Tag Archives: Yarn

Tonks found the alpaca fluff

I have to try remember to be careful about Tonks and plastic bags – she finds them, sits in them and loves them to death. I am well aware of the dangers of suffocation, and she normally has no opportunity … Continue reading

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Revisiting the Magic Ball

We were looking at some old posts on Plutonium Muffins last night and found this one on my first magic ball! The story has continued to develop, so I will enlighten you. Before I get started, though, I want to share … 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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Dragon Yarn – a lovely FO!

I want to tell you all about the Dragon Yarn, and I looked on the project notes on Ravelry…then noticed I have no blooming notes! So some of the figures for the yarn are inaccurate because I’m not unwinding the … Continue reading

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Dragon Yarn – all spun and ready to ply

I’m thrilled to say I’ve spun the singles of the Dragon Yarn and it’s ready for my first attempt at Navajo Plying! This is a bit of a new project which has been on Instagram and Twitter before, but I … Continue reading

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Local Yarn Shops: Cumbria Embroidery

I visited Cumbria Embroidery at the beginning of November, and am finally able to get this post out to you! John and I went to Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, North England for a Halloween party at Friend Dan’s house. I had been … Continue reading

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Local Yarn Shops: Liberty

Today I’d like to talk about Liberty London, which I visited with Melanie a couple of weeks ago! I’m supposed to have been recording the podcast today, but the microphone has had issues (as in, it’s gone AWOL) and I will … Continue reading

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Niddy-noddy operation

Melanie taught me how to use a niddy-noddy properly after we recorded Episode Six of the podcast yesterday – listen to this here (did you know you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes?). Now, you would be forgiven for … Continue reading

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Secret Stash

I’m going to be coming down to Devon a lot in the future, and I decided I needed a stash down here…it shall be my secret stash, and I shall call it squishy. Being local, I had to stash local … Continue reading

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Presents from New York!

My lovely JS got back from New York today and he brought me presents! I asked him to go have a look in some yarn stores but then reconsidered and didn’t give him any recommendations – so he had to make … Continue reading

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