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The Great London Yarn Crawl: one week to go!
Next Saturday (20 September 2014), I’ll be taking part in the Great London Yarn Crawl: a wonderful woolly day out around London, visiting various yarn shops on a planned route with other knitters, all on public transport. The founders of the GLYC, Rachel and … Continue reading
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Tagged A Playful Day, GLYC, Great London Yarn Crawl, knitting, London, LYS, Pom Pom Quarterly, Refuge
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Holiday knitting
In the last week, my house has felt a little bit like Noah’s Ark, just before the flood waters actually lift it and carry it off! It’s been very wet and cold across much of the UK, but as it’s officially … Continue reading
“In a trench you are sitting, while I am knitting…”
Last night at 11pm marked 100 years since Britain’s entry into the First World War on 4 August 1914. In the UK, we were encouraged to turn off our lights and see in the anniversary moment by the light of … Continue reading
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Simple gifts
Sometimes the simplest pleasures are the best. I usually work long hours, so escaping the office at 5.30pm and spending this evening in the garden with a glass of wine felt extremely decadent. Dinner included home-grown salad leaves, radishes and … Continue reading
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Tagged escaping the office, garden, homegrown food, simple pleasures
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Unwinding in Brighton
Yesterday I returned, happy and weary, from attending the first ever Unwind Brighton, a yarn festival held across several stunning venues in Brighton on the south coast of the UK. A weekend of yarns of both kinds seemed like something I couldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Dani Sunshine, darning, knitting community, Madelinetosh, Tom of Holland, Unwind Brighton, yarn festival, Ysolda Teague
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First harvests from the garden
The garden is starting to yield up its first fruits and vegetables. Here is today’s harvest, which happens to have a strong red colour theme. It was a bit daunting to move into a new home with a rather neglected garden … Continue reading
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Tagged Featherweight cardigan, first harvest, garden, grow your own, Skein Queen, Unwind Brighton
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Hitofude
I’ve just finished knitting my Hitofude cardigan (by designer Hiroko Fukatsu), so some showing off in the garden was definitely called for. (Try to ignore the weeds, but look at the beautiful pink-edged leaves on the beech tree!) I really enjoyed knitting this. The … Continue reading
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Tagged beech tree, Hiroko Fukatsu, Hitofude, knitting, The Uncommon Thread yarn
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Love of Liberty
When I was a teenager, we would have an occasional family trip to London during the summer to enjoy tourist sights, exhibitions, the theatre and the parks. One place my sister and I always wanted to go was Liberty of London, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Liberty of London, Liberty Tana Lawn, pocket money treasures, sewing projects
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