Category: Making
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knitting in the south seas
Ooooh. Thank you to Miss Esther of Toggle I heard about South Seas Knitting. Look! We can buy Habu! In Nyoo Zillund. Look! I bought my first ever Habu. It’s pink. And a pretty box set of cards for taking on the ferry and knitting lace. Just because I have nothing else to do I…
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life isn’t always perfect
But I do like these. They’ve been brewing for quite some time. Madeleine’s first birthday provided the impetus to make them at last.
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enchanted forest
finished at long last. Just in time for Edith to grow into Debbie Bliss’ newborn size. No doubt really the result of my gauge or lack thereof.
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corners of pieces
Hey look. I made a non smock top. And more of the same trousers.
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summer wardrobe
For Astrid. Tick.
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toast
We’ve been without a toaster for almost a year now. We just weren’t prepared to buy one we didn’t totally love. But the one we totally loved cost a mad fortune. However I’ve discovered that Amazon, if you wait long enough, will reduce the price on most things. So you just have to sit and…
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dusty plum
Dusty plum. Not only for the colour, but for the texture. This cashmere is wonderfully dry. I’ve never come across dry yarn before but really it’s the only way to describe it. Chalky almost. It’s the only time the Knitting Goddess has ever managed a solid and we were the fortunate recipients. But it’s a…
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Astrid says
…how many cakes have you baked since the last one? A: quite a few. Astrid likes cake. Especially the new ones mummy has been baking. From her new cookbook – Off the Shelf. The recipe for raspberry and peach tart that mummy has totally changed, using almond meal and spelt flour and different berries each…
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Another winter outfit
Seeing as we’ll be having two winters in a row – albeit one more like the corresponding summer – and because if Astrid’s trousers are both in the wash we have no trousers I thought it only prudent to make another winter outfit. Now of course. Because it’s so jolly cold. Astrid’s duvet cover froze…
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babychops ii blanket
pale grey cotton flannel and purple rosebud print both from linnet cotton batting from quiltdirect Well, it’s a quilt isn’t it. But it’s not a patchwork quilt. Wasn’t ready for that. The next one however I am ready for. And it will be patchwork. And it will be linen. And I will not use bloody…
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Nesting and the new sewing machine
using up scraps + nature baby ribbon God it‘s good. My new Elna 5100. Really good. I can sew while Astrid is asleep even. And in the next room even. My sketchbook is full of ideas, full of projects being ticked off. More batting has been ordered. Blankets are being made. It’s cold outside. And…
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Notes from a small island
Thirty eight weeks yesterday. And we’re on the mend. Today I redeemed my New Sewing Machine For Christmas voucher at John Lewis. Today I didn’t spend twenty quid on a cab. Today the bus driver let me on free when my card failed. Today I sat next to a lovely lady on the bus who…