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Time For A Catch-Up

July 10, 2017 by The Twisted Yarn 16 Comments

OK, people, you have until tomorrow lunchtime (UK time) to enter the luxuriously colourful Noro giveaway. Just thought I'd mention that, in case you haven't cast your (knitted) hat into the ring, yet. The competition is open worldwide. Anyway, settle y'self in a chair (yes, even the chair if you so wish) with your crochet/knitting, and let's talk yarn. May I see what you're making, please? And of course you can join us in the pub for out knitting group if you so wish. Our membership spans quite Continue Reading

So That Was Mine. How Was Yours?

December 28, 2016 by The Twisted Yarn 27 Comments

So that's over for another year. And look! I'm just a few stitches off completing both sleeves of Glitter Glam. Then there's just the collar and the assembly to do. Anyway, Christmas happened. A rotund and elderly chap dressed in red broke into our house via the chimney. But instead of stealing stuff, he left little chocolatey gifts around the place, hidden inside old socks. All normal rules of not-accepting-sweets-from-strangers were off as the twinnage tore the foil wrapping from Continue Reading

Time Travel

December 17, 2015 by The Twisted Yarn 18 Comments

Oxfordshire countryside autumn

Good evening, my fine fibrous friends. I hope that you're so far ahead in your Christmas knitting/crochet, that you have plenty of time to read this post. And if you don't celebrate Christmas, I hope that your Thursday has nevertheless been filled with joy and productivity (and yarn - lots and lots of luscious yarn). Today at the Twisted Yarn, we're going to engage in a wee smidgeon of time travel. I hope you don't mind if I knit whilst we talk? I'm a little behind with the projects that I Continue Reading

The Blog Post Of Many Things

March 16, 2015 by The Twisted Yarn 12 Comments

designing fair isle stranded knitting

That stranded skirt I'm designing? It's progressing, y'know:- No further progress has been made on the crocheted house, but the yarn for the windows has arrived, so I need to begin swatching some glasswork. Is it obvious that this post will be a tad desultory? Well the past few days have been a bit like that. I have some exciting secrets to reveal soon, but not quite yet. Rest assured, I'll be telling you as soon as I can... But look! I've discovered a quirky new stitch! Nothing Continue Reading

The Ridgeway

December 29, 2013 by The Twisted Yarn 3 Comments

Out-and-about today with the twinnage and the stoic spouse. No, this isn't a knitting post, but I'm 80% of the way through my latest project and will "ta-dah" it in a few days' time. So, we went to part of the Ridgeway. I've often walked small sections of this ancient 85-mile trail before. It's a long, raised chalk ridge, trudged for at least the last 5000 years by herdsmen, traders, soldiers, and other travellers. Its height helped navigation and security, and raised it a little over the Continue Reading

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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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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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Autumn evening walk. So pretty that I WASN'T EVEN KNITTING!
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Autumn evening walk. So pretty that I WASN'T EVEN KNITTING!
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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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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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View from the sofa. (First log fire of the season.)

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Good grief, is that a new blog post? Why yes, my friend, it is. See 'latest post' on my Linktree, or hop, skip and jump over to thetwistedyarn.com.
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Good grief, is that a new blog post? Why yes, my friend, it is. See 'latest post' on my Linktree, or hop, skip and jump over to thetwistedyarn.com.
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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

New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, or see 'latest post' in my Linktree. May contain abundance of yarn-bombing. 😊
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Radiotherapy waiting room knitting. I promise to show you the twist to this design v-e-r-y soon. Yarn is Stylecraft Highland Heathers, and it's lush*.
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Radiotherapy waiting room knitting. I promise to show you the twist to this design v-e-r-y soon. Yarn is Stylecraft Highland Heathers, and it's lush*.
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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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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

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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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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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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Knitting in the forest whilst the twinnage play.
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Knitting in the forest whilst the twinnage play.
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Same skirt design, very different moods. 🙂
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Same skirt design, very different moods. 🙂
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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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New blog post (link in bio), with a discount on my brand new pattern. Enjoy!
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New blog post (link in bio), with a discount on my brand new pattern. Enjoy!
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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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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 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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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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#robin #europeanrobin #gardenbirds #birds #europeanrobins #robins #wildlifegarden #wildlifegardening #southoxfordshire #feedthebirds #handfeedingbird #tamebirds

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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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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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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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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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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Morning, Robyn. ❤️
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Morning, Robyn. ❤️
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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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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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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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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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Radiotherapy waiting room Covid embroidery.
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Radiotherapy waiting room Covid embroidery.
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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 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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Robyn-the-robin, off to check whether any more horrid clones of my Insta account have popped up overnight.

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

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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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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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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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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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... 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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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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Jun 24

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Here she comes. ❤️
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#robin #ukbirds #europeanrobin #gardenbirds #birds #europeanrobins #robins #oxfordshirecountryside #rurallife #tamebirds #lovemygarden #birdfood #birdfeeding #iloverobins  #oxfordshire #wildlifegarden #feedthebirds #robinredbreast #gardeningfornature #gardenwildlife #gardeningforwildlife #southoxfordshire #p30pro #huaweip30pro #p30prophotography

Here she comes. ❤️
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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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Aug 7

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Post-work.
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Post-work.
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Dec 21

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Radiotherapy FINISHED!!!! 😊 Now on to more serious matters... such as knitting.
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Radiotherapy FINISHED!!!! 😊 Now on to more serious matters... such as knitting.
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Yesterday, there was a knock on the door. My yarny friend @mandy_reid_art is an artist, and little did I know that she'd been busy painting a portrait of Robyn-the-robin. So when she turned up with the finished work as a gift, I was so overwhelmed with surprise and gratitude that I hardly knew what to say. It's beautiful. It catches her perfectly - sweet but cheeky and feisty. I knew immediately which image Mandy had used as inspiration. The painting is now hanging up in pride of place, and I'm one very happy, grateful, woman. Mandy takes commissions, by the way. Just sayin'...
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#robin #europeanrobin #gardenbirds #birds #europeanrobins #oxfordshire #gardenwildlife

Yesterday, there was a knock on the door. My yarny friend @mandy_reid_art is an artist, and little did I know that she'd been busy painting a portrait of Robyn-the-robin. So when she turned up with the finished work as a gift, I was so overwhelmed with surprise and gratitude that I hardly knew what to say. It's beautiful. It catches her perfectly - sweet but cheeky and feisty. I knew immediately which image Mandy had used as inspiration. The painting is now hanging up in pride of place, and I'm one very happy, grateful, woman. Mandy takes commissions, by the way. Just sayin'...
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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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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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Jun 20

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Threatening.

Threatening. ...

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Decent day for a run. ❤️🏃‍♀️
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Decent day for a run. ❤️🏃‍♀️
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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! Link in bio...
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New blog post! Link in bio...
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Must. Knit. Faster.
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Must. Knit. Faster.
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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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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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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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I think I may have caught the sun. 😁
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I think I may have caught the sun. 😁
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Just time for a couple of rounds of the new skirt colours before I begin work.
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Just time for a couple of rounds of the new skirt colours before I begin work.
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