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Jan

on needles: monotony and mystery

Posted by Rachel  Published in books, knitting, yarn along

Last week I extolled the virtues of simple stockinette. A week further into what appears to be endless stockinette (in fingering weight, I might add) finds me slightly less enthusiastic. I’ve been continuing on my sister’s trillian shawl, still loving the pattern and the awesome tardis inspired wool but I needed to mix things up […]

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Jan

on needles: intentions

Posted by Rachel  Published in books, knitting, yarn along

I haven’t joined Ginny’s yarn along in a long time and here I am coming late to the game. I’ve been starting posts for months but finally am sitting down with serious purpose. While blogging has been a distant dream these last months, knitting has taken centre stage as my late evening activity. I’ve worked […]

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1

Jan

until a new year

Posted by Rachel  Published in celebrations, family, photography

This rich, wild, full year is about to come to a close and it feels time to say hello here again as I’ve been  reflecting on what’s been and what’s to come. So hello. We’re still here and going strong. As for our last, erm, months they’ve been wonderful and hectic and joyful and, to […]

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