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The Twisted Future

June 13, 2020 by The Twisted Yarn 61 Comments

(I drafted this post before anti-racist protests in the USA and then here in the UK unfolded. But see bottom of the page for my position on the matter.) If I ever become a grandmother, one day way ahead in the future, I shall tell my grandchildren all about the pandemical craziness of 2020. I might embellish a few details for comic effect, but the gist of the saga will be true. (By the way, it's tricky to illustrate a blog post about Covid-19, so I'll include photos from my garden, Continue Reading

A Token Effort

May 12, 2020 by The Twisted Yarn 21 Comments

To continue where the previous post left off, I'm now grafting chunks of skirt back together using the kitchener stitch because hey, I like to laugh in the face of potential knitpocalyse. It's not a quick process, partly because of frequent interruptions by Robyn-the-robin tapping on the window for more mealworms... or a passing twin asking, "Mummy, do birds have tongues?" or "Can you hear electricity?" or "When's lunch?" At least Robyn is able to answer one of those questions:- So, Continue Reading

More Pondlife

January 14, 2020 by The Twisted Yarn 19 Comments

When the world finally sees sense and appoints me President For Life, there are going to be some big changes around here. Obviously high on the list will be the introduction of paid knitting/crochet leave for all workers, and free access to yarn for the under-paid. But there'll also be some wildlife-friendly initiatives introduced within the first nanosecond or two of my iron-fisted forever-tenure. First of all, every garden will be mandated by law to include at least one wildlife pond. Continue Reading

A Tiny Love Story

January 2, 2020 by The Twisted Yarn 62 Comments

Happy new year, my friends. In 2020, may your yarn never tangle and may nobody interrupt you when you're counting stitches. How's your new year going so far? Here at Twisted Towers, I've knitted a few rounds of sock, cleaned out the water-butt (yuckety-yuck), and taken the twinnage to the dentist. And a few days ago, something magical happened, involving this beauty:- You'll know the basics already if you follow me on Instagram, but here's the whole story. Do you remember last summer, Continue Reading

Fun With Power Tools

October 12, 2019 by The Twisted Yarn 44 Comments

Never, ever, in the history of everything, has a woman waited with such excitement for a mountain of well-rotted compost to be plonked on her doorstep. Oh hang on, perhaps I need to rewind this a teensy bit. Shall we knit/crochet a little whilst I explain? If it’s OK, I’ll finish sewing the buttons on to the Trip To Town cardigan that I’m making for my friend Alice. (Pattern by Drops here.) If you’re reading this, Alice, please pretend not to have noticed that last sentence, or the photo Continue Reading

France

August 19, 2019 by The Twisted Yarn 46 Comments

Ah, home. Home is where the yarn is. Also, the third set of 4mm circular knitting needles, just in case a freak tidal wave washes away the other two sets. (We're 50 miles from the sea, but it's not a risk that I'm willing to take.) Home is also the last known location of the Stoic Spouse's secret chocolate stash, but he keeps moving it and I'm struggling to figure out its latest hiding place. I mention home because we've just returned there after a week's holiday in the champagne region Continue Reading

Juniper And Friends

August 7, 2019 by The Twisted Yarn 32 Comments

Proof that the universe has a fine sense of humour: just as my yarnthusiasm returns, I damage my hand by over-eager wool-tugging between DPNs. Yeah thanks, universe - feel free to stop chuckling now. It's quite ouchy, but I've switched to knitting continental-style in order to give my right hand a break. I've been working on this new design for way too many weeks. When this thing is done, it'll be... I dunno, maybe twenty thousand stitches or so? But m-a-n-y times that number have gone into Continue Reading

Here Be Dragons

July 16, 2019 by The Twisted Yarn 12 Comments

Every time, EVERY TIME I go outdoors to take a yarn-related picture, some bit of the natural world shows up and diverts my attention. This is M. Dragonfly, who was loitering in the reeds beside the pond, hoping to find a mate... M. Dragonfly WLTM a fellow Common Darter Dragonfly, GSOH and own pond preferred. Please no timewasters or damselflies. Yeeks, is this what this blog has become? A dating site for arthropods? Did you know that (giant) dragonflies were around before the Continue Reading

