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Oh Delight!
Posted by: Steve on: April 5, 2011
- In: Aran (10-ply, 8 wpi) | General | Knitting | Knitting Links | Mitts | Needles | News | Sweaters | Yarn
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Today, while hunting for 6mm DPNs and circulars, we found a delightful shop! I say “shop” but “Emporium” would really be more appropriate! Aladdin’s Cave in fact! Halfpenny Home is magical, to be totally honest. Greeted with immense warmth, even though we’d never been there before, we were even offered a coffee/tea, as Nic (the [...]
Another Jenny Make
Posted by: Steve on: March 23, 2011
Last night, Jenny started experimenting with making beaded stitch and place markers for knitting use. It’s a learning curve as we’ve only got the little plastic stitch markers and place markers have always been loops of scrap yarn. One thing I’ve always hated about those yarn place markers is the way the loops go sloppy [...]
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Remarkable Bamboo
Posted by: Steve on: April 9, 2011
Following on from my poll on needles, I managed to obtain some bamboo needles and one pair of wooden (beech) needles. At the time of writing this, the voting results are: Metal (35.3%) Bamboo (32.4%) Wood (29.4%) Other (3%) – not specified Plastic (0%) Good cases were made for all the favoured types. Naturally, there’s [...]