Tag Archives: Birthday

Oh me, my oh my, isn’t it strange how time goes by

A couple of weeks ago I spent quite some time feeling like I was forgetting something. You know what I mean – that niggling feeling at the back of your mind, which forces you to walk into and out of … Continue reading

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FIVE

Five years ago, I sat down in the lounge in a shared flat in Brixton, South London. There were things literally everywhere – a small trunk of yarn, a house rabbit in a cage, very poorly constructed sofas. John and … Continue reading

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Past Projects – Bee Happy!

Today I’m going to talk about a project I knitted years ago, the Bee Happy bees! These guys were knitted as a birthday present for a friend, and took just one train journey to complete. They were quite a turning … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday!

I am posting this Birthday post a few days late – we had some server problems, which hopefully not too many of you noticed, and Plutonium Muffins was down on the day itself! I did a quick search for “Birthday … Continue reading

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Happy (2nd) Birthday!

The Etsy giftcard giveaway is now closed! That’s right – today is Plutonium Muffins’ second birthday! We’ve gone from the first ever post to celebratory first year giveaways to pattern publication and the birth of my spinning career. My, it’s … Continue reading

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Resolutions Update…and we are going geek chic.

I woke up this morning convinced it was Wednesday, and feeling a bit dull because I only have my baby blanket to show you…then I remembered it’s mid-July and I can do a resolutions update, which made me feel a bit better! … Continue reading

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(Another) New Chapter…beyond knitting

Don’t understand the title of this post (what is a new chapter?)? No, me neither. It’s hard to think of a good title that isn’t this: I GOT THE JOB!!! I found out this morning in the middle of a Les Miserables … Continue reading

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WIP Wednesday – Boyfriend Socks

It was my gorgeous JS‘ birthday on Monday and I wanted to knit him a pair of boyfriend socks – similar to the boyfriend sweater but with fewer consequences, hopefully! I started out with Business Casual, and pretty quickly decided … Continue reading

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Download the Garter Stitch Head-Band pattern!

This year has been the year of learning to design knitting patterns. My first one was rather more complex than this one, which is really just a formula intended for people who want to learn to knit, but don’t want … Continue reading

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Kitty! Or, kitties…

Wow, it’s been a week since I blogged. I can’t believe it! I’ve been finding work so incredibly tiring, and everything except gentle activity has been way beyond me. Sorry! On to the kitties. I’m going to introduce a new … Continue reading

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