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November 12, 2018 by The Twisted Yarn 92 Comments

<<whispers>> I'm taking a risk writing this post, because it's about a gift that I'm knitting for a friend. I don'tย think Mary reads here - yarn is not her thing - but occasionally the most unexpected people fess up to following my blog, so you never know. So for reasons of secrecy, I'll keep my voice down. And if I suddenly change the subject AND START TALKING LOUDLY ABOUT HOW ISN'T IT A LOVELY DAY TODAY, AND OOOOH LOOK, A SQUIRREL! then that's because I've spotted Mary looking Continue Reading

Want To See Around An Old Woollen Mill?

June 9, 2017 by The Twisted Yarn 23 Comments

Would you like to see around a really old woollen mill? Step this way. And yes I know; there's been a wee bloggy hiatus, caused by us spending a week scrambling through the forests and mountains of Snowdonia*... ...plus taking the twinnage down to Pinewood Studios to get fitted for costumes for a small non-speaking part in a major feature film. The film thing is something of a surprise because amongst the things that we Twistedsย do each day - step over casually abandoned piles of yarnย and Continue Reading

British Craft Awards 2017
crochet knitted ikea poang chair cover cottage house garden
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Some people call them pockets. I prefer to think of them as yarn dispensers. ๐Ÿ˜Š
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Instagram post 2153275805514669652_2313016114 It's been a little too long coming, but there's a new blog post at thetwistedyarn.com (or see 'latest post' in my Linktree).
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Instagram post 2154373784887751624_2313016114 Rain is most definitely not stopping play this morning. Working on my cowl for the march on Saturday, as I walk the children to school. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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Rain is most definitely not stopping play this morning. Working on my cowl for the march on Saturday, as I walk the children to school. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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Instagram post 2174905466732442667_2313016114 How on earth to pass the time whilst I wait for my car to be serviced???? Oh hang on, here's some yarn and a hook. Reckon I'll be OK here on this sofa for a day or two. ๐Ÿ™‚ Also, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW STUPID I LOOKED TAKING THIS PHOTO?! (I did do lots of sensible admin, too.)
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How on earth to pass the time whilst I wait for my car to be serviced???? Oh hang on, here's some yarn and a hook. Reckon I'll be OK here on this sofa for a day or two. ๐Ÿ™‚ Also, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW STUPID I LOOKED TAKING THIS PHOTO?! (I did do lots of sensible admin, too.)
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Trying to finish painting the new greenhouse before the Stoic Spouse gets any more frustrated with the trays of seedlings on every windowsill in the house...
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Instagram post 2149649561514503209_2313016114 Fun with power tools. (This is going to be so cool when it's finished and painted. I promise to show you. Meanwhile, on with the drilling.)
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Fun with power tools. (This is going to be so cool when it's finished and painted. I promise to show you. Meanwhile, on with the drilling.)
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Instagram post 2164144519185325358_2313016114 There's an autumnal, knitty, new blog post at thetwistedyarn.com (or see 'latest post' on my Linktree).
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Instagram post 2180549557336025653_2313016114 HOW thick was the ice on the bird bath this morning?! It's properly cold out there. Stay warm, people. ๐Ÿ™‚
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HOW thick was the ice on the bird bath this morning?! It's properly cold out there. Stay warm, people. ๐Ÿ™‚
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Instagram post 2168970774170744826_2313016114 Twinnage in the sea. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Walking back from school, second sock in progress. ๐Ÿ™‚
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Instagram post 2166350691053021918_2313016114 New greenhouse painted and nearly finished. Just need to add bolts on door and autovent. Rather excited about all the delicious crops I'll be able to start off in here.
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Instagram post 2171459556010704289_2313016114 ๐ŸŽผ "Oh I do love to knit beside the seaside. Oh, I do love to knit beside the seeeeeea..." ๐ŸŽถ (Yarn is Stylecraft Head Over Heels Allstars 'Saltaire' that I designed for Stylecraft. .
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๐ŸŽผ "Oh I do love to knit beside the seaside. Oh, I do love to knit beside the seeeeeea..." ๐ŸŽถ (Yarn is Stylecraft Head Over Heels Allstars 'Saltaire' that I designed for Stylecraft. .
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Instagram post 2174194910279145656_2313016114 Just dug up first parsnip of the season. HOW enormous?!
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Just dug up first parsnip of the season. HOW enormous?!
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Instagram post 2193675749094156360_2313016114 There's a new blog post at thetwistedyarn.com (or see 'latest post') on my linktree, and what's more, you can win lots of gorgeous yarn-related loveliness thanks to the wonderful @its.a.stitch.up . GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED. .
