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NHS psychologist. Stranded knitting book out 2021. Stylecraft Blogstar. Runner. Garden @the.twisted.garden

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Decent day for a run. Now on with some knitting (whilst trying to teach the kids / clean the house, etc).
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That run: it was a little on the warm side.
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Playing and designing. And designing and playing.
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Jun 25

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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 ...

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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' in my Linktree. May contain abundance of yarn-bombing. 😊
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#yarnbombing #yarn #knitthecrazyaway #iloveyarn #lockdownknitting #knitspo #knitspiration ...

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Robyn-the-robin, off to check whether any more horrid clones of my Insta account have popped up overnight. ...

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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 ...

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Jun 5

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When you're trying to work, but you have a weird sense of being watched. ...

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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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#knitinpublic #knittinginpublic #nevernotknitting #knittingoutdoors #knittingandwalking #placesyoucanknit #fairislefriday #fairisleskirt #strandedcolourwork #strandedknitting #knittersofravelry #strandedcolorwork #knitspiration #knitspo ...

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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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#stylecraft #stylecraftdreamcatcher #rowanfeltedtweed #rowanyarns #knittedskirt #knitdesigner #knitspo #knitspiration #knittingpattern #nevernotknitting #stylecraftyarns #jumper ...

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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 ...

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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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Aug 29

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Robyn-the-robin would prefer that I didn't shove a camera in her face whilst she's busy enjoying today's third breakfast. I can see her point, actually.
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#robin #europeanrobin #gardenbirds #birds #europeanrobins #robins #wildlifegarden #wildlifegardening #southoxfordshire #feedthebirds #handfeedingbird #tamebirds ...

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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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#robinsofinstagram #ukbirds #ukbirdlife #robin #robins #europeanrobin #europeanrobins #tamebirds #oxfordshire #feedthebirds #gardenbirds #gardenbirdsUK ...

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Jul 6

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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 ...

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

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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 ...

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Jul 21

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One that I didn't managed to squeeze into the blog post at thetwistedyarn.com. Even the drainage holes in the churchyard wall received the yarn-bombing treatment!
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#yarnbombing #easthendred #knittingtherapy #yarntherapy ...

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Jul 6

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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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#knittingandwalking #snelsmorecommon #berkshire #countrylife #ukreptiles #commonlizard #lizard ...

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An afternoon in the New Forest, wandering amongst the semi-wild ponies. This one came to investigate whether my yarn was edible! Needed a portable knit, so I started a sock in some fiery @burrow_and_soar yarn. ❤️
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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com (link in bio), with a VERY cheeky feathered visitor...
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#robins #europeanrobins #europeanrobin #robin ...

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Here she comes. ❤️
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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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Knitting in the forest whilst the twinnage play.
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Post-work.
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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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#headingtonshark #shark #headington #knittersofinstagram #oxford ...

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Ladies who lunch. ...

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... And getting ready to chop out the third and final portion.
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I've been playing with possibilities for a second version of the skirt. Do you have a preference?
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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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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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#knittinginpublic #knitinpublic #nevernotknitting #malabrigo #malabrigoyarn #twinmum #twinmom #twinlife #oxfordshire #knittersgonnaknit #knittersofig #handknit #handknitted #handknitting #knit #knittersofravelry ...

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A sunset walk with the twinnage and the stoic spouse.
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Must. Knit. Faster.
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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 ...

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

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Just time for a couple of rounds of the new skirt colours before I begin work.
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I think Robyn might be sulking because I didn't come out the second she appeared at the window. So now I'm sitting out here with her breakfast and she's elsewhere.
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Robyn has taken up interpretive dance.
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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' on my Linktree. ...

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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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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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Threatening. ...

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Autumn evening walk. So pretty that I WASN'T EVEN KNITTING!
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Also, CONGRATULATIONS USA!
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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' on my Linktree. Naturally, it's a work of literary and creative genius... 😁😁😁
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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' on my Linktree. ❤️
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Decent day for a run. ❤️🏃‍♀️
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