Or a cardigan. I really wanted something light and comfortable to wear on the long haul flight that I’ve just done, and happened to mention this to Sarah at my patternmaking class, and before I knew where I was we were into it! As it happens, she had designed something almost exactly what I wanted for herself […]
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We have now spent a week in Vancouver, with a side trip to Victoria on Vancouver Island, so I’ll try and capture the highlights here. The feature image is actually a sculpture outside the Vancouver Library. Both appropriate for there and here, I thought! Transport We were given a pass to the Hop-on-hop-off bus, but […]
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I always have an urge to document my yarn and fabric shopping exploits in case I revisit a city, or to help readers visiting a city for the first time. Vancouver and Vancouver Island will not be an exception. I didn’t cover all the shops as I was far more interested in playing tourist than […]
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I knitted the ANKESTRiCK Holsten jumper through the summer in anticipation of winter (typically), and I knitted it from some Panache baby Alpaca/merino that I had in my stash. I originally bought this wool for a vintage striped jumper that I was going to knit and I had one ball of blue and one ball of red […]
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Stellar title for this post folks so clearly I have run out of inspiration (only for titles, not for my sewing – luckily!). I totally love my red raincoat, but noticed a few little things that could be improved, namely, a more substantial stormflap with something to stop it blowing up, and a better hood […]
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