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World Book Day :: and the tale of the Ron Weasley Sweater ::

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Those of you with children will probably know that last Thursday was World Book Day. A day where parents across the world find themselves frantically trying to cobble together a book themed costume for their little ones. The majority of our previous outfits have been thrown together the night before with mild panic and crafty skills. Unsurprisingly for anyone who knows Milo, last year he was Harry...

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Works in Progress :: Another Hitchhiker ::

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I'm a huge fan of Martina Behm, I'd been familiar with her patterns for some time (who on ravlery isn't?!) but it was the Knitmore Girls and their #behmalong that got me knitting her patterns.


So far I've got two Hitchhikers, two Brickless', one Be My Angel and one Brickless/Hitchhikermash up under my belt! The last of which was very sadly left on a train during a, many train, journey to Norfolk at...

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Crafting 365 :: 1-7 ::

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You may have read last week about the challenge I set myself to craft every day, well I really do craft every day so the challenge is really to document the crafting. If you follow me on Instagram you'll have seen my pictures popping up daily, I was actually a day late with yesterday's but it's there now.



So here is what I go up to ::

I finished 1 project (well actually I finished 2 but one is a...

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Works in Progress :: Neon Shawl ::

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Back in June, when I headed off to Blogtacular for the weekend, I was in need of a super simple knitting project. Something I could work on whilst being filled with inspiration at the event and something I could use to entertain myself whilst travelling. I had nothing of the sort already on my needles (promise), so I grabbed this gorgeous skein of Pollyorange yarn and set to knitting.



After a few...

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Finding Inspiration :: Gifts for Yarn Lovers ::

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As Christmas begins to near, I've started to think of gift buying and thought I would revive my gift guide series from last year, featuring gift ideas from UK etsy sellers. There are so many fabulously talented UK based sellers on etsy that there is a lot to showcase.

Today I'm looking for gifts for the yarn lovers in your life, basically this is a list of all the things I would like for Christmas!



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