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The Musk Ox Is A-Comin’

January 1, 2015 by The Twisted Yarn 43 Comments

Happy new year!

May 2015 bring you creative inspiration, manageable hair, unexpected deliveries of the finest yarn, and a bucketload of cake.

Speaking of fine yarn, I whispered the words arctic qiviut at the end of my last post. Whaddya mean, you didn’t notice? Do pay attention, people! Well I’m going to say it just a little louder, now, because the musk ox is a-comin’ to this blog, and he’ll be here soon. Look! One hundred per cent pure arctic qiviut, a once-in-a-lifetime knitter’s dream of a bundle of purple fluffiness:-

Let me hear you sigh, 'Ahhhhhhhhhh'.
Let me hear you sigh, ‘Ahhhhhhhhhh’.

More soon, but you don’t rush matters with arctic qiviut, do you? You need to spend a bit of time with it, get acquainted with its foibles. The musk ox is not to be trifled with. Really, this feels a little like dating, except that I have absolutely no intention of calling things off with this beauty. Would you be perturbed if I confessed that I’ve been known to sleep* with it beside the bed, then carry it carefully downstairs in the morning to watch it in different qualities of light, touch it in different moods, and generally figure out what will make these 29 grams of pure heaven happy? Maybe this relationship is a little unbalanced…

*I use the word ‘sleep’ loosely, since the Toddler Twinnage have ensured that it’s several years since I had a decent night’s kip.

But the proper qiviut posts are yet to come. Meanwhile, I’ve been knitting some Stylecraft Special DK and Bergère de France Lima into a doll for a friend’s daughter. (The pattern is from Deramores, so I can’t take any credit.) I started out with a muddle of body parts over Christmas, which took ages to sew together:-

All the body parts
All the body parts

Anyway, she’s finished, and here she is cuddling a wooden lion:-

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And she even consented to pose with the Toddler Twinnage, bless her:-

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Anyway, enough for now. I have a NYE hangover to nurse. Oops.

May 2015 bring you much time to knit and crochet. 🙂

Filed Under: Knitting Tagged With: arctic qiviut, crochet, deramores polly doll, knitted doll, knitting, musk ox, new year's eve, qiviut yarn

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Comments

  1. eclectichomelife.blogspot.com says

    January 1, 2015 at 10:28 am

    She is lovely and I do recall you saying you would never knit another doll as they take an extraordinary amount if time. Your friend must be special. As to the musk. You have been seduced. Not surprised. The Twisted spouse should watch out.

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    • The Twisted Yarn says

      January 5, 2015 at 10:11 pm

      He should indeed. 🙂

      Reply
  2. KerryCan says

    January 1, 2015 at 11:53 am

    That musk ox yarn looks yummy . . . except it’s purple. Still, I’ll be very interested to see what it turns into!

    Reply
    • The Twisted Yarn says

      January 5, 2015 at 10:12 pm

      Ah, sorry. I forgot. It’s you who strongly dislikes purple, isn’t it? Apologies for dangling wondrous yarn in front of you… but torturing you by making it PURPLE.

      Reply
  3. oddlyended says

    January 1, 2015 at 12:28 pm

    Oooh, I thought I did well to get a knot (yes, a knot) of Peruvian alpaca yarn. Looks scrumptious, and the purple is perfect.

    Reply
    • The Twisted Yarn says

      January 5, 2015 at 10:13 pm

      Peruvian alpaca sounds pretty much perfect, too. I bet it was gorgeous and soft and lovely to work with?

      Reply
      • oddlyended says

        January 6, 2015 at 2:38 am

        It is gorgeous and lovely, however I have no idea how it works up. When I said knot, I meant KNOT. Scroll to the end of this link for the picture. http://loosethreadsandfluff.wordpress.com/2014/12/28/sunday-sevens-christmas-edition/

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  4. sazcreates says

    January 1, 2015 at 1:23 pm

    A very Happy New Year to you 🙂 I hope 2015 treats you well, and The Twisted Yarn continues to reach unprecedented heights! Xx

    Reply
    • The Twisted Yarn says

      January 5, 2015 at 10:13 pm

      And to you! And to the continued success of sazcreates. 🙂

      Reply
  5. corine24 says

    January 1, 2015 at 1:37 pm

    They are so cute!

