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It’s a wrap, or maybe a cowl! My up and down year in knitting (and crochet) 2024

December 31, 2024

Last night with a mammoth graft 192 stitches I finished the last project I’m going to finish this year. I had hoped a colourwork vest which just needs the shoulders joined, the steeks cut and the hems and necklines added would come in under the bar of this year, but it’s not going to. So it’s a good time for my end of year knitting round up. One reason I was really hoping that colour … More It’s a wrap, or maybe a cowl! My up and down year in knitting (and crochet) 2024

It’s not summer anymore: Knitted tees and shoulder love in November

December 12, 2024

It’s been a while but I have a finished knitted object to share with you. The perfect knitted summer top worked in 4 ply cotton; completed just as the weather cooled and it would only be suitable over a long sleeved t-shirt, and photographed on the day we had our first frost. By the time I’m here writing this post we are now in a spell of hard morning frosts. All this said, I love … More It’s not summer anymore: Knitted tees and shoulder love in November

Weaving in the loose ends and looking ahead

January 12, 2024

Hello and welcome to a new year here on the blog. As we move forward into 2024 I wanted to take a moment to look back at the end of 2023, which in usual fashion hurtled to an end as I tried to keep up, and to have a little think about what the coming year may hold. My end of year reflections focus around 3 main things. Firstly, my trip to Lyon which I … More Weaving in the loose ends and looking ahead

A Summer in the Making: A new Finished Sweater

August 29, 2022

Goodness me, sometimes yarns can be as prevaricating and evasive as people. You know the sort, those that lurk in the stash for years, hiding behind the prettier and softer skeins, wary of putting themselves forward as candidates for any particular project. Then, when they do it’s with such a lack of conviction that the combination of yarn and pattern doesn’t work and they enter false start and disqualification territory. Although I have to admit … More A Summer in the Making: A new Finished Sweater

Pie dish dyes: Quick and easy stovetop dyes to make your scrap projects sing

August 17, 2022

In my previous post about my serial Barn Raising blanket projects, I spoke about dyeing up leftovers of solid coloured yarns to make fun variegates and speckled yarns. Today I want to show how I do this using just kool aid, a pyrex pie dish, a few small glasses and a tea strainer to create fun colour effects. In the past I’ve shared how I used microwave dye methods to create tonal and long colour … More Pie dish dyes: Quick and easy stovetop dyes to make your scrap projects sing