My first socks are completed!


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It's a shawl that I've been making for quite some time. Just a garter stitch triangle with YO increases and an eyelet border.

Has been compared to a jellyfish by some and a collapsed lung by others. I however still see it as rose petals in a bath.

Kinda like a rorschach blot test I suppose. I like that, it's pretty cool. I'm glad I'm the one who saw ( Read more... )

Holly: I've taken up knitting.
Paul: So I see. Probably look, uh... very nice, once it's finished.
Holly: Actually I'm a little nervous about it. Jose brought up the blueprints for a new ranch house he's building, and I have a strange feeling that maybe the blueprints and my knitting instructions got switched. I mean, it isn't impossible that I'm ( Read more... )

This is a hat sized for a newborn baby, that looks like a tomato! (The hat, not the baby.) I was particularly pleased with the leaves.


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Here's a sneak preview...


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In the spirit of being a bit more professional, or possibly just more snobbish, I decided that I should name the things I design.

Hence; Beachcomber. More under cut, picture heavy.

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Ok, I got the college magazine today, and I'm in it! Well, not by name. What it says is this ( Read more... )

After being prodded fom many angles I eventually got around to setting up a Stitch 'n Bitch. Five people came, which I think was pretty good for a first meeting. Two were complete new learners, and the two of us who were more advanced set about teaching these how to knit, which went surprisingly well. It was extremely gratifying seeing how pleased ( Read more... )

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Last week saw the introduction of the New Budget - and golly, it worked! I saved £15+ just in that one week. It might not seem like a whole lot, but hey. Student finances, people ( Read more... )