    Reply
    • The Twisted Yarn says

      January 5, 2015 at 10:14 pm

      Thank you.

      Reply
  6. The YarnEater says

    January 1, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    Beautiful yarn! I haven’t had a chance to touch any, but carrying around the house seems reasonable from what I’ve heard 🙂 Can’t wait to see more!

    Reply
    • The Twisted Yarn says

      January 5, 2015 at 10:14 pm

      Yup, it seemed like an entirely reasonable thing to be doing. I practically had to take leave from work in order to babysit it. 🙂

      Reply
  7. bonnyknits says

    January 1, 2015 at 4:10 pm

    Oooh, I sighed, did you hear? I’m so very jealous of your fluffy purple heaven. I would probably sleep with it too.

    Reply
    • The Twisted Yarn says

      January 5, 2015 at 10:15 pm

      Yup, I heard and I understood. 🙂

      Reply
  8. daniellajoe says

    January 1, 2015 at 4:44 pm

    Happy New Year 2015!!
    Beautiful yarn!! Can’t wait to see what you are going to make…

    Reply
    • The Twisted Yarn says

      January 5, 2015 at 10:15 pm

      Happy new year to you, too. 🙂

      Reply
  9. daniellajoe says

    January 1, 2015 at 4:51 pm

    Lovely dolls!! And i want to learn about yarns in 2015…. Please let me know how this lovely lux yarn works..

    Reply
    • The Twisted Yarn says

      January 5, 2015 at 10:15 pm

      Will do…. when I’ve untangled it. (Oops. One thing I’ve learned: it knots badly.)

      Reply
  10. JenR says

    January 1, 2015 at 5:00 pm

    Love the color of the quivit! I’ve tried dolls a few times but am terrible at faces ? I love the faces on these!

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    • The Twisted Yarn says

      January 5, 2015 at 10:16 pm

      Thank you. 🙂

      Reply
  11. thecontentedcrafter says

    January 1, 2015 at 5:33 pm

    I had already started drooling at the banner pic. Except it looks more pinky-purple and cerise on my screen than purple – but let’s not quibble about a colour – the TEXTURE’s the thing right? I thought a musk-ox was a mythical creature so what do I know! Can’t wait to see what you make with it.

    The dolls are gorgeous – but my goodness how fiddly!!

    Happy New Year Twisted – and I’m hoping your hubby didn’t catch a cold from this mornings escapade 😀

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    • The Twisted Yarn says

      January 5, 2015 at 10:17 pm

      Ha ha. Well I assume that the Stoic Spouse was wearing SOMETHING down below, but as I didn’t catch sight of him, I’ll never know what. ‘Tis a mystery. He seems unscathed (and un-fired from his job). And yup, the texture is absolutely the thing with this amazing yarn.

      Reply
  12. helen bowden says

    January 1, 2015 at 6:02 pm

    I love this, the doll is truly a beauty!! Xxx

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    • The Twisted Yarn says

      January 1, 2015 at 6:04 pm

      But I’m worried that the hair is WRONG, and not at all like B’s. We’ll post it tomorrow. I hope she likes it.

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      • helen bowden says

        January 5, 2015 at 7:34 am

        I think its great, she will love it. She got a pram for Christmas so iam sure she will be forced to lay in the pram and be pushed around endlessly all day!!!! Once again, thank you so much. X

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  13. mollieandclaire says

    January 1, 2015 at 6:08 pm

    Arctic kwwwwwiiiivvviut…… sorry, seeing it written just makes me want to shout it out loud for some reason….

    Reply
  14. quietwoman says

    January 1, 2015 at 6:16 pm

    the quivet looks lovely. thanks for sharing

    Reply
  15. narf77 says

    January 1, 2015 at 6:34 pm

    I have always gazed longingly at luxury textiles and fibres but living here in Tasmania and being prone to being penniless on a long term basis, these luxury fibres tend to be way out of my league. The other day my sons partner was looking for something interesting to do and started to look into spinning fibre. She wanted a spinning wheel but I remembered being most interested in drop spindles about a year ago and put her onto the more simple drop spindle idea. She made one from plans online and she bought some alpaca fleece to have a go at learning how to spin. When I saw the results a resounding SQUEE of delight came forth and Stevie-boy raced out to the shed to make me a drop spindle (Turkish drop spindle soon to eventuate to join it) so that I could have a go…now… where am I going to get some fleece? My son dropped in on his way out to “somewhere” and he and Kelsey deposited 2 large garbage bags of alpaca fleece into my most happy hands. I now have a huge bag of caramel alpaca fleece and a most beautiful white/grey kid mix from a baby alpacas very first shearing. Be still my narfish beating heart! Being fresh out of local musk ox, I can only begin to imagine how delicious that fibre is by looking at that tasty first image.