Waterside

June 12, 2019 by The Twisted Yarn 32 Comments

Please (cough) excuse this (cough, cough) ridiculous, hacking cough (cough), but I've had (c... you get the idea) a chest infection for the past week, and I sound like I got lost in a cigarette factory as it caught fire. The second-worst thing about this has been not being able to go running, and the worst thing has been not being able to do much of anything else, either, NOT EVEN KNITTING! I did make it as far as the back garden the other day, where a certain feathered someone let it Continue Reading

May

May 19, 2019 by The Twisted Yarn 35 Comments

Despite appearances, this is still a knitting/crochet/running blog. But following your reactions to the last post, I thought that some of you might want to know that this happened with Robyn-the-robin. Repeatedly:- She ate from my hand, too, but I didn't manage to get a picture of that. Sometimes one of the twinnage joins me on the bench waiting quietly for her to arrive, but Robyn is wary of my boys - she stares from the fence as though to say, "Look mate, I've got a whole nestful of kids Continue Reading

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This was our yesterday, wandering around in the countryside, AND SEEING A COMMON LIZARD! ❤️❤️❤️❤️♥️ I knitted along the way, of course.
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This was our yesterday, wandering around in the countryside, AND SEEING A COMMON LIZARD! ❤️❤️❤️❤️♥️ I knitted along the way, of course.
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Crochet version of Covid hat is very much in progress. Knit and crochet patterns to come. Not visible in photo: all the chaos around me because I've been neglecting the stuff I ought to be doing!
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Crochet version of Covid hat is very much in progress. Knit and crochet patterns to come. Not visible in photo: all the chaos around me because I've been neglecting the stuff I ought to be doing!
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Snip! Cutting out another section of skirt, ready to graft in alternative colours.
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Snip! Cutting out another section of skirt, ready to graft in alternative colours.
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Happy feet! New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' on my Linktree.
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#sockknittersofinstagram #sockyarn @burrow_and_soar #burrowandsoar #nevernotknitting

Happy feet! New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' on my Linktree.
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I don't go in to Oxford much these days but when I do, I like to walk past the Headington Shark and smile.
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I don't go in to Oxford much these days but when I do, I like to walk past the Headington Shark and smile.
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It's soooo good to be running again, especially as I've developed a nasty side-effect (cording) in my arm. But I think they must have surgically removed all my fitness as well as the cancer because I'm PLODDING! (PS: I'm not really this short, but I was trying for an arty angle.)
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#running #runnersofinstagram #oxfordshirerunning #runningawayfromcancer #fuckcancer #breastcancer #runningwithcancer #runnerswithcancer #autumn #autumnleaves #countrylife #oxfordshire #easyrun #nevernotrunning

It's soooo good to be running again, especially as I've developed a nasty side-effect (cording) in my arm. But I think they must have surgically removed all my fitness as well as the cancer because I'm PLODDING! (PS: I'm not really this short, but I was trying for an arty angle.)
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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' on my Linktree. Severe cuteness warning: it includes Robyn-the-robin's babies!
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#fledgling #fledglings #fledglingrobin #robin #robinsofinstagram #robins #europeanrobins #europeanrobin  #feedthebirds #wildlifegardening

New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' on my Linktree. Severe cuteness warning: it includes Robyn-the-robin's babies!
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NEWSFLASH! I SAW ROBYN'S TWO BABIES! Pic 1: Robyn has breakfast. Pics 2&3: She brings her babies down. They're (wisely) very wary, so I had to leave a motion-activated camera outside in order to have a look. ❤️
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#fledglings #robinsofinstagram #ukbirds #ukbirdlife #robin #robins #europeanrobin #europeanrobins #tamebirds #oxfordshire #feedthebirds #gardenbirds #gardenbirdsUK

