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Stained glass – more adventures in dyeing

I can’t actually believe that I made this. This is a mystery skein from the lovely and fabulous MsGusset (who quite rightly is a finalist in the Australian Etsy Design Awards – go vote for her here)...

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15 in 2015

This has become a bit of a tradition now. I did 14 in 2014 and 13 in 2013 Something a bit like resolutions but I prefer to call them goals. Last year got a bit waylaid with the whole ‘spinal nerve...

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FO2 – my summer sky slouch

Who can go past a bit of alliteration when naming a pattern. Yeh that’s right I’ve ‘written’ a pattern! The inverted commas are because I’m not sure how much credit one can take for taking an existing...

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So much yarn so little time

I feel like I’m trying to knit everything all at once!!! I have my Sunshine Shawl making good progress after watching Australia beat England and India beat Pakistan over the weekend. Then I am so close...

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finished object 5 with 100% more ratbags

Well it’s actually finished object 6 but as finished object 5 is currently winging its way overseas and I stupidly don’t have any proper photos of it, I’m calling this finished object 5.   It will need...

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We may be able to work it out, but just in case we can’t I wouldn’t get your...

It started off so well. – The colour is beautiful (why thank you I dyed it myself), – The cat photobombing is freakin adorable – The mindless garter is perfect watching all of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt...

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Finished object 8&9 – nurmilintu 

Remember that shawl that I posted without taking a good picture of first?  Well I have my photo!    Isn’t it just lovely??? Megs of course but also my shawl!!!  The pattern is nurmilintu and I just...

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I want to put something witty here but it’s too much effort. 

So I have been knitting and doing stuff other than working long hours, curating the @we_love_aural Twitter account, working more, and posting cat pictures to the Internet!  For starters I finished Mass...

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Things I’ve learnt recently 

Dont start to dye yarn when there’s a strong chance you’ll nod off and leave it on the stove.     But do dye some more once you’ve finished your nap.        Cats like photobombing yarn pictures....

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2015 in numbers 

6 books in ‘currently reading’ list 2 books in handbag (not on ‘currently reading’ list 7 books on bed side table (some are ‘currently reading’) 37 Books read.   15 levels on Fallout 4 completed 32...

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