UK Swap – Spoiled a rama!
Ok, so this pic is *just the yarn* my lovely spoiler sent…! Can you believe it? There is also the lovely handmade bag, the patterns and the goodies*! Picperfic has done herself proud I...
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Ok, so this pic is *just the yarn* my lovely spoiler sent…! Can you believe it? There is also the lovely handmade bag, the patterns and the goodies*! Picperfic has done herself proud I...
Finally got over the ebay fear (obviously have had no fear of buying from it!!) and set up a couple of auctions for some Rowan Big Wool and Debbie Bliss Cotton DK that had...
So.. You might have seen I picked up a few balls of beautiful, colourful yarns when we were over in NY… oh how they got me with their seductive stripes, their collusion of colours…...
Thank you Fi – for the lovely things in my last – sniff – Secret Pal 8 parcel.. it has been fun waiting for the post, interesting getting stuff from Sweden, and now I...
A question posed to us by the SP8 hostesses: Someone has stolen your stash and all your books: now what are you going to do? What would be the first thing you’d replace? What...
Had to unravel the first time I picked up stitches – I am hopeless at this bit (read: too impatient!) anyhow – it seems better the second time around… has pears and bananas in...
Just had a go and hand dyeing some white wool with food dye… We don’t have kool aid over here so thought I’d try some supercook food colouring I have in the kitchen.. Managed...
Finished one side of the Market bag going up to Nottingham on the train on Saturday.. After being a real thicky with the stitch a few times, by the third cast on I had...
Yay! Thank you secret pal, for the lovely parcel waiting for me upon my return from Wales!… Bamboo yarn (which is *so* soft) and some of my favourite sweets – oo sour!
So this is the resulting scarf – it was pretty quick to do (all garter stitch) but was fun knitting with the different textured wool… The boucles and ribbons weren’t actually as tangly as...
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