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Village Knitting

August 1, 2016 by The Twisted Yarn 12 Comments

yarnbombing Oxfordshire

I love our village. It’s the type of place where you can sit in the pub with knitting and crocheting friends talking about anything, whilst people play cards at the next table and a dog snoozes near the door. There's a fair-to-middling chance of bumping into someone you know when you haul your rear out of the sofa and get up to fetch more drinks. Occasionally there’s even a rival knitting group around. People here talk to you because they’ve seen you around. They usually want to know Continue Reading

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I think I may have caught the sun. 😁
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I think I may have caught the sun. 😁
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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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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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#crochetersofinstagram #crochet #crochetcovid #crochetcovidpattern #stylecraft #stylecrafthighlandheathers #stylecraftblogstars #crochetdesigner #crochetpattern #tapestrycrochet #tapestrycrochetpatterns #crochetedhat

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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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' on my Linktree. ❤️
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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' on my Linktree. ❤️
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It's been handed over to its recipient now, so I can show you the finished object. I was aiming for a vaguely vintage look, since it's for a friend to hang in her shepherd's hut.
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#crochet #easycrochet #easycrochetpatterns #buntingpattern #bunting #crochetbunting #crochetedbunting

It's been handed over to its recipient now, so I can show you the finished object. I was aiming for a vaguely vintage look, since it's for a friend to hang in her shepherd's hut.
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New blog post! Link in bio...

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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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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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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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Wintry, puddle-splashy, muddy, walkies with twinnage and - missing from these photos - the Stoic Spouse. ❤️
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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 (link in bio), with a VERY cheeky feathered visitor...
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#robins #europeanrobins #europeanrobin #robin

New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com (link in bio), with a VERY cheeky feathered visitor...
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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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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see '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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#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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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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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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Sunday running. ❤️

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Threatening.

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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.

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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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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#littlewittenhamwood #littlewittenham #wittenhamclumps #earthtrust #oxfordshire #southoxfordshire @earth_trust

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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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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Someone isn't in the mood to be hand-fed today, but she's here to say hi (and to eat the mealworms I scattered on the ground). Look how well her tail feathers have regrown! 
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#robin #europeanrobin #gardenbirds #birds #europeanrobins #robins #oxfordshirecountryside #rurallife

Someone isn't in the mood to be hand-fed today, but she's here to say hi (and to eat the mealworms I scattered on the ground). Look how well her tail feathers have regrown!
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Today I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I'm fine, and looking on the bright side, I now have the perfect excuse to lounge on the sofa and knit even more than usual for the next few months. 😁 Normal silliness and yarniness will continue both here and on the blog, because that's just how I roll. Also, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO CROCHET A BREAST TUMOUR?! I mean, viruses look kinda cute and quirky under the microscope, but breast cancers are just BLOBS. So... I will not be releasing a pattern for this rather rubbish piece of crochet.
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#crochetersofinstagram #breastcancer #cancerdiagnosis #cancer #cancerpatient

Today I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I'm fine, and looking on the bright side, I now have the perfect excuse to lounge on the sofa and knit even more than usual for the next few months. 😁 Normal silliness and yarniness will continue both here and on the blog, because that's just how I roll. Also, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO CROCHET A BREAST TUMOUR?! I mean, viruses look kinda cute and quirky under the microscope, but breast cancers are just BLOBS. So... I will not be releasing a pattern for this rather rubbish piece of crochet.
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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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A sunset walk with the twinnage and the stoic spouse.
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A sunset walk with the twinnage and the stoic spouse.
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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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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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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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#robinsofinstagram #ukbirds #ukbirdlife #robin #robins #europeanrobin #europeanrobins #tamebirds #oxfordshire #feedthebirds #gardenbirds #gardenbirdsUK #ukgardenbirds #wildlifegardening #wildlifeinthegarden #wildlifeinthecity

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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Stranded knitting, green tea, birdsong, and Robyn on the ground beside the basket eating her third (fourth?) breakfast.
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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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Post-work.
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Here she comes. ❤️
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Here she comes. ❤️
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Same skirt, different moods, all finished at last. I'm quite pleased with how this design is turning out.
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Same skirt, different moods, all finished at last. I'm quite pleased with how this design is turning out.
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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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If you can't lick 'em, knit 'em. I made Covid. Pattern coming.
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If you can't lick 'em, knit 'em. I made Covid. Pattern coming.
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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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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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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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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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I'm working on a hat version of the Covid cowl. Someone also mentioned crochet, so I'm plotting that too. 😊
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I'm working on a hat version of the Covid cowl. Someone also mentioned crochet, so I'm plotting that too. 😊
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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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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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#stylecraft #stylecraftspecialdk #stylecrafthighlandheathers #stylecraftyarns #knittersofig #strikke #virkning #garn #strandedcolourwork #strandedknitting #strandedcolorwork #fairisle #fairisleknitting #fairislefriday #knitdesigner #knittingdesigner #cowl #knittedcowl @stylecraftyarns

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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Decent day for a run. Now on with some knitting (whilst trying to teach the kids / clean the house, etc).
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#runnersofinstagram #iloverunning #nevernotrunning #oxfordshirerunning #rurallife

Decent day for a run. Now on with some knitting (whilst trying to teach the kids / clean the house, etc).
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#runnersofinstagram #iloverunning #nevernotrunning #oxfordshirerunning #rurallife
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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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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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New blog post and new knit! See link to blog in bio...
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New blog post and new knit! See link to blog 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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Just time for a couple of rounds of the new skirt colours before I begin work.
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Current mood: outdoorsy. Current reality: indoors, because lockdown homeschooling. This picture is from yesterday. Hey-ho.
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#littlewittenhamwood #earthtrust @earth_trust #oxfordshirewildlife #oxfordshire #southoxfordshire #winterlandscape #wittenhamclumps

Current mood: outdoorsy. Current reality: indoors, because lockdown homeschooling. This picture is from yesterday. Hey-ho.
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Must. Knit. Faster.
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Must. Knit. Faster.
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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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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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Decent day for a run. ❤️🏃‍♀️
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#runningawayfromcancer #running #run #runnersofinstagram #oxfordshire #southoxfordshire

Decent day for a run. ❤️🏃‍♀️
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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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When you're trying to work, but you have a weird sense of being watched.

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

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#justiceforgeorgefloyd #knittersagainstracism #blackouttuesday

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