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There's a new blog post at thetwistedyarn.com (or see 'latest post') on my linktree, and what's more, you can win lots of gorgeous yarn-related loveliness thanks to the wonderful @its.a.stitch.up . GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED. .
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Instagram post 2146704507229476372_2313016114 Walking home late. Old timber-framed houses, and stars. โค๏ธ
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Instagram post 2189957443392776464_2313016114 Morning all!
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Instagram post 2190151445203262072_2313016114 Sometimes, making it up as you go along works out just fine. Nearly finished covering this funny-shaped cushion.
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Instagram post 2163111077920117185_2313016114 Saturday mornings in our house. ๐Ÿ™‚
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Instagram post 2154545799972192121_2313016114 What's this, ANOTHER blog post at thetwistedyarn.com already? Why yes, actually, and it contains a quick pattern for this cowl, just in case you're joining the march in London on Saturday. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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What's this, ANOTHER blog post at thetwistedyarn.com already? Why yes, actually, and it contains a quick pattern for this cowl, just in case you're joining the march in London on Saturday. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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Instagram post 2184308113424032785_2313016114 Meanwhile, at a nearby garden centre. (Also, is she knitting?)
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Instagram post 2160899877610271016_2313016114 Bulbs are great for lazy, forgetful, folk like me. You plant them, you forget them, then BANG: there are pretty flowers growing everywhere that pack themselves away again by the end of the season.
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Bulbs are great for lazy, forgetful, folk like me. You plant them, you forget them, then BANG: there are pretty flowers growing everywhere that pack themselves away again by the end of the season.
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Instagram post 2183649237699892914_2313016114 New blog post, with a crochet pattern for this Moroccan lantern bunting! Visit thetwistedyarn.com or see 'latest post' in my Linktree. ๐Ÿ™‚
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New blog post, with a crochet pattern for this Moroccan lantern bunting! Visit thetwistedyarn.com or see 'latest post' in my Linktree. ๐Ÿ™‚
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Instagram post 2177931559743947795_2313016114 Evenin' all. So that's another week finished. Home from the hospital where I work. Run done. Twinnage somewhere in the vague vicinity of their beds. Stoic Spouse pottering in the kitchen. Time for fire, wine, and knitting. Anyone want to join me?
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Evenin' all. So that's another week finished. Home from the hospital where I work. Run done. Twinnage somewhere in the vague vicinity of their beds. Stoic Spouse pottering in the kitchen. Time for fire, wine, and knitting. Anyone want to join me?
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Instagram post 2161956340638346395_2313016114 First log fire of the season. It's toasty in here. ๐Ÿ˜Š
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Instagram post 2158304422464525817_2313016114 Well, I went to London on the train, I marched against Brexit, and I turned the heel of a sock.
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Well, I went to London on the train, I marched against Brexit, and I turned the heel of a sock.
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Instagram post 2158083173599462776_2313016114 Turning a heel on the train.
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Instagram post 2165619800664281402_2313016114 My wonderful friend Sally and her elderly horses. The twinnage are in love. ๐Ÿ™‚
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Instagram post 2187992047106159074_2313016114 Pretty decent day for a run. ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ
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Instagram post 2181262854884600385_2313016114 Home is where the giant tiger lives, guarding the gardening books. โค๏ธ
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Home is where the giant tiger lives, guarding the gardening books. โค๏ธ
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Instagram post 2179114768238237322_2313016114 Twelve years ago today, we got married. Or as the Stoic Spouse puts it, "What? Has it ONLY been twelve years??!" Ever the romantic, that one. ๐Ÿ˜
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Twelve years ago today, we got married. Or as the Stoic Spouse puts it, "What? Has it ONLY been twelve years??!" Ever the romantic, that one. ๐Ÿ˜
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Instagram post 2192444492892879206_2313016114 The Ridgeway. Britain's oldest road. People have walked, marched, trudged, ridden (and in my case, run and knitted) this 87-mile route for the past five thousand years. Every time I come this way, I wonder about those ancient folk, and imagine what we'd make of each other. I'm weird like that.
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#ridgeway #ridgewaynationaltrail #theridgewaynationaltrail #oxfordshire #southoxfordshire #knittersofinstagram #knittinginpublic #knitinpublic #running #runnersofinstagram #trailrunner #trailrunning

