Charity Knitting

I had a big bag of yarn leftover from 5 blankets that I had crocheted over the past couple of years so I decided to use it up knitting beanies for a local organisation, Crafting […]

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May socks

I have finished my May socks.  These ones were for Hubby and he chose the yarn which is Naturally Gallipoli in shade 82455.  The best thing about this yarn is a percentage of the sales […]

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April Socks

My April socks are done, these ones are for my Dad and he has wide feet so I cast on 68 stitches instead of the usual 60 for these ones.  I used some yarn I […]

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March Socks

My March socks are done and dusted (finished on the 28th) and I have worn them once already.  This pair is knitted with West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4 ply in the colourway Pheasant from their […]

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February Socks

I have finished my February socks with one day to spare.  I knitted these ones for hubby and they ended up having different toes.  I made the first one too short so I unpicked it […]

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Sock Knitting Challenge

I have decided not to buy any new yarn or fabric this year until I have used up what I have in my stash.  I have set myself a challenge to knit 12 pairs of […]

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Hand knitted socks

4 years ago I decided that I was going to knit myself a pair of socks.  Fast forward 3 years to Lockdown 1.0 and the half a sock that was languishing in my WIP pile […]

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Christmas Crafting

Now that Christmas is done and dusted for another year, I thought I would share with you some of the gifts I made.  Most of these were made while we were under lockdown in April/May […]

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Me made wardrobe

As well as adding to my wardrobe with thrifted items last year, I also did some sewing and knitting to give it a boost as well.  I had a bit of time under our first […]

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Scrap blanket revisited

Hello from Lockdown here in Wellington! The weather is awful here today so I thought I would give you an update on my scrap blanket which I first posted about back in March 2017.  I […]

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