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15th May 2019 Postcard from England - Bluebells and meandering ways
Today's blogpost is another "Postcard from England". This time we start in Cornwall with views of carpets of bluebells and wild garlic, then travel on to sinking churches and timbered houses! Please click here to read the full blogpost and many thanks again to Tim for his wonderful photos! |
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13th May 2019 Postcard from England - Weddings and Wild, Wild Cornwall
We have just returned from two weeks in the UK with the main event being the wedding of our daughter, Anna in Bude, Cornwall. It was a wonderful event and our visit also gave Tim a chance to take some fabulous photos around the country. Today sees the first of three "Postcard" blogs showing some of his photos and the places where I have been knitting over the last few weeks. So please head here to read the first of these postcards and I will post the next one on Wednesday! |
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12th May 2019 Patternfish is closing!
I am enormously grateful to the many pattern selling sites that I use. They work tirelessly to provide access to many thousands of knitting patterns from Indie designers such as myself. Unfortunately, one of these is about to close... Patternfish is closing its site at the end of June. This means that you will no longer be able to download any patterns you have purchased from the site or get automatic updates. So, please go now and download your patterns so the current version is stored safely away somewhere and let me know if you have any problems with this. Also, sign up to my Newsletter for news of any pattern updates. Read more here... |
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6th Apr 2019 Of tree branches and baby blankets
About four weeks ago a large branch fell on me while I was gardening, hitting the top of my head hard. I didn't black out but I felt like my head was ringing with the impact and I now know people don't jest when they say they are "seeing stars". Well, the body knows what it needs to do and I found myself just resting and vacantly gazing at a piece of knitting that never seemed to grow. Then one day this week, I woke and felt better. Isn't it funny when that happens? So I looked at the few inches of baby blanket I had completed in several weeks and two days later it was done and a second smaller dolly blanket was well on its way. . . . To read more of this blogpost, please click here. For more information about the Caela Baby Blanket and Dolly Blanket pattern, please click here. |
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17th Mar 2019 Glorious Garter Stitch
If I asked you what stitch you first learned to work as a new knitter, what would it be? Well, chances are that would be a knit stitch. And what stitch pattern can you work using only knit stitches? Well if you are working back-and-forth on straight needles, then that would probably be Garter Stitch. Every Row: Knit to end. Simple, easy, yet so versatile! Read more about the wonders of Garter Stitch in this week's blogpost here. Btw, the photo to the left shows Anna's wonderfully-named "Ugly Blanket" from her new E-book, Glorious Garter Stitch. To read more about that, please click here. |