The Ridgeway. Britain's oldest road. People have walked, marched, trudged, ridden (and in my case, run and knitted) this 87-mile route for the past five thousand years. Every time I come this way, I wonder about those ancient folk, and imagine what we'd make of each other. I'm weird like that.
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Instagram post 2191758710884719816_2313016114 Running in Oxfordshire in the autumn. . . . . .
#ridgeway #ridgewaynationaltrail #run #running #iloverunning #oxfordshire #runnersofinstagram #runnersofoxfordshire #iloverunning #nevernotrunning #autumn #autumncolour #autumncolours #fall #fallcolor #fallcolors #oxfordshirelife #rural #rurallife #countrylife #countryside #countrysideliving

Running in Oxfordshire in the autumn. . . . . .
#ridgeway #ridgewaynationaltrail #run #running #iloverunning #oxfordshire #runnersofinstagram #runnersofoxfordshire #iloverunning #nevernotrunning #autumn #autumncolour #autumncolours #fall #fallcolor #fallcolors #oxfordshirelife #rural #rurallife #countrylife #countryside #countrysideliving
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Instagram post 2177092290619901284_2313016114 Not a normal work day. Training on complex depression. The view's a bit prettier than at my usual workplace, too. ๐Ÿ™‚
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Not a normal work day. Training on complex depression. The view's a bit prettier than at my usual workplace, too. ๐Ÿ™‚
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Instagram post 2105404308070958540_2313016114 No sign of Robyn-the-robin for a while, now, ๐Ÿ˜ข but this is Juniper, the fledgling blackbird. She's getting very tame. ๐Ÿ™‚
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#blackbird #fledgling #wildlifehabitat #feedthebirds #wildlife #ukbirds #gardeningforwildlife #canon6d #gardenbirdsUK #gardenbirds #lovemygarden

No sign of Robyn-the-robin for a while, now, ๐Ÿ˜ข but this is Juniper, the fledgling blackbird. She's getting very tame. ๐Ÿ™‚
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Instagram post 2108065428904846766_2313016114 Weekending. ๐Ÿ™‚
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Instagram post 2105480280304525365_2313016114 New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, with knitting, crochet, and cute critters!
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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com, with knitting, crochet, and cute critters!
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Instagram post 2146066940196823080_2313016114 Knit-night is the best night. I've just finished knitting @alicadabara's cardigan, so @buttonspickles, @saidnoknitterever, @joanne_ray01 and @alicadabara and I are choosing buttons. We reckon this combination might work. What do you reckon?
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Knit-night is the best night. I've just finished knitting @alicadabara's cardigan, so @buttonspickles, @saidnoknitterever, @joanne_ray01 and @alicadabara and I are choosing buttons. We reckon this combination might work. What do you reckon?
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thetwistedyarn

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Instagram post 2121109559558127393_2313016114 Shiny new blog post at thetwistedyarn.com! (See 'latest post' in my Linktree.)
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Shiny new blog post at thetwistedyarn.com! (See 'latest post' in my Linktree.)
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thetwistedyarn

