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A brief excursion into sewing

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:32:50 +0100

I do sew sometimes, but it tends to be because there's something I want to make rather than because sewing is something I want to do... Recently I lent C a Regency frock for her Jane Austen-themed hen day, and she loved it so much she asked me to...

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Introducing Bellatrix

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:34:26 +0100

Having made my decision, I did not wait to put it into practice. I started knitting Bellatrix as written, but the cast on edge was too tight, even as a tubular cast on, and I wasn't sure about about the gauge. So since I was frogging anyway, I sw...

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The sock problem

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:02:47 +0100

As I said a couple of posts back, I have at least twelve pairs-worth of sock yarn in my stash. I've now resolved to actually knit some of it, but I'm not entirely sure yet where to start - which pattern, which yarn. Part of the point of this post ...

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Adventures in spinning alpaca and silk

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:07:48 +0100

So this is what I've been doing with the alpaca... The first five pictures are various combinations of dyed lilac-grey alpaca and black alpaca. Sometimes carded, sometimes blended together, sometimes spun as-is. The fourth picture has some si...

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Shopping in Hay and its consequences

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:51:52 +0100

Ages ago now, I went to Hay-on-Wye with friend-R. I bought second hand books, as you do in Hay (it's a small village in Wales with dozens of second hand book shops), including some vintage knitting books. I bought them for various combinations of ...

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A gift!

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:35:19 +0100

Yesterday I hosted a crafting evening, at which two friends - K and S - came over, K did her mending, S learnt how to to do the purl stitch, and I knitted, sewed and spun (of which more in a post to come). Excitingly, K came bearing gifts from he...

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Rantette; Knitty

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:49:42 +0100

I knew that Knitpicks didn't ship internationally. I've seen people complain about it, and to protect my covetous nature, I have avoided becoming too familiar with their product line beyond the needles that Get Knitted sell. However, while searc...

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Resurrections

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:25:05 +0100

In the last week, I've had two crafting dates with different groups of women, and I've resurrected two old projects. In the first crafting date, with one knitter, one mender and one, umm, court jester ;-) (R did bring some work with her, but in th...

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Coriolis and other animals

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:12:10 +0100

Yesterday I finished the Coriolis socks, and I love them. They match rather than mirror, because I forgot to read the 'second sock' bits of the instructions, but I don't care. I used a modified version of Cat Bordhi's modified icord bind off, c...

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Coriolis

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:27:40 +0100

Still thoroughly in love with the Coriolis socks, and I'm now a good way through the increases, so it's starting to spiral :-) The yarn is variegated, but in the straight section at least, it's spiralling a bit itself, which ties in nicely with...

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