hand-knit socks
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Changing Socks Feb 2024
Somehow during my traditional Christmas-to-birthday hibernation period, I found the energy to complete my latest pair of socks. This was my Christmas cast-on project, but I had displayed only sporadic interest in working on the socks because my brain was switched off for most of the time. Indeed, if it wasn’t for the fact that… Continue reading
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A little bit of selfish knitting
Although I’m mainly working on knits for other people this month, I’ve indulged in a little selfish knitting this weekend. This pair of socks was actually my Christmas Eve cast-on project and I got the first sock completed over the Christmas break with the intention of finishing the project during January. I’m using one of… 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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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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I should be…
I should be enjoying this ink more than I am. There, I’ve admitted it and now I can relax. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a lovely shade and I’d be inclined to suggest that people who hanker after the discontinued Lamy special edition Dark Lilac should really check out Scribo Notturno Viola. Also, anyone who… Continue reading
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