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Instagram post 2133023961307870542_2313016114 Sunlit Californian poppy in the back garden.
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Sunlit Californian poppy in the back garden.
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Instagram post 2135588261775983635_2313016114 Oh, hello. I was so busy watching snails and beetles in the water that I didn't notice you for a moment, there.
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Oh, hello. I was so busy watching snails and beetles in the water that I didn't notice you for a moment, there.
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Instagram post 2110165356896355829_2313016114 A hummingbird hawk moth! So cool that I put down my knitting (!) in order to photograph it. Slurp that nectar, little buddy. :-)
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A hummingbird hawk moth! So cool that I put down my knitting (!) in order to photograph it. Slurp that nectar, little buddy. :-)
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Aug 19

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Instagram post 2114052504791968384_2313016114 New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com! (Or see 'latest post' in my Linktree.) I might have sneaked off to France last week to have a look at champagne country...
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New blog post at thetwistedyarn.com! (Or see 'latest post' in my Linktree.) I might have sneaked off to France last week to have a look at champagne country...
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Instagram post 2117437511401033192_2313016114 When you're out for a run and you discover a wonderful new pond only 2 miles from home! NB: 3rd photo of this set taken as I slowly sank into a bog. *sigh* This place is teeming with wildlife and there are 2 enormous emperor dragonflies having a punch-up above my head.
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#wildlifehabitat #wildlifepond #ukwildlife #saveourponds #pond #ponds #running #longrun #oxfordshirewildlife #oxfordshire

When you're out for a run and you discover a wonderful new pond only 2 miles from home! NB: 3rd photo of this set taken as I slowly sank into a bog. *sigh* This place is teeming with wildlife and there are 2 enormous emperor dragonflies having a punch-up above my head.
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Instagram post 2131548974822570175_2313016114 Two very excited small boys (who really ought to be asleep) have just burst in to tell me that there are TWO hedgehogs in the garden, munching the cat biscuits that we left out for them. Rubbish pics because it's dark. According to the twinnage, the hedgehogs' names are Mr Squiggles and Morgan.
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Two very excited small boys (who really ought to be asleep) have just burst in to tell me that there are TWO hedgehogs in the garden, munching the cat biscuits that we left out for them. Rubbish pics because it's dark. According to the twinnage, the hedgehogs' names are Mr Squiggles and Morgan.
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Instagram post 2116961599966497390_2313016114 When you're fierce as anything, but you do love knitting.
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When you're fierce as anything, but you do love knitting.
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Instagram post 2115285240869395221_2313016114 Gathering seed for next year. โค๏ธ
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Gathering seed for next year. โค๏ธ
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Instagram post 2124298621144097763_2313016114 Another day, another cormorant. TOTAL COINCIDENCE that I've bumped into these birds in different counties, two days in a row. Yes, this is a knitting page. No, it's not about to be renamed cormorantsofinsta.
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Another day, another cormorant. TOTAL COINCIDENCE that I've bumped into these birds in different counties, two days in a row. Yes, this is a knitting page. No, it's not about to be renamed cormorantsofinsta.
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Instagram post 2120652034375271017_2313016114 When life gives you courgettes, bake courgette cake... is probably not an inspirational phrase that's ever likely to catch on. But it's courgette season in the garden, and these cakes are tasty. (Recipe at thetwistedyarn.com, and search 'courgette cake'.) .
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When life gives you courgettes, bake courgette cake... is probably not an inspirational phrase that's ever likely to catch on. But it's courgette season in the garden, and these cakes are tasty. (Recipe at thetwistedyarn.com, and search 'courgette cake'.) .
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Instagram post 2119598514607776323_2313016114 When you're concentrating so hard on your kitchener stitch that you fail to notice that your dots don't line up. ๐Ÿ˜• #ripitupandstartagain
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When you're concentrating so hard on your kitchener stitch that you fail to notice that your dots don't line up. ๐Ÿ˜• #ripitupandstartagain
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Instagram post 2122074786978313853_2313016114 Lovely day for a run by the river. ๐Ÿ™‚ OK, you can't actually see the river, but it's definitely there... .
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