Monthly Archives: September 2012

St.Abbs Wool-Festival

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

Do you know where this is? I took this picture a couple of years ago on a visit to a little village on the east coast. Standing on the headland looking out to sea, I found this fascinating sculpture. I … Continue reading →

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Making Progress with my range of colours

Posted on September 11, 2012 by

As well as mixing and picking the preferred colours for my yarns, I’ve also been given the very good advice by a friend to knit up some samples to show the distribution of colour and the stitch definition. This is … Continue reading →

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Exciting times ahead

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

Loads of things seem to happen at the moment and interesting contacts are made. I don’t really want to say anything at this point, in case nothing comes of it, but it is all yarn/knitting related. Three exciting projects are … Continue reading →

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No Parking

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

It’s the birthday of a good friend of mine today and I knitted her this: Julia Malle is a glass-artist who often incorporates maps in her work and gets the occasional parking ticket. Happy Birthday, Julez!

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Dyeing sample skeins

Posted on September 2, 2012 by

  This weekend I have been busy making sample skeins from the colours I have created so far.   My new favourite green   Selecting the colours to dye next   Drying off the skeins   A little mishap. This … Continue reading →

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