    That doll is gorgeous Ms Twisted! A little girls glorious dream come to reality :). I started to twitch when you mentioned doll body parts. Serendipity Farm was like the body farm for dolls for many months leading up to Christmas and aside from a side foray into making an Ariel doll, I haven’t picked up my hook since. I have been hammering out beer bottle caps to herald in the New Year with visions of musk ox dancing in my head. OH you lucky girl to be able to smooch up close and personal with that scrumptious wool! I would have it tucked close to my heart and would stroke it mercilessly till the fibres split…might be best that I can’t access it here, I need another addiction like I need a hole in the head! 😉

    I was fine on New Years day, no hangover (who gets a hangover when their tight husband forks out $6 on a bottle of “peach passion pop” to usher in the new year as he assumes his early rising wife isn’t going to make it till 12 so why fork out? OH how wrong you were Stevie-boy! 😉 ) but by mid arvo, when my hammering bottle caps had raised a bit of a thirst and I started to sip Steve’s new invention “the legless frog” consisting of lots of moscato, fruit juice, rum and frozen berries in ever unbalanced measure “OOPS, too much rum…oh dear…make sure not to do that in the next one!” and you drink 3 of them in a row and then attempt to make dinner in a legless froggy kind of way a most hilarious meal eventuates but when you get up at 3am the next day it’s a whole new game ;).

    Happy New Year Ms Twisted. Here’s to communal hooking without being busted by the fuzz (the musk ox fuzz that is 😉 )

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    • The Twisted Yarn says

      January 4, 2015 at 10:11 am

      And a very happy new year to you and Stevie-boy and Earl, too. I love you that Stevie-Boy is the sort of chap who can pop into the workshop and make you a drop spindle. (And a table – I saw that amazing piece he put together just because he was bored.)
      Your alpaca adventures are going to be wonderful. (I saw the fleecy pic on Facebook.) Please keep us updated with lots of photos. Say…. once every minute or two should be sufficient. 🙂
      How’s the peacock coming on?

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      • narf77 says

        January 4, 2015 at 6:51 pm

        STILL haven’t found those shorts but Stevie-boy assures me that they ripped a bit more and a peacock isn’t going to cut the mustard any more…more like an elephant! ;). Steve just made me a nailbinding needle as I discovered nailbinding on my way to the land of Oz (my ongoing holy grail quest 😉 ) and got very excited. I figure I could use this ancient craft to good effect with my newly spun alpaca fleece (once I actually stop getting excited and researching and do some actual factual “spinning” that is 😉 ). I am a knowledge magpie. I start off and get UBER excited and zip around all over the place finding things out. This year is my year of applying all of that knowledge into actually “DOING!” (yes I meant to yell there as I am still in the lustful throes of finding an awesome series of tutorials about natural dying and mordants and my brain is buzzing…who needs drugs for a high, knowledge is much more potent! 😉 ). You can be sure that my lustful endeavors will make it to my blog posts. They will reach epic proportions once I get producing ;). By the way, if I ever come across a musk ox here in Tassie, I will send you some fibre for free. I saw how much it is EEK! 😉

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  16. Woollen Wildnerness says

    January 1, 2015 at 6:59 pm

    May 2015 bring you a lot of creativity and cake too! Cute dolls, although it looks a bit weird ‘unassembled’ 😉

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    • The Twisted Yarn says

      January 5, 2015 at 10:18 pm

      Yup, it looks a bit sinister unassembled. Happy new year!

      Reply
  17. Jenna says

    January 1, 2015 at 7:14 pm

    What perfect purple fluffiness – much inspiration gathered!

    Happy New Year! 🙂

    Reply
  18. vuchickens says

    January 1, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    I’ve been fantasizing about knitting (and spinning!) quivit for quite awhile now… Hopefully someday soon I will be able to splurge on a bit of it. Your dolls are super cute!