NEWSFLASH! I SAW ROBYN'S TWO BABIES! Pic 1: Robyn has breakfast. Pics 2&3: She brings her babies down. They're (wisely) very wary, so I had to leave a motion-activated camera outside in order to have a look. ❤️
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A friend and I are making nettle yarn, and one of the stages is to 'bake' the nettle stems for a few hours. Given this quantity of nettles, I would have needed to keep the oven on for a week! So here's my solution. It's 32°C out there today, and if I leave the car in the sun, I reckon it'll get more than hot enough. Fingers crossed.
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#nettleyarn #nettles #makingyarn #usesfornettles #stingingnettle #stingingnettles #yarn #yarnaddict #yarnaddiction

A friend and I are making nettle yarn, and one of the stages is to 'bake' the nettle stems for a few hours. Given this quantity of nettles, I would have needed to keep the oven on for a week! So here's my solution. It's 32°C out there today, and if I leave the car in the sun, I reckon it'll get more than hot enough. Fingers crossed.
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Hospital waiting room sock knitting. Picture one in a series of 7647568 photos. 😉 (Not really! Please don't unfollow!) Just turning the heel. But wowzers, that hurt today. Soft and comforting yarn is by the fabulous @burrow_and_soar. Just what the doctor ordered. 😊
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#knittingthroughcancer #sockyarn #sockknittersofinstagram #fuckcancer #breastcancer #cancer #knittinginpublic #knitinpublic #nevernotknitting #iloveknitting

Hospital waiting room sock knitting. Picture one in a series of 7647568 photos. 😉 (Not really! Please don't unfollow!) Just turning the heel. But wowzers, that hurt today. Soft and comforting yarn is by the fabulous @burrow_and_soar. Just what the doctor ordered. 😊
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#knittingthroughcancer #sockyarn #sockknittersofinstagram #fuckcancer #breastcancer #cancer #knittinginpublic #knitinpublic #nevernotknitting #iloveknitting
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Sunday running. ❤️

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Hospital waiting room knitting, pic 2 in a series of 7647568. 😁 Except today the waiting room is my car because of covid. But I have knitting and green tea, so I'll be FINE here for at least... oh maybe 2 days or so? Happy Friday, people! CHECK YOUR BOOBS (although maybe not right this minute if you're in a meeting at work). 
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#breastcancer #hospital #knitinpublic #knittinginpublic #greentea #nevernotknitting #burrowandsoar #sockknittersofinstagram #sockyarn #fuckcancer #oxfordshire #knittersofig #knittersofinstagram #iloveknitting #handknit #handknitting

Hospital waiting room knitting, pic 2 in a series of 7647568. 😁 Except today the waiting room is my car because of covid. But I have knitting and green tea, so I'll be FINE here for at least... oh maybe 2 days or so? Happy Friday, people! CHECK YOUR BOOBS (although maybe not right this minute if you're in a meeting at work).
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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' on my Linktree.

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... And getting ready to chop out the third and final portion.
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... And getting ready to chop out the third and final portion.
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Looooook! That photo I posted of Little Wittenham yesterday? My clever friend @annabelle_jm recreated it in her sketchbook. ❤️ Isn't her version just perfect? She's completely captured the mood of the place. Annabelle, you're a brilliant artist (and so is your sister). 
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Looooook! That photo I posted of Little Wittenham yesterday? My clever friend @annabelle_jm recreated it in her sketchbook. ❤️ Isn't her version just perfect? She's completely captured the mood of the place. Annabelle, you're a brilliant artist (and so is your sister).
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Knitting in the forest whilst the twinnage play.
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Knitting in the forest whilst the twinnage play.
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Nope, you haven't got rid of me yet! 😁😁😁 This pic is from yesterday, three days post-surgery, walking three miles very slowly. I'm mostly dozing, or walking, or saying "Yes you can get yourself another fourteen biscuits" to the twinnage. Not really knitting yet. (I know, I know, call an ambulance right now!) THANK YOU for all your kind comments and messages. BYE BYE CANCER!
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#breastcancer #cancer #oxfordshire #walkingforhealth

