Those of you on the knitting website Ravelry, have you discovered the "neighbours" page? This brilliant widget is one of my favourite things on the site. It pulls up a list of other users who have made the same projects as you, or queued the same patterns. As soon as I add another project, one … Continue reading Knitted Christmas ornaments
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Top 20 tutorials for homemade Christmas presents
Like these ideas? I've got more! Take a look at 17 homemade Christmas presents too... Last year, I was in Hong Kong for six months over Christmas so I had to buy presents online for my family back in the UK. Despite the fact I was on what I cheerfully referred to as a “sabbatical” … Continue reading Top 20 tutorials for homemade Christmas presents
His birthday scarf
It was an uphill slog at times, but I did manage to finish the birthday scarf on time for my partner's birthday, hooray. (See my original post, Three secret projects, for the very beginning of this project...) Of course, almost every day I regretted having chosen a moss stitch pattern. A moss stitch pattern, I … Continue reading His birthday scarf
Three secret projects
As well as my homemade Christmas, I'm working on some other homemade presents too, these for my partner's birthday in November. This is proving trickier than it used to be, as my time for making anything during the day is a bit limited. Somehow, looking after the baby, taking a walk and remembering to get … Continue reading Three secret projects
Wolves in London 