this chic followed the hen…

This past weekend, I went to my first ever, Hen Weekend.  For those of you on the other side of the pond, it is a bridal shower or stagette. How is this post knitting related? The Hen is my knitting blogger friend.  Both Isobel and I made the trip to Belfast and to join [...]

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What’s still on the stix???

same lace socks…knitting seems to be dragging along
 

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that’s the way the cookie crumbles…

Today I am taking a break from knitting.  Armed with some mixing bowls, measuring cups and spoons, baking ingredients…I am baking today.

I am at the novice level of baking 101.  I am a beginner.  I need to follow a recipe as written.
The first batch was a disaster…

the next batch of cookies looked a little better…

So [...]

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knitting… anyone???

I have tried unsuccessfully to convert my non-knitting friends to knitters.  They continually give my ego a boast when they say lovely things to me.  
Comments such as, “I wish I could knit like you,” or “I use to knit when I was much younger,” get my enthusiastic response, “I can teach you!” or “How [...]

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socially knitting

As the  days are getting longer and the sun is shines upon us…
Try taking a trip out to This is Knit in Blackrock, Co. Dublin to join the shop’s proprietors, Jacqui & Lisa on Thursdays from 7pm to 9pm for their weekly knitting night.
Then on the first and third Saturday of each month, [...]

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why knit socks when you can buy them?

 Why do you knit socks when you can buy them so easily?  
Anyone who has knit a pair of socks have heard this question time and time again.  I love buying sock yarn to enhance my yarn stash.  In addition, knitting socks either on circulars or dpn’s is a portable project; tuck them in your [...]

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Textiles: Italian tapestries

I am in awe of these tapestries at the Museo dell’ Appartamento Reale (Museum of the Royal Apartments) in Naples…

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