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Contemplations. The girl has designed a 'statement' jumper and there's so many choices in the holst garn stash - it's rather bamboozling.
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The second machine knit cardi is now finished too - a more formal style with set in sleeves and a single snap closure. Knit with Avril yarns silk tsumugi and lace weight wool - about a 3-4ply in total. It's knit using a tuck stitch that looks a little lik
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Found and attached my lovely buttons. Just in time for the pills to arrive. Two days of wear and it looks really tatty. Time for a shave already! For a very very expensive yarn this is pretty shabby.
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The grandpa machine knit cardigan is finished! Well, I picked out buttons for it and they disappeared off my pin cushion so it's not finished really but I'm wearing it anyway. Knit in mad tosh pashmina. I'm awaiting pilling.
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It's very hard to see in these pics but this swatch has a sparkly metallic sheen. That's because it's knit with silk coated stainless steel filament. I bought this yarn a while ago because it's such an interesting use of material, with highly unusual and
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Just a wee lemon?! Holy smokes @anniecuthbert what do you feed this tree!! Thanks for the haul - I'm going to be enjoying a lotta lemony in the next little while!
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We cut the cake so when I blew out the candles I wasn't spreading cold germs all over the place. Delicious cake. All that lemon and ginger, it's practically medicine!
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I made myself a birthday cake after inspiration from @jenburn @larissamclaughlin @nigellalawson and @sampling_ah Just waiting on the bloke to arrive with lemons for the icing!