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continental style ::

Posted by vicki brown on Feb 10, 2011

last week I attended my first neighbourhood 'knit and natter' gathering, it was lovely and there were fabulous cakes!

Whilst I was there I was taught to knit continental style (essentially holding the yarn in your left hand rather the right). So far, so good, I'm not quite as fast as I am englishstyle yet, but getting close. I'd love to be one of those super speedy knitters, you know where the...

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stylish dress book ::

Posted by vicki brown on Feb 08, 2011

this arrived in the post for me yesterday. I'm hoping to make myself a dress to wear to my cousins wedding in April. Inspired by this lady's beautiful creations, I feel in love with this book.

It's truly beautiful and I can't wait to get started, however I can't help but feel I was perhaps a little too ambitious, seeing as I have never made a dress before and can't read japanese!

Before I even...

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crochet jar cover ::

Posted by vicki brown on Jan 27, 2011

A couple of weeks ago I had my first attempt at making marmalade, for a first attempt it came out pretty well, but I made a huge quantity and well as my mr hates the stuff, and try as we might it seemed unlikely that Milo and I would manage the whole 7 jars we have, I figured most of them would become gifts. Of course in order for this to happen those assorted, recycled, jars would need a little...

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crochet jar cover :: a pattern ::

Posted by vicki brown on Jan 27, 2011

Add a special finishing touch to your homemade preserves with this simple crochet jar topper.

Please note this pattern is written here in english crochet terms, which differ from american crochet terms, there is a fabulous table here which gives translations of all the stitches I've used.

ingredients ::

1 x ball of double knit weight yarn

(I used rowan milk cotton in fruit salad, simply because I have lots in my stash!)

small quantity of contrasting yarn for tie

(I used rowan milk cottonin...