Nope, you haven't got rid of me yet! 😁😁😁 This pic is from yesterday, three days post-surgery, walking three miles very slowly. I'm mostly dozing, or walking, or saying "Yes you can get yourself another fourteen biscuits" to the twinnage. Not really knitting yet. (I know, I know, call an ambulance right now!) THANK YOU for all your kind comments and messages. BYE BYE CANCER!
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Places you can knit: standing on the bed of a dried-up pond whilst your sons look for animal tracks. (There's a deer hoof print just above the knitting in this photo.)
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Places you can knit: standing on the bed of a dried-up pond whilst your sons look for animal tracks. (There's a deer hoof print just above the knitting in this photo.)
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Same skirt design, very different moods. 🙂
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Same skirt design, very different moods. 🙂
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Sitting and knitting the sleeve of a jumper, whilst keeping half an eye on the twinnage.
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Sitting and knitting the sleeve of a jumper, whilst keeping half an eye on the twinnage.
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View from the sofa. (First log fire of the season.)

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Morning gorgeous. ❤️
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Morning gorgeous. ❤️
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Erm, excuse me young lady, but you know you're not supposed to come into the house. Her latest trick is to come in and stand on the tub of mealworms whilst we're having a meal, staying there until someone feels guilty enough to get up and feed her. 
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Erm, excuse me young lady, but you know you're not supposed to come into the house. Her latest trick is to come in and stand on the tub of mealworms whilst we're having a meal, staying there until someone feels guilty enough to get up and feed her.
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When you're trying to work, but you have a weird sense of being watched.

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Playing with yet another colour combination for this skirt. 😊
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Playing with yet another colour combination for this skirt. 😊
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Right, that's the knitting done. Now to finish a bit of strategic Swiss darning before I show you the finished cowl with a rather surprising design element, and publish the pattern. I've loved working with Stylecraft Highland Heathers*.
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Right, that's the knitting done. Now to finish a bit of strategic Swiss darning before I show you the finished cowl with a rather surprising design element, and publish the pattern. I've loved working with Stylecraft Highland Heathers*.
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The twinnage get exercise and I get some knitting time. A pity it's starting to rain... .
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The twinnage get exercise and I get some knitting time. A pity it's starting to rain... .
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Current mood: outdoorsy. Current reality: indoors, because lockdown homeschooling. This picture is from yesterday. Hey-ho.
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Current mood: outdoorsy. Current reality: indoors, because lockdown homeschooling. This picture is from yesterday. Hey-ho.
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Jul 15

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A village near here has been yarn-bombed in the most delightful way. Just spent a happy hour exploring with the twinnage.
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#oxfordshire #valeofthewhitehorse #yarnbombing #knitting #knittersofig #knittersofravelry #knittersofinstagram #southoxfordshire

A village near here has been yarn-bombed in the most delightful way. Just spent a happy hour exploring with the twinnage.
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#oxfordshire #valeofthewhitehorse #yarnbombing #knitting #knittersofig #knittersofravelry #knittersofinstagram #southoxfordshire
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Just to prove that there was knitting whilst we walked yesterday. (Let's not talk about the fact that I've had to rip this jumper back and begin again.)
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#knitinpublic #knittinginpublic #nevernotknitting #knittingoutdoors #stylecraft #knittingandwalking #stylecraftdreamcatcher #iloveknitting #knitspo #knitspiration

Just to prove that there was knitting whilst we walked yesterday. (Let's not talk about the fact that I've had to rip this jumper back and begin again.)
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#knitinpublic #knittinginpublic #nevernotknitting #knittingoutdoors #stylecraft #knittingandwalking #stylecraftdreamcatcher #iloveknitting #knitspo #knitspiration
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May 28

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After work (for me and the Stoic Spouse) and a shameful amount of screen-time (the twinnage), I took both boys up to the Ridgeway (truly ancient trail that passes nearby here) so they could run around, or rather gallop along pretending to be horses. No yarn in this picture, because I was feeling so guilty about neglecting the boys all day that I FORGOT TO BRING MY KNITTING when we left the house!
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#oxfordshire #ridgewaynationaltrail #ridgeway #southoxfordshire #workingathome

