Tag Archives: John Arbon

Walking through a Woolly Wonderwool

Last weekend I visited Wonderwool Wales with two of my favourite people. Although John didn’t actually come in to the show with me, he provided valuable moral support from the cafes of Builth Wells, in the form of encouragement and … Continue reading

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Friday Roundup: Yarn, People, Projects

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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Podcast Episode 11: Gamha

Episode Eleven of the Plutonium Muffins Podcast: Gamha updates you on all of my projects, my new fibre hobby and Edinburgh Yarn Festival! I am publishing this from the p-Lush British Design and Fibre Festival, so some of the images … Continue reading

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[GIVEAWAY] John Arbon Goodies CLOSED

If you’ve been following the blog for any amount of time, you’ll know that I love John Arbon Textiles. I did a nice big feature on them on the blog in January, I knitted the Icon Dress in Knit by Numbers yarn, … Continue reading

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Finished Object: Rikke Cowl/Hat

I’m pleased to have a finished object for today – a cowl/hat which was derived from the pattern for the Rikke Hat! I originally started knitting this for a friend, but I was playing yarn chicken and I lost…badly. Instead … Continue reading

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The new Unravel stash…

I bought fibre at Unravel. I know that a lot of you may be referring me back to my New Years Resolutions… Go cold sheep – no more yarn, roving or fabric until 1st January 2016. I shamelessly broke this, … Continue reading

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John Arbon Textiles

I’m sure if you have been reading this blog for any length of time, you know that I recently worked on Icon Dress in John Arbon “Knit by Numbers” double-knitting wool. I seriously love this yarn – and here’s more about … Continue reading

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Local Yarn Shops: Stitch Up

As promised in my post on Monday, Stitch Up is the first of the yarn shops Team Romney visited on the Great London Yarn Crawl 2014. Located in Wimbledon, the shop is a one minute walk away from Wimbledon Park tube … Continue reading

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#WIPCrackAway – Icon Dress Pt 1

I’ve been working on my #WIPCrackAway project – which is what the Icon Dress now is! #WIPCrackAway is a knit along which is being hosted by Louise of the Knit British Podcast, and Nic of the Yarns from the Plain podcast. Go … Continue reading

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Unravel 2014

If you follow me on Twitter, you will know all about my excitement for Unravel at Farnham Maltings. Well, the festival was this weekend! I went along with one of the girls from Knit Night at Loop; we got the … Continue reading

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