Finished! (but way too big…)

Posted by on Oct 30, 2005 in Craft | No Comments

:(Ah well, one of the girls at the craft club might want it… that’ll teach me to swatch, swatch and swatch again (even if it *is* deadly dull)

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Diamond Jumper Blocked!

Posted by on Sep 30, 2005 in Craft | No Comments

And looks about 3 sizes too big! Well at least I’m done knitting this, and can get on and sew it up. That’ll teach me not to swatch though. eh?:)

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yipee…

Posted by on Sep 24, 2005 in Craft | No Comments

The extra ball of Matchmaker came in the post today (all the way from the states in the end!) will get on and finish it before next weekend’s craft club visit to Colinette! Mustn’t be tempted by all that pretty new wool before finishing this off..

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Sarah Dallas’ Stripy Socks

Posted by on Sep 18, 2005 in Craft | No Comments

Hmm these were started before I resolved to swatch! Which is really bad as I misguidedly replaced 4ply soft with GGH Samoa (fab yarn, but far too thick for these!) Also first go at dpn’s and had bad experiences with ladders* in the first sock, so switched to a small circular… see how that goes… ...

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Diamond Jumper

Posted by on Aug 18, 2005 in Craft | No Comments

Ooeee – this has been being knitted for an age now (almost a year!)… so much so that the colour of the wool I need to finish it has been discontinued… after much searching of shops and ebay I have finally placed an order in the states so a £3 ball of wool has now ...

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