Keeping the memories alive…
I really do have my knitting mojo back at the moment and I’m really enjoying it. The stranded colourwork was a challenge for me but I finished the first mitten and am reasonably pleased with the result. Yeah, some of the floats are a bit long and loopy but for a first project, it’s not bad at all. I’ll get around to knitting the second mitt at some point but have found myself distracted …
Read moreOk, not actually in Huddersfield for Christmas but this trip was a Christmas present to Patrick from me so technically it was Huddersfield for Christmas. Two nights in a Travelodge I know how to treat a man eh! So, the plan was to visit Magic Rock Tap on Friday night, spend the Saturday mooching and shopping in Huddersfield town centre and then a Saturday night pub crawl around some of the fine ale lovers hostelries followed …
Read more2018 is going to be the year when I finally crack two-handed, stranded colourwork knitting and to that end I’ve started on some lovely mittens, complete with corrugated two-colour rib and a Latvian braid trim…Woooo, get me eh! After struggling with the technique of knitting with both hands, I got a little carried away when it finally clicked into place and forgot to read the pattern instruction properly. Therefore, my first mitten will have a …
Read more2018. First work day of the year and what a beautiful sunrise to kick me into gear.
Read moreThe end of June saw me reach the milestone of my half century, how on earth did that happen? I was only 21 last week surely! The day before my birthday, my lovely work colleagues managed to trick me out of my office whilst they decorated it with balloons. They then presented me with a lovely thoughtful gift of a Red Letter Day voucher for a brewery tour and pub lunch at one of my …
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