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This year’s Harrogate show
I went to the Harrogate Knitting and Stitching Show last week, as I do most years. I love looking at the exhibitions of craft work and this Legend of the Willow Pattern quilt was the star of the show in … Continue reading
Posted in knitting
Tagged Drops Fabel, Harrogate Knitting and Stitching Show, linen yarn, shadow wrap, socks
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Socks and bells
The latest pair of socks is done. They make a nice ‘mix and match’ pair with the pair I knitted a few months ago. I was in Skipton the other day and popped in to the shop in where I … Continue reading
3 items in wood
This week I’ve made a little chalkboard which I’m quite pleased with. The chalkboard itself is just an offcut of plywood painted with two coats of blackboard paint, and I made the frame from yet more offcuts of engineered oak … Continue reading
Posted in knitting, woodwork
Tagged bird box, birdbox, blackboard, chalkboard, plywood, socks
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Knitted Christmas decorations
It’s far too early to be thinking about Christmas, but I want to get ahead of myself. I still remember three years ago when a bunch of relatives all dropped hints, very late in the day, that they’d appreciate (variously) … Continue reading
Wine cork wreath
I’ve always wanted to make a Christmas wreath, and I’m hoping that this year I’ll actually get around to it. I’m holding off pruning a holly hedge and a sprawling conifer so that I’ll have some suitable greenery in December. … Continue reading
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Tagged cork, pipe insulation, wine cork wreath, wine corks, wreath
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