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Moonstone scarf. Day 5

| September 20, 2013

I managed to do a bit more today. My tension isn’t perfect but I’m sure you can forgive me. I also hope you can see why I am raving about Lucy Neatby and her double knitting class on crafty as well as her DVD and her patterns. Crafty currently have a 75% sale on, so […]

cardy

| August 6, 2013

Nothing gives you a weight complex more than llpoking at a cardigan on a knitting machine. Ok. I could lose some pounds. But holy cow it looks huge. I know it shrinks in and stuff but but I have a sleeping bag that’s thinner than this! Its scared the whatsit out of me. How? It […]

Where have I been?

| August 2, 2013

Much as it is “holiday” time, sadly I cant report I have been to beaches and sat in the sun and gone a lovely shade of brown and so on.. No.. I bust my knee.. I apparently have a 3rd grade tare in something on the “dark side of my knee” eg the back which […]

My birthday pressie to me

| June 16, 2013

OK, so its a couple of weeks early, but, go me I bought myself some of Lucy Neatby’s DVDs she has a great sense of humour and is a pleasure to learn from. You can find her DVDs at http://www.lucyneatby.com you can either buy them or download them at a cheaper price! (YAY) She has […]

YAY back on the air!

| June 14, 2013

For those who had noticed, my website fell off the face of the earth for a small period yesterday or so, this was due to some technical dull issues I wont bore you with but, could have been avoided, and easily solved with access to the right logs.. which I didnt have. I have a […]

good news yarn lovers

| June 14, 2013

Well, its not the best news but its a good step in the right direction. www.redheart.co.uk has arrived. sadly there is no online shop for us Brits or the Germans on their site yet but maybe it will come. by the looks of it here in England its a reduced range being sold by sainsburys

yarn barf

| June 5, 2013

The one thing all yarnies hate yarn barf It started out as one of those lung twisted skeins and has made 99% of the project in fact 3 rows and bind off to go. So like most yarnies now I’m near the end of the project a yarn barf is most definitely not needed

Blocking wires

| May 12, 2013

If you’re a crafter like me you love making stuff, but, perhaps also like me, you love the thrill of designing or picking a pattern and the wool.. less so sewing in ends and then wash and block?? pfft.. why do you think I make blankets?? So. I thought its about time this changed. Thanks […]

A serious promotion goes to …

| May 9, 2013

Now, I’ve always been honest amount my views, a large number of the crochet books I bought were tat and probably best used as fire kindling to be honest, and recently having gotten into knitting (I so need to wash my mouth with soap) I bought some knitting needle, the addi click short lace ones […]

my first electric sewing machine

| May 7, 2013

I have an old hand powered sewing machine. Now I have an electric fancy thing. These 2 pictures are of some material that came pre sewen. I added the white bits.

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