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Friday Roundup #18

I’ve been focussed on getting this scarf worked so that I can move on to something else as soon as possible.  With just weeks to a Christmas, I need to get something on the loom and on the hook too. However, as I have been working away on this and stopping now and then to… Continue reading Friday Roundup #18

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Friday Roundup #17

Here we are again at Friday, end of the working week for some. With me on my own this week, I didn't get as much done as I had hoped. No weaving 😦 but I did do some knitting. I started my scarf in the Bergère yarn that I made my first knit hat in.… Continue reading Friday Roundup #17

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Stashes, Swatches and Whoops!

I decided that I needed to dig into my stash to see what yarn I had that was suitable to contribute to my knitting challenge blanket squares.  And to give it a bit of a tidy, so that’s what I have done in Sunday. Little did I realise how much I had I stash.  Of… Continue reading Stashes, Swatches and Whoops!

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Friday Roundup #16

I am so pleased that I finished my first knitted hat.  I was waiting for the DPNs to arrive, and thankfully they arrived on Tuesday.  When I ordered them, I didn’t think about the colour of them, but as they are KnitPro Symfonie, they are rainbow coloured too, just like the yarn.  Whilst they did… Continue reading Friday Roundup #16

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My knitting challenge

As you know I am challenging myself to get much better at knitting than I am; currently novice level.  In total I have probably only made two knitted items.  A scarf and a hat.  You can read about the hat here.  And the scarf is in my Ravelry projects. But I want to do more… Continue reading My knitting challenge