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

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I am the mighty hunter of rehydrated mealworms. Hear me roar.
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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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Hello far-too-lovely folk. This one's about Robyn-the-robin. I haven't seen her for quite a while... and the last few times she visited, she really looked her age. Sorry to be the bearer of probably-bad news, but I think she's gone forever. 😢 And much as I like to think my heart is cold and impregnable, I really, really, REALLY miss her bold and cheeky attitude. I loved her more than was probably wise.
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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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I think I may have caught the sun. 😁
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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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The twinnage get exercise and I get some knitting time. A pity it's starting to rain... .
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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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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' on my Linktree. I hope it makes you laugh at least a little.
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Threatening. ...

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Morning gorgeous. ❤️
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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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Another shot of the patient's recent surgery, whilst I concentrate on finishing sewing her back together.
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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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*Which I didn't pay for. But I've genuinely loved it anyway.
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Must. Knit. Faster.
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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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Same skirt design, very different moods. 🙂
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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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Robyn has taken up interpretive dance.
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Nobody will ever replace Robyn-the-robin, but this young-looking chap has begun following me round the garden yelling at me, and he's LOUD. He hasn't fed from my hand yet, but his cheeky confidence makes me wonder whether he's one of Robyn's children.
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Here she comes. ❤️
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Snip! Cutting out another section of skirt, ready to graft in alternative colours.
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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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That run: it was a little on the warm side.
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Knitted Covid hat designed and made, now working on the crocheted version. Patterns to come! Yarn is Stylecraft's Highland Heathers.
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Stranded knitting, green tea, birdsong, and Robyn on the ground beside the basket eating her third (fourth?) breakfast.
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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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Morning, Robyn. ❤️
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My right arm may be a bit useless at the moment, but it'd have to drop off completely to stop me knitting. 😊
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Occasionally you just have to put your feet up and crochet some bunting. (Pattern for granny triangles from @attic24, then I added a few details.)
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Grafting portions of re-knitted skirt back together using kitchener stitch. Photographing it now because it hasn't gone horribly wrong YET.
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If you can't lick 'em, knit 'em. I made Covid. Pattern coming.
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Not allowed to run yet post-surgery, but walking is encouraged. (This is about the tenth iteration of this mitten design, but I think I'm happy with the way it's going now.)
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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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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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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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Happy feet! New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' on my Linktree.
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Sometimes she pauses eating and gets a drink from the pond. ❤️ ...

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Our village is a lovely mixture of houses from hundreds of years old to finished-last-week. This timber-framed thatched beauty is towards the older and prettier end of the scale. ...

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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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Wintry, puddle-splashy, muddy, walkies with twinnage and - missing from these photos - the Stoic Spouse. ❤️
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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see '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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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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Radiotherapy waiting room Covid embroidery.
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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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New blog post (link in bio), with a discount on my brand new pattern. Enjoy!
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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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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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I've been playing with possibilities for a second version of the skirt. Do you have a preference?
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