As promised

Our tree and decorations are now up and my office is once more filled with a variety of Santa figurines that I have collected over the years. While all the suitcases full of decorations were down from the loft, I took the opportunity to photograph my old advent calendar, as promised. This is the advent [...]

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Sew-Up Sunday

Today is Stir Up Sunday, the day when you traditionally make the Christmas Pudding. Everyone has stir of the big bowl of dried fruit, spices and alcohol and makes a wish before the mixture is packed into the pudding basin and cooked. However, Sam made a fleet of puddings last year, so this year we’ll [...]

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10 random things

Christina wanted to know 10 things… 1. It seems that I’m a total lightweight. I’ve finally found a way of drinking coffee that I actually enjoy (milky and with 2 sugars), but with each small cup I consume I get this little buzz that makes me feel as though everything’s alright with the world. Then [...]

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Boah, as the Germans say

Mmm, yummy woolly goodness. Thanks to Ebay, I got my hands on 3 skeins of this discontinued “Carnival”-coloured chunky wool. Is it not the best wool ever? I’m just airing the slight smokey smell out of it and then I shall be casting on. Who wants a hat? Or a migraine? The other delightful wool [...]

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Knitting my way to RSI

At the weekend I made a hat for John, my first production for someone I know. He’d requested black with a contrasting stripe and no turned-up brim. I adapted the pattern I used for the red hat and made it only six inches long before the decreasing as he has a tiny head. Tiny. I [...]

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Ketchup Catchup

I realised I haven’t shown you what I’ve been knitting recently. Go on, guess what I’ve been making… No, really, guess! That’s right! More weird hats! These are the latest makes from my needles – of which I now have a full set thanks to Ebay. First there is a scarf (what would you do [...]

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