Knitting Voodoo

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So last Sunday I decided to cast on another project. Yes, I know I have 3 others on the go (and we won’t talk about the fifth that I started on Monday, OK so maybe we will but not just at this second) The pattern I decided on, after much much searching, was Elizabeth by [...]

Memory Monday – Easter

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It’s Katja’s first Easter Monday today and we’ll be heading to Australia so this post has naturally been prepared in advance. The weekly pictures post will show what the little one thinks of her chocolate easter “egg” which is actually a bunny. Today’s memory concerns Easter Eggs. I remember as a kid we’d get up [...]

Week 13.13 – Easter

Week 13 from March 25th to 31st sees a visit to Katy in Glasgow and the fun of MissK’s first Easter. 130325 – Kisses for the mirror baby 130326 – Looking forward to Haymarket being finished 130326 – Not herself today #subdued #poormite 130326 – Baby in a Box @theyarncake 130327 – Will we have [...]

Memory Monday – The Green Guide

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The Green Guide is a Melbourne institution. It’s been going since long before I was born and it is a fixture of my childhood. Every Thursday when the newspaper was delivered this green section would be included. As a child I remember it as just green newsprint paper with black. It was just as bizarre [...]

Week 13.12 – Brrr!

Week 12 from March 18th to 24th sees some ghastly weather and some new shiny teeth. 130318 – Even in this horrid weather this is a pretty awesome view #edinburgh 130318 – Glad I’m inside! 130318 – It’s been raining/snowing like that for 6 hours now #cold 130319 – Morning cuddles 130319 – As the [...]

Introducing Straw Tatting

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Have you ever wanted to try needle tatting but perhaps you don’t have access to the needles? Maybe you’re trying to learn but finding the needles and fine threads too fiddly, you might be constantly stabbing yourself with the business end of the needles (blunt? they still hurt!) or perhaps you’re looking to tat with [...]

The First Edinburgh Yarn Festival

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Sitting around the tables with the tea, the knitting and the conversation all flowing we often turn to the same topic – Wouldn’t it be great if… This is generally followed by something like “they made all kids learn how to knit again”, or “there was the perfect cafe with the perfect lighting and free [...]

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