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black/white striped jumper

30/12/2024 CarolynUncategorized2 Comments on black/white striped jumper

hurrah! I’ve just finished my knitted project for December, aka the last monthly knit for the year! and possibly the last made thing for the year, depends whether I can get my already cut-out thing done in the next day…

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lux trousers and some more random cushions

30/11/2024 Carolynknitting, sewing1 Comment on lux trousers and some more random cushions

hello! I’ve made some more things lately… Firstly, some new trousers.  I used a new pattern, the Fibremood Lux trousers.  Lately I’m more interested in trousers/jeans etc with a flat front and no pleats… and so the pattern piqued my…

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green and blue scrappy jumper

09/11/2024 Carolynknitting, sewing4 Comments on green and blue scrappy jumper

  hello!  I’ve knitted a new jumper, from that big inherited bag of scraps and leftovers that has stymied my dreams of a minimalist, streamlined stash for quite a long time now…  I’m trying to make a project a month…

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purple cardigan

31/05/2024 CarolynknittingLeave a Comment on purple cardigan

I’ve knitted a new cardigan! This is cardigan A  from the book Japanese Knitting, by Michiyo, translated by Gayle Roehm.  The yarn is Jansen by Mod Vera, colour 80421344, it’s a yarn made for Spotlight which is where I bought…

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handprinted socks and hand warmers

14/04/2022 CarolynUncategorized3 Comments on handprinted socks and hand warmers

I’ve knitted a new pair of socks and matching hand warmers for myself… aren’t they beautiful? Yoshimi sent a handprinted sock blank to me for my birthday last year, and I got onto it straight away!  I’ve never seen or…

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fluffy blue speckles

10/08/202010/08/2020 Carolynknitting, Uncategorized2 Comments on fluffy blue speckles

Oh hey!  I’ve just finished knitting a new jumper.  Perfectly fluffy and perfectly relaxed and slouchy, the most wonderfully comfortable lounge-able thing you can imagine.  This is the We Are Knitters sparkle raglan sweater, a design by Krysten Ritter, in the “sprinkle blue”…

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baby Arthur

29/01/202031/01/2020 Carolynknitting, sewing23 Comments on baby Arthur

Our new baby grandson is here!!!  We’re so excited and thrilled with him, he’s such a beautiful baby boy, speaking in a totally non-biased way, of course!!   note: so clearly above photo is NOT of new baby grandson…  sorry!…

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box of socks; the November edition

24/11/201924/11/2019 Carolynknitting4 Comments on box of socks; the November edition

I finished my November pair of socks; yay! And actually within the month of November too.. double yay! So I bought this Utterly Divine Yarn #capitalswarranted in San Francisco during mine and Yoshimi’s holiday there… we visited this fantastic little…

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