Category Archives: Knitting

Swatch for Springshawlsurprice knitalong!

I’m taking part in my first knitalong in the spring, as a result of being on Ravelry and finding out what’s out there!  I have knitted very little lace but I did knit a Shetland ringshawl a couple of decades … Continue reading

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Ravelry – I’m in!

A new feature on the sidebar is a link to Ravelry! Ravelry is a fairly new – and definitely new to me – site where you can upload all your knitting projects, stash, etc, and find yarn and patterns and … Continue reading

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A bit of knitting

I haven’t been doing much blogging recently but I have been using my hands.  I bought this gorgeous Uruguayan yarn from Rio de la Plata via the online coop of which I am a member.  It is a bit darker than … Continue reading

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Avon Valley Country Park

A few weeks ago I went with the kids on a church outing to Avon Valley Country Park. They had great fun down these scary slides: while I sat in the cafe and chatted and drank tea. There are a … Continue reading

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Wonderwool Wales on Cast-on Podcast

I’ve just been listening to the latest Cast-on podcast and, to my delight, Brenda was talking about Wonderwool Wales, which I visited a few weeks ago. She has a photo of a Soay sheep on her website.

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Felted bag finished!!

Yes, it’s finished!  It knit up really quickly once I got going.  I nearly ran out of dyed wool though - it was good that I dyed the two extra skeins last week because I needed them.  This is all that … Continue reading

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