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A Life in the Making

knitting

The Things I Do For Socks

Remember binge socking?  Well, about 3 days in, I realised 2 things: 1. I still do not like teeny tiny needles. 2. I like making things in pairs even less.   My love of a handmade sock remained, so there was only one answer:   Genius, no? I count it amongst my best ideas.    The first shoot in ...

Binge Socking

One summer, I ate nothing but toast and read historical fiction for 3 months.  A few years ago, I made about 50 crochet bowls.  Recently, I made snickerdoodles for days on end.   Binge activities are pretty common around here. A few weeks ago, it was socks.  It was all I could think about.  How...

Boys' Knits

I have a thing for knitting and crocheting for boys and men.  Being mostly males in this house, plus Georgia and I not really being girly girls has meant that I am drawn towards more gender neutral designs, both in my own work and when adding to my must-make list. There are designs out there, of ...
  I don't normally do review type posts on here, but with 2 sets of interchangeable knitting needles in the house at the moment (one a gift, one purchased by me) it seemed silly not to compare the two (Plus, I can't think of anything else to write about). Yeah, I know. More Knitting.  I actual...

Work: In Progress.

Every morning, I wake up, check my phone for orders and come downstairs to the computer to email out patterns and write my "To Do" list for the day, stopping by the coffee pot on the way through. I am not by nature an organised person, but I do like a goal or two to keep me on track. Well, on ...