Over the last few weeks I have been rediscovering something approaching knitting fidelity. The Great UFO Reduction Plan, coupled with test knitting and KALs resulted in drawing me back to the straight and narrow path of one-project-at-a-time. The one true way, some would say. To be sure, I have enjoyed seeing projects grow rapidly and …
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Checking in, catching up, chilling out and calming down
Woke up this morning with the almost inevitable post-Kirkwall headache, so it was a complete downer to open my mailbox and find an upsetting mail message. I have had a day of tears and temper and unpleasant memories. My every instinct tells me to reach out for some clean white wool and to knit some …
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Knit Crochet Blog Week: Day 7 (2KCBWDAY7)
Day seven: 3rd April. Your knitting and crochet time. Write about your typical crafting time. When it is that you are likely to craft – alone or in more social environments, when watching TV or whilst taking bus journeys. What items do you like to surround yourself with whilst you twirl your hook like a …
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Knit Crochet Blog Week: Day 6 (2KCBWDAY6)
Knit Crochet Blog Week Day six: 2nd April. Something to aspire to
Is there a pattern or skill that you don’t yet feel ready to tackle but which you hope to (or think you can only dream of) tackling in the future, near or distant?
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Knit Crochet Blog Week: Day 5 (2KCBWDAY5)
Day Five: 1st April. And now for something completely different This is an experimental blogging day to try and push your creativity in blogging to the same level that you perhaps push your creativity in the items you create. Knit Crochet Blog week at Sanday Spinners Read more Knit Crochet Blog posts for today Read more …
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Knit Crochet Blog Week: Day 4 (2KCBWDAY4)
Day Four: 31st March. Where are they now? I was a knitter long ago. I began knitting before I went to school, taught at my mother’s knee. In school, we all had to learn to knit. I knitted the odd scarf over the years but never had the application really, until I became an expectant …
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