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Friday Roundup: Yarn, People, Projects

by Corrie Berry Posted on May 1, 2015

I am grateful for yarn, the people I love, yarn and the cat. I’m also grateful that I need to do this Friday recap, because I’m feeling particularly miserable right now and it can only be good having to focus … Continue reading →

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Draco Malfoy is finished!

by Corrie Berry Posted on March 12, 2013

Draco Malfoy, the arch-nemesis of Harry Potter, my favourite villain, and the subject of my latest knitting project, is finished! If you had forgotten or missed it, I started knitting him about a year ago…well, OK, last July (2012), and … Continue reading →

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WIPW – Draco Malfoy Illusion Knitting

by Corrie Berry Posted on February 27, 2013

I’m burning the midnight oil tonight, thinking about Draco Malfoy…actually, I have tonsilitis and am finding it impossible to fall asleep as everytime I get close to the brink, my mouth pops open, my tonsils dry out, and they start … Continue reading →

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FO Friday – TJB’s Mittens

by Corrie Berry Posted on November 2, 2012

I promised this FO Friday yesterday – and here it is! Fingerless Mittens for TJB, the best pianist in my life, a violinist, and a man with cold palms… TJB’s Mittens I joke – the reason I had to make … Continue reading →

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Appreciation!

by Corrie Berry Posted on October 27, 2012

I’m going to get right to it – one of my most loyal readers, Tanya from Tanya Today, has nominated me for a “Reader Appreciation Award”. It’s the first way that any sort of appreciation has been shown for me … Continue reading →

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Color Affection KAL – and Graduation!

by Corrie Berry Posted on October 24, 2012

I graduated today! That feels so surreal to type – I’ve been five years in the studying for this, and it should have been three years for the degree that I got, so hurrah for me! I got some photos … Continue reading →

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Starting Color Affection.

by Corrie Berry Posted on October 13, 2012

The yarn for Color Affection, the shawl I am knitting for Grumpy, arrived on Thursday. Amongst my emergency knitting of Fingerless Mitts for Granny, being ill (and having to miss the Birthday party, hence not being able to even give … Continue reading →

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[Organisation] And the next project is…

by Corrie Berry Posted on October 9, 2012

I have spent this morning going through my Ravelry queue (again) and deciding what project to cast on next. I’ve just finished the two biggest projects I’ve worked on for a while (the Towersey Shawl and the Dragonfly Jumper, watch … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on a Theme – October, Kent

by Corrie Berry Posted on October 4, 2012

I woke up this morning as a result of JS‘ alarm going off repeatedly and him just IGNORING it! Argh. I stayed in bed for a while reading through some blogs, and the overlying theme of most of them was: “It’s … Continue reading →

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Taking the blanket home!

by Corrie Berry Posted on July 8, 2012

JS and I went to the Battersea Cats and Dogs Home yesterday, to give the blanket in. Download the pattern here. The actual handover was a bit…anti-climactic. I guess I was expecting the staff to be like “Oh my God, … Continue reading →

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