After work (for me and the Stoic Spouse) and a shameful amount of screen-time (the twinnage), I took both boys up to the Ridgeway (truly ancient trail that passes nearby here) so they could run around, or rather gallop along pretending to be horses. No yarn in this picture, because I was feeling so guilty about neglecting the boys all day that I FORGOT TO BRING MY KNITTING when we left the house!
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#oxfordshire #ridgewaynationaltrail #ridgeway #southoxfordshire #workingathome
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Another shot of the patient's recent surgery, whilst I concentrate on finishing sewing her back together.
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Another shot of the patient's recent surgery, whilst I concentrate on finishing sewing her back together.
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Aug 14

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Breakfast time here at Twisted Towers. THANK YOU so so so much for every single one of your kind, warm-hearted, comments and DMs in response to my last post. They were a huge comfort, but also I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by so much love! I'm not sure how to reply to so many, but let me at least begin with this post.
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#robin #europeanrobin #gardenbirds #birds #europeanrobins #robins #oxfordshirecountryside #rurallife #lovemygarden #birdfood #birdfeeding #feedthebirds #gardeningfornature #gardeningforwildlife #wildlifegardening #breastcancer  #cancerjourney #cancerdiagnosis #oxfordshire

Breakfast time here at Twisted Towers. THANK YOU so so so much for every single one of your kind, warm-hearted, comments and DMs in response to my last post. They were a huge comfort, but also I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by so much love! I'm not sure how to reply to so many, but let me at least begin with this post.
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#robin #europeanrobin #gardenbirds #birds #europeanrobins #robins #oxfordshirecountryside #rurallife #lovemygarden #birdfood #birdfeeding #feedthebirds #gardeningfornature #gardeningforwildlife #wildlifegardening #breastcancer #cancerjourney #cancerdiagnosis #oxfordshire
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Sep 24

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Designing mojo returning, I'm happy to say. 😊 I'm a sucker for a spot of corrugated rib.
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#knitspo #knitspiration #handknitting #handknit #handmade #fairisle #fairisleknitting #strandedcolorwork #strandedcolourwork #strandedknitting #knittersofravelry #knittingdesigner #knitdesigner #garn #strikke #virkning #handknitting #malabrigo

Designing mojo returning, I'm happy to say. 😊 I'm a sucker for a spot of corrugated rib.
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#knitspo #knitspiration #handknitting #handknit #handmade #fairisle #fairisleknitting #strandedcolorwork #strandedcolourwork #strandedknitting #knittersofravelry #knittingdesigner #knitdesigner #garn #strikke #virkning #handknitting #malabrigo
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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' on my Linktree. ❤️
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#knittersofig #handknit #handknitted #handknitting #knit #knitdesigner #knittersofinstagram #fairislefriday #fairisle #fairisleknitting #strandedcolorwork #strandedcolourwork #strandedknitting #knittersofravelry #knittingdesigner #strikke #garn #virkning

New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' on my Linktree. ❤️
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New blog post! Link in bio...

New blog post! Link in bio... ...

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Dec 27

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Wintry, puddle-splashy, muddy, walkies with twinnage and - missing from these photos - the Stoic Spouse. ❤️
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#oxfordshirewalks #upton #chilton #wessex #southoxfordshire

Wintry, puddle-splashy, muddy, walkies with twinnage and - missing from these photos - the Stoic Spouse. ❤️
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#oxfordshirewalks #upton #chilton #wessex #southoxfordshire
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It's a long time since I took this photo (channelling Escher). You would not believe the amount of bodily contortion that went into the making of this picture!
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#escher #knit #knitspo #knitspiration #knittersofravelry

It's a long time since I took this photo (channelling Escher). You would not believe the amount of bodily contortion that went into the making of this picture!
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#escher #knit #knitspo #knitspiration #knittersofravelry
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May 16

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Sometimes she pauses eating and gets a drink from the pond. ❤️

Sometimes she pauses eating and gets a drink from the pond. ❤️ ...

