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Ladderback what???

My first encounter with the ladderback jacquard LBJ technique was back in 2023 during one of my weekly dives, deep into the wierder and wonderfuller...
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In our Good Books

There are times on my long scrollings through Ravelry in search of a just-right raglan for a customer, that it's tempting to ask if there's...
What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

Threads of learning

The women arrived together and their chatter had that slightly nervous excitement that comes of being away from work, as they entered the training room....
What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

Will Anyone Notice?

"Will it show? Do you think I need to rip it back?" Ask me how to do a neater left leaning increase, or why you...
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Unbuttoning the gloom

"The weather is always rubbish at this time of year. What do you expect? Of course it's grey and rainy. It's February. This is the...
What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

A Tale of 3 Sweaters

It’s a pattern of behavior which knows no logic or expediency: I am never so productive with knitting as when there is something else that...
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9 picks for 26

It's a rarely-spoken about hazard of being a knitter, that we have a far harder time packing for a weekend away than our non-knitting friends...

2026 Pick-up-sticks

It's a mark of just how crazy the memory of the last shopping days of December had got in my head, that I was almost...
Life in the day of a wool shop

Through the window and beyond

There's just a couple of days to go until we shut the wool shop door and flip the closed sign round for the final time...
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Lists, lists, glorious lists!

'The secret is a well organised list,' explained my friend. 'You do the thing and tick it off and gradually it all gets sorted. It...
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Introducing Tino

Tino rubbed his eyes, and stretched out a paw from under his warm blanket to feel the cold of the nearly-morning air. He pulled his...