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Flying Geese knitted blanket – finished!

Posted on March 17, 2013 by

I finished a knitting project recently! Hurray! It’s a log-cabin-method-ish blanket based on the Flying Geese quilt pattern. I adapted the Flying Geese blanket from Mason-Dixon Knitting (p84-85) to be a bit larger and have fewer triangley-border-bits. The version in … Continue reading →

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And Then There Was Cake

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

I had a brilliant time in Cambridge last weekend, seeing lots of friends and dancing and all sorts of general goodness . And there was cake! C and I made the cake pictured – he baked the cakes and I … Continue reading →

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extremely easy craft: turn knee high socks into wristwarmers

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

It’s been getting kind of cold recently. And my hands get cold pretty easily. Also, I have 2 pairs of stripey knee high socks that were getting all holey …  hence this post, wrist/handwarmers. I’ve been wearing them all week … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve

Posted on December 24, 2011 by

It’s Christmas Eve. The work is finished. The presents are wrapped. The cards are written. The decorations are up, the mince pies are made, and C is sound asleep upstairs, having finally finished night shifts. All is not right with … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Three Waistcoats

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

One upon a time (about this time last year) I joined a dance team. This meant that I needed a colourful waistcoat to wear when performing. I was able to borrow one to start off with, but it wasn’t great, so … Continue reading →

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Saturday play – my new waistcoat!

Posted on October 1, 2011 by

Recently, I’ve been making a waistcoat. Yes, another one. This is the third waistcoat I’ve made – you can see pictures of the first one here, and pictures of the charity-shop-shirt that formed part of the second one here. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Saturday Play – attempting crochet

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

(see what I did there?) One of my long-term aims to become confident with crochet – I can knit, I have a maths degree for crying out loud, it can’t be that hard, right? So far I haven’t managed it, … Continue reading →

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and now for something cheerful – bunting!

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

To add a bit of colour and fun to what is otherwise a bit of a grey time, I thought I’d share with you the bunting that I made last month . Materials: double-sided interfacing, assorted colourful fabrics, bias binding, … Continue reading →

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Saturday play – charity shop shopping

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

On Friday, I found myself with free time in Cambridge and one of the things I did was to go charity-shop-ing with Rachel (who found a beautiful ball dress!). It’s a bit contagious – when I found myself on a … Continue reading →

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Tea cosy :)

Posted on May 8, 2011 by

Continuing to post tea-related-things that may or may not be tea: tea cosy time! This was a present from forestofglory, who I got to know while she was studying in the UK. Isn’t it lovely? And it matches this teapot: … Continue reading →

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