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Red Riding Hood

13/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on Red Riding Hood

…along with requisite “wolf” hehehe. This is the latest in my attempts to make usable things out of things not being used…. I pulled out of my bag of toss-outs this oversized cotton cardigan along with another old Tshirt tossed…

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Peppercorn cardigan

21/07/201227/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized34 Comments on Peppercorn cardigan

  I have knitted a cardigan. The pattern is Jo Sharp’s “Tweed Coat” available as a free downloadable pattern here and the yarn is Jo Sharp Silkroad DK Tweed in Peppercorn (col 425) which I bought during the 30% off closing…

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Sapote cotton cardigan

16/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized29 Comments on Sapote cotton cardigan

Oh g’day peeps!  May I present to you my latest completed knitting project… This is another version of the Jo Sharp Fitted Cardigan.  I have knitted this pattern before, my first version is here.  I really loved that knitted lace…

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Basic dyeing; a tutorial

04/03/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized14 Comments on Basic dyeing; a tutorial

A while ago, Caroline asked if I could go into more detail the next time I did a batch of dyeing, and yesterday morning I felt the urge to haul out the ol’ dye-pot again… so here ’tis!  A short…

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Calico cotton cardigan

06/01/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized58 Comments on Calico cotton cardigan

The good news: I’ve knitted a cardigan! I bought this perfectly lovely ivory cotton yarn at the beginning of last spring, and started this cardigan when I had finished the garter stitch jacket.  I can be a pretty quick knitter…

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Iceberg garter-stitch jacket

13/12/201113/08/2020 CarolynUncategorized41 Comments on Iceberg garter-stitch jacket

With impeccable timing I have finished a toasty warm little knitted jacket.  Yeaah, just in time for these really hot hot summer days ahead, hehe…   I’m a bit sad about having to pack it away for a while, but that’s my own…

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Old things…

17/11/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized18 Comments on Old things…

… this will be the very last of my “old things” posts.  I promise. I’ve done a mammoth sort-through of the photos and I think this is it!  (heaves a sigh of relief…) Firstly, since this is the only garment…

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Kelly-green cardigan

10/11/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized30 Comments on Kelly-green cardigan

Remember how I mentioned fashioning a little cardi out of the leftovers from the ponytail top?  Well, here ’tis! If I say so myself this was a minor miracle in cutting out; why? Well I originally had bought this Kelly…

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