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Wrist warmers

I made these wrist warmers in a rush before christmas as a X-mas present for my best friend. I couldn’t find a pattern I liked so I had to make it up and as a result of that the first … Read More

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The yarn trunk

This post is also available on “The Ugly Duckling“ I bought the trunk at the wonderful Winchester car-boot sale. It was just calling out to me and I knew exactly where it could go and what it could be...

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Yarn Trunk

This post has also been published on roued.com I bought the trunk at the wonderful Winchester car-boot sale. It was just calling out to me and I knew exactly where it could go and what it could be used...

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Love Child: Green Merino Yarn

‘Hi, I’m the love child of a pale green merino sweater that has been carefully 3 plied. I’m 18 strands per inch making me the perfect 3-ply gauge.’ There are three of us – but we have all been used …...

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Love Child: Khaki Cashmere Yarn

‘Hi, I’m the love child of a khaki cashmere sweater that has been carefully 3 plied. I’m 14 strands per inch making me the perfect 4-ply gauge.’ There are three of us: 60g / 250m 80g / 374m 75g / …...

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Love Child: Teal Cashmere Yarn

‘Hi, I’m the love child of a pale teal cashmere sweater that has been carefully 3 plied. I’m 14 strands per inch making me the perfect 4-ply gauge.’ There are three of us left: 54g / 209m 33g / 122m …...

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Rare Breed: Green Merino Sweater and Soya Yarn

‘Hi, I’m 70g or 113m of rare breed yarn. My mom was undyed soya and dad was a pale green merino sweater, Oh, and I’m 12 strands per inch making me the perfect sports weight yarn’ See what my siblings …...

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Rare Breed: Teal Merino and White Cashmere Sweater Yarn

‘Hi, I’m 40g or 120m of rare breed yarn. My mom was a teal merino fibre and dad was a white cashmere sweater, Oh, and I’m 14 strands per inch making me the perfect 4-ply yarn’ See what my siblings …...

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Rare Breed: Teal Cashmere Sweater and Soya Yarn

Yeah! I have been sold and get to go home with a new friend. ‘Hi, I’m 70g or 175m of rare breed yarn. My mom was undyed soya and dad was a pale teal cashmere sweater, Oh, and I’m 14 … Read More

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Rare Breed: Red Silk and Khaki Cashmere Sweater Yarn

‘Hi, I’m 30g or 100m of rare breed yarn. My mom was red silk and dad was a khaki cashmere sweater, Oh, and I’m 16 strands per inch making me the perfect 3-ply yarn’ See what my siblings have to … Read...

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Recycled Sweater Yarn

I’m quite thrifty! Some of my friend (and definitely my mother) would say that I’m a cheapskate. But I don’t subscribe to this view. I’m just careful with my money, but I also like spending it on stuff...

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Love Child: Violet Wool Yarn

‘Hi, I’m the love child of a violet wool sweater that has been carefully 3 plied. I’m 18 strands per inch making me the perfect 3-ply gauge.’ There are four of us: ? 67g / c. 260m 40g / c. … Read More

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Love Child: Yellow Cotton Yarn

‘Hi, I’m the love child of a yellow cotton sweater that has been carefully 3 plied. I’m 16 strands per inch making me the perfect 3-ply gauge.’ There are four of us: 87g / c. 350m c. 115g c. 88g … Read...

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Love Child: Cream Lambswool Yarn

‘Hi, I’m the love child of a cream lambswool sweater that has been carefully 3 plied. I’m 12 strands per inch making me the perfect sports weight gauge.’ There are four of us: 45g / c. 110m c. 85g c. …...

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Love Child: Red Cotton Yarn

‘Hi, I’m the love child of a red cotton sweater that has been carefully 3 plied. I’m 16 strands per inch making me the perfect 3-ply gauge.’ There are four of us: 74g / c. 300m c. 85g c. 58g … Read More

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Love Child: Teal Lambswool Yarn

‘Hi, I’m the love child of a teal lambswool sweater that has been carefully 3 plied. I’m 12 strands per inch making me the perfect sports weight gauge.’ There are four of us: 70g / c. 180m c. 85g c. …...

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Recycling yarn from sweater

See the full gallery on posterous Today I finally got started on a pair of tester socks I am knitting with the help of Priscilla Gibson-Roberts book ‘Simple Socks, Plain and Fancy‘ (reviewed by Dee on...

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Preparing yarn for dyeing

See the full gallery on posterous Today I have been rather busy tidying my recycled sweater yarn on Ravelry and adding yarn to Grey Duckling. I have also been preparing this yellow yarn today. The...

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Some more hearts for the garland

See the full gallery on posterous   I began my heart garland about a week ago on the first TAD day and today I made a couple more and I now have 5 all together. I only have 7 days left … Read More

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Fun with colours

See and download the full gallery on posterous So what have I been up to today craft wise. Well I tell you – life is catching up on me so I didn’t really have time for much, but I did … Read More

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Unravel in Farnham, British yarn and buttons

I think that for this event I will let the photos speak for themselves. I had a great day with Cecile who also wrote about the event on Ways of the Whorl and I bought some lovely colourful yarn and …...

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Die Mercerie – yarn and coffee

I don’t really think I can come up with a better combination that yarn and coffee. This combination together with the shop/cafe Die Mercerie, it’s proprietor Sabine and it’s lovely staff has brought so...

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Moving day

Today is moving day for us. We have packed down all our stuff and are moving our little home from Munich (see post about Munich as a liveable city) and back to Denmark. I wanted to share a few of …...

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