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  19. Carole says

    January 1, 2015 at 7:28 pm

    My hands were trying to reach into the screen to stroke that scrumptious yarn. Oh the colours, and I can only imagine the softness of it. I cannot wait to see what you eventually create with it 🙂

    Reply
  20. jenpedwards says

    January 1, 2015 at 8:42 pm

    LOL!! I really enjoy the way you write! Your description of your love of this quivit yarn is funny only because I totally know what this is Like!! But I must confess I have never heard of this yarn. I’m going to research it.:) adorable dolls too! Happy New Year to you!

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  21. gladeridercrafts says

    January 2, 2015 at 7:34 am

    That yarn certainly looks interesting…29 grams of it….have fun with that!

    Reply
  22. jem arrowsmith says

    January 4, 2015 at 11:50 am

    Happy new year to you! Oooh the arctic qiviut looks dreamy…I can’t wait to see what you eventually make out of it!

    Reply
  23. Gallivanta says

    January 7, 2015 at 5:20 am

    Luxurious. Presumably it is not musky in odour or perhaps it is which may explain your ardour for it. 😉

    Reply
  24. nancywalker says

    January 9, 2015 at 5:30 pm

    Quviut is so amazing!!!! But look into Zealana bush tail possum yarn. It is Just as lighr and warm and soft and Affordable!

    Reply

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  1. As It Is In Yarn, So it Is In Life | the twisted yarn says:
    January 17, 2015 at 10:00 pm

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#knittinginpublic #knittingandwalking #knitspo #knitspiration #novitaknits #strandedknitting #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #Fairisle #fairisleknitting #fairisledesign #fairislefriday #fairislecardigan #garn #strikkedilla #strikke #virkning
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New blog post, right here: https://thetwistedyarn.com/2022/03/05/blue-and-yellow/

New blog post, right here: https://thetwistedyarn.com/2022/03/05/blue-and-yellow/ ...

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Jan 1

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Speed-cutting the steek to fit into 15 seconds. Didn't quite make it!
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#steek #rowanfeltedtweed #fairisletechniques #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #fairisleknitting #fairislefriday

Speed-cutting the steek to fit into 15 seconds. Didn`t quite make it!
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#steek #rowanfeltedtweed #fairisletechniques #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #fairisleknitting #fairislefriday
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Mar 22

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Knitting and walking in two colours at once. What could possibly go wrong...
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Merino 4ply.
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#knittingandwalking #knitoutdoors #knitinpublic #knittinginpublic #knitspo #knitspiration #garn #strikkedilla #strikke #virkning #fairisle #fairisleknitting #fairisledesign #knitfairisle #fairislefriday #strandedcolourwork #strandedknitting #strandedcolorwork #nevernotknitting

Knitting and walking in two colours at once. What could possibly go wrong...
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Yarn is lovely @novitaknits
Merino 4ply.
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#knittingandwalking #knitoutdoors #knitinpublic #knittinginpublic #knitspo #knitspiration #garn #strikkedilla #strikke #virkning #fairisle #fairisleknitting #fairisledesign #knitfairisle #fairislefriday #strandedcolourwork #strandedknitting #strandedcolorwork #nevernotknitting
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Feb 26

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Constellations! Plotting and planning for a new design. 
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#knitdesigner #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #knitspo #knitspiration #rowanfeltedtweed #fairisleknitting #fairisle #fairislefriday

Constellations! Plotting and planning for a new design.
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#knitdesigner #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #knitspo #knitspiration #rowanfeltedtweed #fairisleknitting #fairisle #fairislefriday
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Jan 29

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There's a new post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see link in bio. Much covid, very yarn.

There`s a new post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see link in bio. Much covid, very yarn. ...

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Feb 25

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When life imitates "art". Note the little crocheted kitten beside the pond, paws stretched out, just like the real thing. I had no idea when I crocheted/knitted this chair cover that I'd one day be a kitten-slave for real. #blackcatsrule

When life imitates "art". Note the little crocheted kitten beside the pond, paws stretched out, just like the real thing. I had no idea when I crocheted/knitted this chair cover that I`d one day be a kitten-slave for real. #blackcatsrule ...

