after my peg bag had been caught outside in an almighty hail storm.
At the end of last year, Giles chose some yarn to be this winter’s new hat. Rowan Pure Wool Aran in grey was both soft and well, grey, enough for the hat he’d like. It was perfect for a Woolly Wormhead hat that I’d been wanting to knit ever since I first saw it in her book, Twisted Woolly Toppers
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It’s a bit of a whirlwind around here just now. A whirlwind that I can’t talk about until it’s over, but hectic in the way that eats your time, morning, noon and night, nonetheless. I’m sure you’ve had those! In the meantime, I’d like to share with you something that I found on my bookshelves a couple of days ago.
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I’m busy making birds for our wedding. Some using Skein Queen‘s Twitter Birds pattern, and others rather more improvised. This one is flat still, but I have a dead pillow ready to be cut open and used for the stuffing. There’s also the decoration to be done in the shape of adding eyes and wings in embroidery and possibly buttons.
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Late last year, in preparation for the winter, I made a pair of French Press Slippers (ravelled here). They knitted up in an afternoon and were felted and ready to wear in a few days. I wore them, and wore them, and wore them. Can you guess what happened next? Yep. I’m fairly heavy on my shoe leather at the
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