Category: Knitting
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New pattern: Brexit Socks for leavers and remainers
As March 29 2019—the original Brexit day—came and left with no resolution as to what would happen, I thought the best way to work out some of my limbo angst was by making a Brexit sock pattern. One sock has 27 stars and the second sock has 28, reflecting the UK’s desire to leave and […]
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A shawl per ball of yarn
I’ve decided to use only vegan yarn from now on and that has meant mostly cotton, linen and bamboo. However, there have been many sales on at various yarn outlets and I saw some nice-looking acrylic yarn on offer at £1.89 so I thought, why not. I bought it, it looks acrylic and I can’t […]
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The Great Ocean Road: a knitted asymmetric shawl
It’s been a bit of a busy time lately and I keep trying to find time to update this blog but fail miserably. It’s usually because I’m chasing a child around, working on an editing job, or knitting or designing. The designing part has been the most surprising part to that list. I started writing […]
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Knitting in August 2014
My knitting news seems to expand and change by the day and invariably I just don’t get around to writing it down. At the back of my mind there is a thought of cataloguing different ideas, techniques and patterns in a more coherent and sequential way. A taxonomy of knitting, if you will. I haven’t […]
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Ephemeral Knitting #2
I’ve called this post Ephemeral Knitting rather than ‘My week in knitting’ because it occurred to me as I was writing the second week, that I was putting all the stuff together which could be found in something called a magazine. Hooray, I thought. I’ve always wanted to create a magazine and this might be […]
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This week in knitting, February 24 to March 2
I spend more time on knitting than on anything else these days, so I thought it would be useful to keep track of the things I do and find. New Courses Knitting lessons – The Homemade Mama teaches many different skills for knitters with skills from beginners to more knowledgeable. All materials and patterns are […]
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Cable knit scarf with country tweed wool
I have started my new knitting project with a speckly and silky wool called Country Tweed. I bought the wool in a few different colours and this is the one I’m using now. My previous project was a handbag based on a Nordic pattern. I used a round needle and had to carry a notebook with […]
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Burnt orange jumper
I have found a new jumper I love. It is a cable knit in a deliciously intense burnt orange. SACAI Cable knit silk back jumper http://www.deramores.com/katia-merino-baby-049 I’m still trying to find the right orange colour for something similar to the jumper. Please let me know if you see any.
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My cardigan has arrived and it’s not from a shop
My new winter cardigan has arrived and just in time. It is warm, it is lovely and it is in just the right colours for me. I can’t remember how much it cost, I think I used about seven balls of Rico Melange wool at between £3 and £3.99 each so around £30. The colour […]
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Ephemeral Knitting — A Wijnants Creation – Part 1
Not sponsored in any shape or form I’ve never worn a snood or a bolero and I don’t want more patterns for scarves or baby hats but this is all knitting magazines seem to be providing and at a pretty pricey cost of around £7 an issue. I want to knit something amazing and I […]
Ephemeral digest 