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Swatch a day: January 8 Knotted Openwork

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Similar pattern to yesterday, just with no complicated purling, which would make it great for socks. Quite stretchy too.
Note to self: find more interesting way to take pictures of [...]


Swatch a day: January 7 Crocus Buds

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Lovely stitch pattern this. Really like the fabric it creates.
Lifting a stitch over two others purlwise all along the row is more difficult than I thought, especially on public [...]


Swatch a Day: January 6 Simple Lace Rib

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Six days in, and I’ve managed to start and finish each swatch on the day, which is longer than I thought I’d last.
It’s fun though, and I’m learning lots [...]


Swatch a Day: January 5 – Lacy Rib

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Today’s lesson was how much lace can increase the stitch gauge, especially when blocking. I actually had to push the sides in to get it to be the same [...]


Swatch a Day: January 4 – Zigzag Openwork

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Started on the tube to work.
Continued on the tube home from work.
Finished on the sofa, during an episode of NCIS Season 3.
Nice quick pattern this, with every other row [...]


Swatch a Day: January 3 – Brick Rib

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Started: on the tube to work.
Finished: during NCIS Season 3, Episode 1.
Notes: 12 row repeat made it more complicated for tube knitting than I’d have liked.


Swatch a Day: January 2 – Whelk Pattern

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Some details, for those of you who like that kind of thing.
Yarn: Knit Picks Merino Style
Colourways: Asparagus, Storm, Moss, Cinnamon, Pine, Hollyberry
Needle: Addi Lace 4mm 60cm
No of Cast on [...]


Swatch a Day: January 1 – Basket Rib

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One of the things I bought when visiting Hill Country Weavers last March was a 365 Knitting Stitches a Year Perpetual Calendar.
I’ve used it a few times in [...]


Christmas Knitting Revealed

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Well, one bit of it at least.
December was a bit of a mad month for me, as evidenced by my disappearance from this blog. Sorry about that, didn’t mean [...]


Fair-isle Wristwarmers (some assembly required)

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I’ve become obsessed with fair-isle knitting, particularly using a solid and a varigated yarn, rather than two solids.
I blame Natalie and Jane for this, mostly.
Well, that, and I had [...]


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