two months using my personalised Filofax diary insert inside the cover I found on Etsy (my Fauxlifax). I mainly used two pens through November: my Onoto filled Continue reading
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Scribo ink – Notturno Viola
I think the time has come to work my way through some ink and I’m going to start with this massive bottle of deep, dark purple from Scribo. When I started to think about an ink to pair with the Onoto, this was high on the agenda. I originally popped in a cartridge of Herbin’s Continue reading
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On my October needles
Knitting hasn’t been my main focus this October, but there certainly has been some activity on my needles. I got a sock and a bit completed whilst I was on holiday in London mid-month. As well as attending the Autumn London Pen Show, I spent a few hours in Richmond Upon Thames and then a Continue reading
