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Alison
cambridge, England
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Doodles in air
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I've been holding out on you. Well, sort of. A little bit, perhaps. When I was planning to weave my latests scarf (warp shown here; I really must do a post about the finished scarf sometime...) I orignally intended to... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Wolfram unveiled
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The weather was not too cooperative over the weekend, but J and I did manage to get a few photographs taken. I had quite the line-up of knits needing their camera time, but in the end only Wolfram got a... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Fun with triangles
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One of the things that I know I need for shows and fairs is samples. SAMPLES. The great thing about sample knits is that they give people the opportunity to see and feel the way the yarn knits up, not... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Wolfram
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I've finally finished something! This is the cowl I mentioned swatching for way back here, and the stitch pattern I talked about here. Those playing along at home might like to know that it's also the yarn I blogged here,... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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That was not the weekend I was looking for...
Long story short: My relaxing weekend wasn't. The winner of *last* week's Saturday Giveaway is announced at the bottom of this post. I've been looking forwards to this last weekend for quite some time. Life has been unusually hectic recently,... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Saturday Giveaway: Ostara sock yarn
I promise that one day soon I will start writing blog posts that aren't just about prize draws; I really will! In the meantime, though, the latest shipment of yarn and fibre for the Wheel of the Year club has... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Sweet winnings
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OK! I had 21 entries in the book draw for Sweet Shawlettes - and random.org says the lucky winner is... Congratulations, Sparkleduck!! You get the book. Everyone else - thanks for playing! Please come back next week when I'll have... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Knit or purl your yarn overs? The difference of direction
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I mentioned last Wednesday that I've been playing with an 'extended swatch' in some of my handspun. I've been trying to come up with a reversible stitch pattern to use as part of a moebius cowl design. (I feel that... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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The Sweetest Thing (Book review and giveaway)
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A few months ago, Jean Moss contacted me to ask if I'd like to be part of the *international* blog tour for her upcoming book release. Well, sure! I'm honoured! In the best Saturday Giveaway tradition, I have one copy... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Stash down status
Nope, I haven't forgotten about my pledge to stash down and track it. Unfortunately, even with a 'buy (almost) nothing' pledge, the totals somehow still seem to creep upwards. January looked like this: Knitted: 543m/510 g Spun up: 695m/200g Yarn... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Soft batter
Cooking inspiration has been a bit thin on the ground around here of late - busy work schedules and a lack of energy have conspired to put us into a bit of a food-rut, with one high wall built of... Continue reading
Posted Oct 30, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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WIP Wednesday and a few announcements…
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First off, a quick WIP tour. I did indeed fall for blue, and have my alpaca/silk batts on the wheel: These are from the midwinter installment of the Yarnscape Wheel of the Year club - which is now accepting sign-ups... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Winner!
Congratulations to Rhian of The Crafty Geek - the winner of my surprise leap day draw! Rhian is another UK-based knitter and blogger (go check out her latest post - I think I might need some of those socks!) and... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Leap Day Flash Competiton!
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Hey guys, it's leap day! The day that, every four years, makes my birthday arrive a day late... (Well, when your birthday is March 1, you tend to feel that way) Let's have a flash competition! I have here almost... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Spinning catch-up
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Back in January, I was still spinning the singles for my Shipwreck Shawl. Those got finished, plied and washed - and turned out quite a bit bluer than part 1: I think that'll be OK because this is a circular... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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The return of Sustainability Sundays!
Does anyone else remember Sustainability Sundays, here on my blog? I haven't done these posts for about a year and a half; the garden ended up pretty much fallow (that's a nice word for 'neglected and messy') last year, and... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Bad Blogger Award goes to…. me!
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Oh, I have been such a bad blogger. Not just an absent blogger (second post in February? Really?!), but a lax and lazy one, too. I did not take a single photograph at Textiles in Focus. I have been knitting... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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This week’s lucky winner is…
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Melanie! Who said, "A skein of laceweight would make me feel less sad on this grey January day…" Err... Well, I hope it does - but I warn you, it's dyed in 'seasonally inspired' colours, so grey might be appropriate,... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Saturday Giveaway: February’s Club installment!
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This is your chance to win a taste of the Wheel of the Year club fun! The shipments for the Candlemas instalment of the Wheel of the Year yarn and fibre club have been dispatched, and... I have a spare... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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FO Friday: Hand spun, hand knit gloves
OK, I love these things. I really do. For the first time ever, or so it seems, I have gloves that actually fit my hands. Each of my fingers reaches the end of each glove-finger, and between the fingers reaches... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Start of the spinning year
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When I started writing this post - last Thursday - I had not yet spun one jot so far this year. I know- I'm a lazy spinner. Roc day was almost a week gone already... That evening, I sat down... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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WIP Wednesday: return of the gloves
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Do you remember this sad little story? It has a happy ending: Turns out that one of the advantages of sorting the stash is that teeny-tiny balls of handspun might appear from between the cracks. This really *is* part of... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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Why automation isn’t always your friend
It must be the time of year. Last January 13th, I had a real rant about Twitter nothings - and it's probably one of the best things I wrote last year. Yesterday, I lashed out again. Well, I expect it... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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More like Friday ‘Feh’
So, I got most of Myrtle seamed up last night - enough to try on. There will be no photos for a while. I don't quite know what I expected, because I would never design a garment with a great... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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The State of the Stash
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Remember me pledging the Year of Stash Accountability? well, if you don't know where you're starting from, how can you know where you're going, let alone how far away it is? So I catalogued all the yarn and fibre in... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2016 at Yarn in my Pocket
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