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Aunt Elsie and the new snooks…

This Saturday I will be at jelly’s home at 29-31 Market Place with Aunt Elsie and friends, The building has been decorated, the bar bedecked with tinsel and baubles and things are starting to arrive. It is open to the public for free from 10.30-4.30, then it shuts down whilst we prepare it for Aunt [...]

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stripes, spots and stags

  As promised here are images of things that I have been making. Firstly, updating the Snooks Pattern – I loved knitting this the first time around and I wanted to improve it (also because the lovely KurlyKnits is redoing all the pattern layouts) it seemed the perfect time to add any amendents – so now we [...]

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rowing weekend

rowing weekend

That is a rowing weekend on the river not a rowing weekend as in arguing. To say rowing weekend may be a bit of exaggeration, more like one hour but I have a hideous blister on my right hand thumb that has burst and is sore which means knitting is a little painful but I [...]

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Reasons to be slacking

Reasons to be slacking

I haven’t really been slacking, I’ve been caught up in jelly, trying to get things done, changing the hang-on network and just trying to keep on top of things. Skeinqueen and I have been working on a secret mission, dyeing yarn to sell as kits with patterns – all fine except writing detail and pattern [...]

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To be inspired

To be inspired

I was inspired by the list of things that my friend SkeinQueen has been up to: spinning, dyeing, updating, hanging out in Bentleys and lashing it up with the ladies. She made me feel like a sloth…. So here is my weekend, not as entertaining but maybe it’s because I am a wee bit older [...]

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