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another short sleeved sweater for me ::
Posted by vicki brown on
so as I said, new knitting skills require practice and well, what perfect excuse to knit myself a new sweater.
I saw this beautiful Katia Peru yarn in my local yarn store a few weeks ago and fell in love with it. It's super chunky and soft and I imagine it will be oh so warm too.
I found a fabulous book of fair isle in the charity shop this week, it has some really interesting history of the...
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owls for me ::
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I was asked to knit something for a twitter friend. I've never been asked to knit something for someone before (normally I just inflict my creations on others) so I was hugely flattered.
The pattern in question was owls by Kate Davies. I had never heard of Kate Davies and her blog needled before, but my am I glad I now have, she has some beautiful patterns! I completely adore these gorgeous pa...
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another placket neck ::
Posted by vicki brown on
I made Joelle Hoverson's placket neck sweater for Milo back in the summer and I loved it! The pattern was so easy and quick to knit (it does come from last minute knitted gifts after all). It also introduced me to some new techniques, including knitting on circular needles, which is now by far my favourite way to knit.
So at when time was running out for all the holiday handknits I had promised...