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Jul 18

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There's a new blog post at thetwistedyarn.com! Link in bio. Hope you enjoy...
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#knittersofinsta #nevernotknitting #knittersofinstagram #dragonflies #knitdesigner #stylecrafthighlandheathers #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #fairisleknitting #fairisle

There`s a new blog post at thetwistedyarn.com! Link in bio. Hope you enjoy...
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#knittersofinsta #nevernotknitting #knittersofinstagram #dragonflies #knitdesigner #stylecrafthighlandheathers #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #fairisleknitting #fairisle
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Mar 25

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Spring has never been more welcome. View looking upwards as I walked home after taking the twinnage to school. For once, I wasn't even knitting as I walked.

Spring has never been more welcome. View looking upwards as I walked home after taking the twinnage to school. For once, I wasn`t even knitting as I walked. ...

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Feb 12

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Another day, another blog post. See linky in bio or thetwistedyarn.com.

Another day, another blog post. See linky in bio or thetwistedyarn.com. ...

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Nov 2

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New blog post alert! See link in bio. I hope you enjoy it. 🙂

New blog post alert! See link in bio. I hope you enjoy it. 🙂 ...

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Oct 31

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There's a new blog post in town. See link in bio or explore thetwistedyarn.com.

There`s a new blog post in town. See link in bio or explore thetwistedyarn.com. ...

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Aug 17

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Someone's beginning to get her red breast feathers. ❤ Unlike Robyn-the-robin and Robinson, this one isn't interested in mealworms. Instead she follows me so closely around the garden that I often nearly step on her. As I pull up weeds and move pots around, she darts in to grab caterpillars and other critters. Sometimes, one of the twinnage comes to tell me that she's waiting by the back door, so I have to go and do a bit of weeding, just to please her. So once again, I'm being bossed about by somebody three inches tall. *sigh*
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#europeanrobin #robin #robinsofinstagram #gardeningfornature #gardeningforwildlife #gardenbirds #feedthebirds #inmygarden #wildlifegarden #naturegarden #UKbirds

Someone`s beginning to get her red breast feathers. ❤ Unlike Robyn-the-robin and Robinson, this one isn`t interested in mealworms. Instead she follows me so closely around the garden that I often nearly step on her. As I pull up weeds and move pots around, she darts in to grab caterpillars and other critters. Sometimes, one of the twinnage comes to tell me that she`s waiting by the back door, so I have to go and do a bit of weeding, just to please her. So once again, I`m being bossed about by somebody three inches tall. *sigh*
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#europeanrobin #robin #robinsofinstagram #gardeningfornature #gardeningforwildlife #gardenbirds #feedthebirds #inmygarden #wildlifegarden #naturegarden #UKbirds
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Jan 14

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Time to stop the colourful stuff for a while and begin crunching some serious numbers. Crunch, crunch, crunch...
Depressive Pencils = a fabulous gift from my super friend @toads_mum 
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#knitdesigner #knittingschematic

Time to stop the colourful stuff for a while and begin crunching some serious numbers. Crunch, crunch, crunch...
Depressive Pencils = a fabulous gift from my super friend @toads_mum
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Jan 29

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There's a new blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see link in comments.

There`s a new blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see link in comments. ...

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Jun 2

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Places you can knit: deep underground in a cave!
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#knittinginpublic #knitinpublic #placesyoucanknit @novitaknits

Places you can knit: deep underground in a cave!
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#knittinginpublic #knitinpublic #placesyoucanknit @novitaknits
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Jan 31

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Crunching the numbers. Crunch, crunch, crunch...
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@novitaknits #knitdesigner #knitspo #knitspiration #nevernotknitting #knittingblogger #novita #novitaknits

Crunching the numbers. Crunch, crunch, crunch...
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@novitaknits #knitdesigner #knitspo #knitspiration #nevernotknitting #knittingblogger #novita #novitaknits
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Dec 14

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There's a new blog post at thetwistedyarn.com (or see link in bio). Just sayin'.

There`s a new blog post at thetwistedyarn.com (or see link in bio). Just sayin`. ...

