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In days gone by a hat wasn’t just something thrown on at the last minute to cover a bad hair day, a hat was a vital part of an outfit. A gentleman removed his hat inside, and at various other times as a sign of respect. A lady kept her hat on inside. With my curly bob, [...] Miss Muffett has threatened me with sharp pointy things if I don’t blog this year’s pretties, so I’d better do it! The last few days as I’ve been looking back over what I’ve made this year I discovered that I knit a lot. I worked out I’d knitted about 9km of yarn this year, which is [...] Yes, I admit it like many of the cyclists and spinners in this years Tour I have crashed. Badly. The lovely squishy heavenly camel fibre is rather devilish in the spin. Too fine, too camel coloured and, aside from the gorgeous tactile experience, too boring. It is not a spin that you should give yourself a [...] I’ve never been one for pacing myself or setting realistic goals. I know this is common among creative types, but I might take it to extremes. I realised this when I was writing a murder mystery party for 20 people, sewing my costume for said party, organising said party, and looking after my mother who had [...] The reason for no pretty images for these two stages is simple. Even though I have been spinning, the images are not much changed from those previous, the camel is still camel, and the lovely but never-ending EGMTK BFL/Bamboo is still has my darling steamspindle in its clutches. But never fear, I hope to finish the [...] Yes, Yes Miss Hewson & I have been noticeably absent. Miss Hewson is still settling into the world of paid employment and I, after a meeting with my PhD supervisors have made the difficult choice to not return to academia at this time. I am still passionate about the subject, not so much about the environment [...] |
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