Archive for April, 2008
The great stash bash!!
Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Shana
My stash was getting out of hand, any knitter will know that it’s almost impossible not to buy any more wool…there’s always one more bargain that you’d be foolish to miss!!
So this is the state some of my stash was in.
And I’ve now made a slow start on sorting it out. The white shelf [...]
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Snodgrass
Posted on April 27th, 2008 by Shana
I haven’t posted in a while because I was waiting for the arrival of some Sirdar Donegal Tweed wool to knit a bear. And not just any bear, this one, who we’ve christened Snodgrass!
My original intention was to sell him once complete, but that is not going to happen. What is it with [...]
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eeek!!!
Posted on April 19th, 2008 by Shana
That is a bit of an obvious title for my latest knitting project…a pink mouse!
Our pet dog Big Al seems to have taken a liking to Pinkie and my craft chair, but they do look so cute! I’ve just bought a whole stash of wool, now I can’t decide what to knit next!
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Testing your yarn for felting
Posted on April 16th, 2008 by Shana
After the last felting fiasco, I wondered if there was a quick and easy way to test yarn for felting, especially if you no longer have the labels available.
I found this method on Let’s Get Knitting.
Use this simple test to identify ‘feltable’ yarns:
1. Cut a short length of yarn from your ball [...]
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