hand-knit
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When you’re out of fashion
“Let them have their fad and their fix Confined by fashion and peer I love you for your courage In this frightened atmosphere” Don McLean: You Have Lived It doesn’t matter what particular hobbies you indulge in, I’m sure that every single one of them is prone to fads and fashions. I am equally certain… Continue reading
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Knit a bit, not a lot
Knitting progress has been slow. That is to say, I have enjoyed my knitting when I have picked it up, but I haven’t picked it up enough to make significant progress, which is fairly plain from the lack of knitting posts hereabouts. I worked a few rows on my sock the other night and got… Continue reading
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Of wool and words
Mid-week brought with it a couple of new adventures. I picked up a book that’s been patiently awaiting a re-read for more than 20 years, and I started a new jumper. The moment I decided to combine the pink wool with leftovers from previous cream jumpers, I knew that I would be referring to this… Continue reading
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Make it easy on yourself
During the past week I’ve made a couple of changes to how I was working the Slope Rib Sweater, with an eye to making the process more enjoyable. You can see both of them in the above photo – wooden needles and a bit of scrap wool. I like to live at the cutting edge… Continue reading
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Bonney blue-eyes
Now it’s Wednesday and I have yet more knitting progress to show, despite the update at the beginning of the week. I’ve chosen to target my knitting (more on that later!), setting the Slope Rib sweater aside for a few days in order to concentrate on the Lace Panel Sweater. As I’d anticipated, I finished… Continue reading
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A tale of two February 10ths
Early in the morning on February 10th 2020, my daughter and I landed at Schipol airport, facing a whole day before our re-scheduled flight to Norwich took off in the evening. Our journey back from Helsinki had been hit with delays due to exceptionally high winds across northern Europe. Even when we finally boarded our… Continue reading
