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Post Knit Nation

August 6, 2010
By Ruth

So, here we are, nearly a week later and still buzzing with the excitement of it all! Am really missing it. What a superb venue. So well organised. A great bunch helping on the “crew”. The marketplace was such a lovely place to be. Met old friends and made some new ones. Spotted some...
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Blackthorn DPNs on their way…

July 13, 2010
By Ruth
Blackthorn DPNs on their way…

Delighted to be able to annouce that some of the much sought after super strong yet flexible Blackthorn DPNs are winging their way to us! “These sets of 5 needles – in eight sizes from US 0000 to 4 have the feel of bamboo...
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Sweetwater – a lace wrap in The Knitter

July 13, 2010
By Ruth
Sweetwater – a lace wrap in The Knitter

Isn’t this pretty? Lovely photograph of a lovely rectangular wrap. Knitted in two halves then joined in the centre either by grafting or a three needle cast-off. It uses just 75g of yarn too! Having run out of the Camelot in Teal (as shown),...
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Stitched Self – a Mini Me short story…

July 5, 2010
By Ruth
Stitched Self – a Mini Me short story…

Well, I kept on “seeing” the Twitters from Stitch London about the Stitched Selves but didn’t “read” them until Thursday 24th June when it dawned on me that the...
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Knitting Workshop – Thursday 15th July

June 30, 2010
By Ruth

Chatting away tonight at the Cast On! knitting group and mentioned that still had some spaces on the next workshop. “Why don’t you mention it on your blog?” they...
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So easy a child could do it!

May 29, 2010
By Ruth
So easy a child could do it!

So, a new rubberwood umbrella swift has arrived for me to assess. What better way to test it than to wind the skein of Raspberry Smoothee mohair yarn I...
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