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Last minute preparations
I have but one and a half of our delicious squashkins left, for I just grated the other half into a squash/ginger cake for tonight’s workshop attendees. I have also loaded all the wool assembled so far into a very large suitcase. Nobody is going to be short of any desired colour, that’s for sure… […]
The new presence
We have a new creature in the home. He came to us via the Blue Cross Pet Adoption Scheme, is fiendishly difficult to photograph and wants me to stroke him rather than write this post. Yes; we have acquired a cat. I promise not to fill this blog with cute photos of him, but a […]
Oomska Tuesdays
On our recent jaunt in Sussex, Kate reminded me of the genius word Oomska. Oomska is a word used by Uncle Monty in the British Film Classic Withnail & I in the context of a wellington-boot buying expedition. At some point in the film Uncle Monty asserts that ‘We can’t possibly have you walking around […]
Eat your greens
I have come back from Sussex absolutely refreshed and inspired and it was exactly the sort of adventure that was required. I have come back also with a very warm head. The pattern is Red Lipstick’s Headigan, available to buy from her webshop here and worth every penny. I knit the hat with a combination […]
Words and Pictures
When I was an undergraduate I did my first printing project using any real consideration of type. The printing involved making tickets for a performance I created called ‘Concert for a closed cinema.’ The concert comprised flute, accordion and voice lamenting the closure of an independant cinema in Dublin, in 3 movements. I based the […]
Mending
I appear to be having some kind of small arthritis flare up. The joints I know for sure have been actively flaring up in the past are very slightly aching but more than that, I’m absolutely shattered. One of the side effects of long-term illness and conditions is that they place an ongoing and difficult […]
Mystery object revealed
It is time to reveal the truth about the mystery blueness in the last post. You see Mark’s niece left some little mice here, last time she stayed with us. I found them all nesting under a pillow on our cornerseat: I quickly discovered that – being an adventurous bunch – they had ambitions to […]
Blue
I am knitting with the yarn I dyed myself, making a simple feather and fan scarf according to this pattern, which I found through Ravelry. I love the feather and fan pattern so much; it looks really complicated but is unbelievably easy with a simple 4-row repeat. The resulting fabric has great structure and shows […]
Finished Object: DROPS design top
The vest is finally done. I ripped back the seams 3 times before I was happy with the way they were looking; I think mattress stitch on bias fabric with ribbing on it is ridiculously difficult to seam neatly and if I knit this again, I’ll adapt it in such a way that it can […]
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