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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

Mortmain: A tale of self discovery in the guise of knitting a sweater.

July 31, 2024

Despite having been a little quiet here on the blog since the beginning of the year, that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been knitting to talk about. There has. Lots of knitting but unfortunately lots of re-knitting and tales of woe too. In the case of today’s Mortmain sweater it’s been quite a salutary lesson in ‘You should have known better’, or more precisely ‘You should have known yourself better’. Sometimes it seems we get a … More Mortmain: A tale of self discovery in the guise of knitting a sweater.