Tag Archives: Mittens

February 2016 Resolutions, with a January recap

Oooh I can’t believe it is nearly February 2016 already! Where are the years going? The first time I realised that years had ‘names’, was in 1995. It was the first time I wrote the full date (at the age of … Continue reading

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January 2016 FOs: accessorise to the max!

Following on from Wednesday’s post, here is a January 2016 FOs one! I feel like I’ve been really productive this month – whether or not this is actually the case, I’m not sure. At least I have a lot of … Continue reading

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January 2016 Monthly Resolutions Update

I’m ready to review my January 2016 resolutions. I’m trying to be very organised this month, and I don’t know how well it’s going – I should probably be reviewing these every week, but there’s just too much work to do! … Continue reading

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The Ravellenic Games

Two of my February Resolutions are projects that I am going to be using in the Ravellenic Games. If you don’t know what the Ravellenic Games are, basically, you enter projects that you knit over the period of an Olympic … Continue reading

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KCBWDAY2 – Fairisle Mittens

The challenge for today on the Knitting and Crochet Blog Week is to choose a mascot project that embodies the house or animal we chose yesterday – in my case, if you remember, the House of Monkey. Before I get … Continue reading

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FO Friday – TJB’s Mittens

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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[Organisation] And the next project is…

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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WIPW (7) — Fairisle Mittens

Back to WIP Wednesday today! I mentioned last week that I’d won something from Knit Today…well, a week later and I’ve nearly completed one mitten. This has a lot to do with the fact that I was in bed for … Continue reading

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And the winner is…

…me! I entered a text-in giveaway in February, from Knit Today magazine (which, yes, I have a subscription to). I then completely forgot about it as I didn’t think it was a big deal. The other day I was in … Continue reading

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