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Dec 18

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Better pics to come on a brighter day, but it's done! My design to reflect how Covid has trampled all over everything this year. Pics show Covid thingies before and after Swiss darning, so you can see how design works. PATTERN AVAILABLE VERY SOON! (Can also be worn as skirt... just about - see final pic.) Yarn is Stylecraft Highland Heathers. 
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#covid #covid19 #covidknitting #knittedcovid #strandedcolourwork #strandedcolorwork #strandedknitting #fairisle #fairisleknitting #fairislefriday #garn #strikke #virkning #knittingpatterns #knittersofig #knittersofinsta #knittersofinstagram #knitdesigner #knittingdesigner #knittingpattern #yarn #yarnaddict #stylecraft #stylecraftblogstars #stylecrafthighlandheathers @stylecraft

Better pics to come on a brighter day, but it's done! My design to reflect how Covid has trampled all over everything this year. Pics show Covid thingies before and after Swiss darning, so you can see how design works. PATTERN AVAILABLE VERY SOON! (Can also be worn as skirt... just about - see final pic.) Yarn is Stylecraft Highland Heathers.
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What I didn't know was that my friend Jo has been secretly making an absolutely perfect model of Robyn-the-robin. Look what appeared on my doorstep yesterday! ❤️ I can only imagine how many hours must have gone in to all that embroidery. (Jo did admit that she has calluses on her hands as a result!) It's perfect and beautiful and I will treasure it forever. But I mustn't let the real Robyn catch sight of it!
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#robin #europeanrobin #gardenbirds #robins #tamewildlife #oxfordshire #southoxfordshire #freeformembroidery #embroidery #robinsofinstagram #iloverobins #feedthebirds

What I didn't know was that my friend Jo has been secretly making an absolutely perfect model of Robyn-the-robin. Look what appeared on my doorstep yesterday! ❤️ I can only imagine how many hours must have gone in to all that embroidery. (Jo did admit that she has calluses on her hands as a result!) It's perfect and beautiful and I will treasure it forever. But I mustn't let the real Robyn catch sight of it!
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#robin #europeanrobin #gardenbirds #robins #tamewildlife #oxfordshire #southoxfordshire #freeformembroidery #embroidery #robinsofinstagram #iloverobins #feedthebirds
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Morning, Robyn. ❤️
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Morning, Robyn. ❤️
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#justiceforgeorgefloyd #knittersagainstracism #blackouttuesday

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New blog post! Much knitting! See thetwistedyarn.com, or click 'latest post' on my Linktree.
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New blog post! Much knitting! See thetwistedyarn.com, or click 'latest post' on my Linktree.
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Radiotherapy waiting room Covid embroidery.
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Radiotherapy waiting room Covid embroidery.
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Whenever I run past this lake, I have to stop and peer into its shallows. Today I saw tadpoles, diving beetles, dragonfly larvae, backswimmers, pond-skaters, great pond snails. This definitely didn't help my running, but it was fun. ❤️

Whenever I run past this lake, I have to stop and peer into its shallows. Today I saw tadpoles, diving beetles, dragonfly larvae, backswimmers, pond-skaters, great pond snails. This definitely didn't help my running, but it was fun. ❤️ ...

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Sometimes, you just need a little bit of easy comfort-knitting. This will be a jumper. The yarn is @stylecraftyarns Dreamcatcher and I'm enjoying watching the colour shifts play out.
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Sometimes, you just need a little bit of easy comfort-knitting. This will be a jumper. The yarn is @stylecraftyarns Dreamcatcher and I'm enjoying watching the colour shifts play out.
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Playing and designing. And designing and playing.
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Playing and designing. And designing and playing.
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I think I may have caught the sun. 😁
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#lovemygarden #californianpoppy #huaweip30pro #huaweiphoto #huaweicamera #p30prophotography #p30procamera #p30pro #oxfordshire

I think I may have caught the sun. 😁
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Robyn I get it, you're moulting, it's normal. But... your entire set of tail feathers at once?! Was that wise?
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Robyn I get it, you're moulting, it's normal. But... your entire set of tail feathers at once?! Was that wise?
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