Yet another hat

Flush with the success of knitting up my very first handspun. I decide to tackle knitting up my very first navajo plied yarn.
(There’s a lot of knitting at the moment because I’m trying to finish up stuff to take with me to Australia as gifts, because I *ahem* don’t trust the South African postal service [...]

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Knitting Tutorial…

How to knit a hat.
1. Take a skein of your very first handspun yarn and knit a tension (gauge) swatch.

2. Do some maths and cast on – ignore the vague sense of unease that it seems awfully wide by telling yourself that it has to go around the whole head.
3. Consult knitting bible to determine [...]

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Scarves for Africa!

Last weekend sewkalico, who happens to be in South Africa at present, came over to deliver the scarves that her mother and mother-in-law have been knitting. These are for the Scarves for Africa Project.
All I can say is WOW.

There’s 28 scarves there, and they are still knitting! Not pictured is the stationary that was provided [...]

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I think it’s out of my system…

I think the new yarn I’ve bought is finally out of my system…

There are three baby hats there for friends of Gorgeous Man. Seems his friends are having a bit of a baby boom this year and two for Gorgeous Girl. The yarn is Elle Escapade in the roller coaster colourway and the [...]

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And the winner is…

And the winner of the my giveaway for the quilt pattern was Kristie of Cowgirl Quilter. If you haven’t seen her blog before you really should check it out. I love reading about her life on a farm and seeing her amazing quilts.
Congrats Kristie, leave me a comment and we’ll sort out a postal address [...]

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Knitterly things

The Spinner’s Study group on Ravelry (sorry posting with wriggly baby on my lap, no links) were focusing on Alpaca in February. I had some alpaca in the stash and after receiving lots of great advice from the group I jumped right in.

It’s just over 300 yards from 3.25 ounces (92 grams and 276 metres [...]

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Giveaway 2

Time for another giveaway.
I am unlikely to ever make the same quilt twice (not when I have a gazillion quilts on my To Do list). So I’ve decided to give away the pattern for the Snake in the Grass quilt that I recently finished for Gorgeous Girl.

Any novelty fabric would do for the centre squares.
To [...]

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