the twisted yarn

Knitting and crocheting colour for the home.

About

Hello, and welcome. I’m Phil. Let me move up a bit so that you can sit down. Have a cushion. Would you like some green tea? Home-made chocolate cake? Wine? Here is my blog, all about knitting and crocheting colour into my home in the Oxfordshire countryside (a converted old brewery with a wonky tower). When I’m not busy with yarn, I’m a clinical psychologist and mother of small twins. I also write a quarterly column for Simply Knitting magazine. These days I also go running a lot, but please don’t expect to find any sporty wisdom here.

Here I am with my family, aka the stoic spouse and the toddler twinnage.

knitted family dolls
knitted family dolls

I’m also here in this video, trying to hide the fact that I’m out of breath after sprinting up four flights of stairs…

See my Contact/Media page for details of awards, interviews, features, etc.

Comments

  3. Thanks for visiting my blog. I must say, anyone who offers green tea and chocolate cake in addition to the lures of knitting and crochet certainly gets my vote! I’m enjoying a browse through your posts. Love that cathedral window crochet project. It’s going to be huge so I’m curious to know where it will eventually end up? cheers. Felicity

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    • OK, large glass of wine coming up. It’s Rioja tonight, hope that’s OK? I hope the Tunisian crochet you mentioned on your blog went well? I’ve always assumed it’d be far too hard to learn.

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      • Awesome, thank you! And yes Rioja works for me. The Tunisian stitch is a fun one and I’m moving right along with it. Once I finish the scarf, I will share on my blog.
        I thought it would be hard too, but once I got the drift, it goes rather quickly.

  14. Good morning – or Good Evening – whichever applies 🙂 I have a question for you. I am taking part in a ‘blog hop around the world’ and need to pass it on to three more bloggers. Would you like to take part? I would like you to be one of my three.

    You would make a post on your own blog, answer some really interesting questions and make links to the bloggers you are including. You would post a week after I make mine – mine is due next Monday [14th] so you would be due 21st. lots of time to prepare 🙂 Here is the link that I’m coming off so you can see the questions and links – but how you do it is entirely up to you. http://boomdeeadda.com/2014/07/07/blog-hop-around-the-world/

    Fingers crossed 🙂 Pauline

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  19. Hi there, thanks for stopping by my new blog and liking my Teddy. It means a lot. I’m loving your yarn gallery. Those plant pots are really cute and your twin jumpers are just adorable!

    Amy, Twenty Feet of Freedom

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  24. Thanks for commenting on my drop spindle adventures post. A converted brewery sounds like a very cool place to live! Your blog is great, I’ll be sure to keep reading now that I know you’re out there.

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  25. Thanks for visiting and commenting on my blog
    … it’s exciting to put those ideas out into the ether and see what happens.

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  26. Just wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the “One Lovely Blog Award.” You’ve been doing an awesome job! I truly enjoy your thoughtful and fun posts! Love the family pic. 😉
    Betti
    crochetably.com

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    • Awwww thank you! You’re very kind. I love your blog too. I’d been meaning to learn how to do a foundation single crochet chain for ages, and your tutorial finally made me get round to doing it. 🙂 Congratulations on your own OLBA award – you deserve it.

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  32. Thank you for stopping to read a few of my latest posts. As you may have guessed from reading those posts I don’t typically focus on knitting, and my little ‘project’ is a challenge to say the least. If my arthritic hands allow me to continue beyond this tea cosy, I believe your blog will provide great inspiration. Your work is wonderful 🙂

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  34. I just found out about your blog from Moke who has the It’ll Be Reet blog. It’s fab. I love all your Fair Isle work – I am still not that great at it, but I wish I was better as you can make such pretty stuff. I am also a Clinical Psychologist up in Glasgow but enjoying knitting and crocheting and doing this blog in my spare time (which isn’t much – I too have a young child with another on the way). Looking forward to seeing your posts. Aileen x

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    • Hello! Lovely to ‘meet’ you, especially as a fellow clin psych. Apologies for slightly slow reply but we’re battling chicken pox here. Your blog looks lovely and I’m a little envious of the big community of fibre artists that you’ve got up there. I wonder whether we can persuade the BPS to create the DKC (Division of Knitters and Crocheters)? Meanwhile, thank you very much for wandering over here, and to introducing me to your blog. I hope the pregnancy is going well. 🙂 Best wishes, Phil

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      • Ha ha we could try – it would certainly make for interesting CPD opportunities!! Hope that your wee ones are on the mend. We haven’t had chicken pox yet, but I’m sure we’ll get it soon enough. Thanks for following me – I hope to get a few posts out before the baby comes and crafting and all related-activities are put firmly on the back-burner! Aileen x

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