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May 24

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A yoke is taking shape. Yarn by @novitaknits .
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#fairisleknitting #fairisle #fairisleknitting #jacquardknit #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #yoke #yokejumper #yokesweater #knittingtopdown

A yoke is taking shape. Yarn by @novitaknits .
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#fairisleknitting #fairisle #fairisleknitting #jacquardknit #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #yoke #yokejumper #yokesweater #knittingtopdown
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Jan 10

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Playing with Finnish-inspired motifs for a new design. 
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#strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #knitspo #knitspiration #garn

Playing with Finnish-inspired motifs for a new design.
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#strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #knitspo #knitspiration #garn
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Nov 2

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Knitting on the rug beside the first fire of the season.

Knitting on the rug beside the first fire of the season. ...

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Nov 22

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Crunching numbers for a pattern for @stylecraftyarns . Crunch, crunch, crunch. I love-hate this stage. 
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#knitdesigner #stylecraftyarns #stylecraft #nevernotknitting #knittingpatterns #knittingpattern #yarn #garn #strikke #virkning #strikkedilla #knitspo #knitspiration #winterknitting

Crunching numbers for a pattern for @stylecraftyarns . Crunch, crunch, crunch. I love-hate this stage.
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#knitdesigner #stylecraftyarns #stylecraft #nevernotknitting #knittingpatterns #knittingpattern #yarn #garn #strikke #virkning #strikkedilla #knitspo #knitspiration #winterknitting
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May 22

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Sunday morning stitchery, fuelled by green tea. Watching insects bumbling about amongst the #nomowmay grass. Enjoying @novitaknits yarn.

Sunday morning stitchery, fuelled by green tea. Watching insects bumbling about amongst the #nomowmay grass. Enjoying @novitaknits yarn. ...

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Dec 4

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Steek without the 'eek'!
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#steeking #steek #cuttingthesteek #rowanfeltedtweed #garn #strikke #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #fairislefriday #fairisleknitting #fairisle

Steek without the `eek`!
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#steeking #steek #cuttingthesteek #rowanfeltedtweed #garn #strikke #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #fairislefriday #fairisleknitting #fairisle
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Jan 11

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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, yeah?

New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, yeah? ...

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Nov 21

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Reworking the 'Falling Leaves' cowl in yarn that still actually exists, and it's nearly done. Free pattern will be landing in a blog post near you within the next week or so.
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#strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #fairisleknitting #fairislefriday #fairisle #rowanfeltedtweed #strikkedilla #strikke #garn #virkning #virkningsprojekt

Reworking the `Falling Leaves` cowl in yarn that still actually exists, and it`s nearly done. Free pattern will be landing in a blog post near you within the next week or so.
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#strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #fairisleknitting #fairislefriday #fairisle #rowanfeltedtweed #strikkedilla #strikke #garn #virkning #virkningsprojekt
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Oct 14

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There's a brand spanking new blog post at thetwistedyarn.com. Contains both veg-growing and yarnery. Link in bio.

There`s a brand spanking new blog post at thetwistedyarn.com. Contains both veg-growing and yarnery. Link in bio. ...

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Nov 10

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Haven't done a knitting-and-walking photo for a while, so here's a shot from walking the twinnage to school this morning. 
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#knittingandwalking #roosimine #roosimineknitting #knitinpublic #knittinginpublic #rowanfeltedtweed #estonianknitting #garn #strikkedilla #strikke #virkning

Haven`t done a knitting-and-walking photo for a while, so here`s a shot from walking the twinnage to school this morning.
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#knittingandwalking #roosimine #roosimineknitting #knitinpublic #knittinginpublic #rowanfeltedtweed #estonianknitting #garn #strikkedilla #strikke #virkning
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Oct 31

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Corrugated rib. The trickiest bit of this technique is finding a third hand to hold the camera.
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#corrugatedrib #corrugatedribbing #fairisle #fairislefriday #rowanfeltedtweed #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #advancedknitting #knitspo #knitspiration

Corrugated rib. The trickiest bit of this technique is finding a third hand to hold the camera.
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#corrugatedrib #corrugatedribbing #fairisle #fairislefriday #rowanfeltedtweed #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #advancedknitting #knitspo #knitspiration
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Jun 1

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Knitting and walking in the sunshine. ❤ 
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#knitspo #knitspiration #knitinpublic #knittinginpublic #knittingandwalking  #nevernotknitting @novitaknits #novitaknits #knitdesigner

Knitting and walking in the sunshine. ❤
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Nov 9

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Working on the book, fuelled by green tea and optimism.

Working on the book, fuelled by green tea and optimism. ...

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