October 2011
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September 2011
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I must not go to Loop tomorrow today to buy Wollmeise. Regardless of the fact that it is almost 5am and that means I would leave the house in 5 hours. But they have such a long list of lace yarn. No, no, Fran. Be strong, you just ordered two skeins from the update last night. You definitely don’t have the money. Work through your stash first! I could just have a shower and a large cup of...
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Sep 29th
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Oh lordy.
I’ve gone and lost my 3mm dpn’s, AGAIN. I haven’t used them since my last mittens, no idea where they are. Tempted to just do it flat and seam together. I do have a circular needle in 2.75mm but it’s really long and I don’t know if I can be bothered with all that hassle.  Oh, balls.
Sep 29th
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Mittens It Is!
Thanks for the suggestions guys, I have actually got a TON of patterns in my ravelry favourites at the moment, just to decide which one to do. I’ve had Love Bytes on m queue for ages now, but because I don’t have any worsted wool it could prove to be tricky, I have DK and a fair amount of it, so I shall browse patterns to see if anyone else has used DK and then go through my stash...
Sep 29th
I’m an idiot. Germany is an hour ahead, no Wollmeise for me.  Maybe if I am up early enough tomorrow I will get some, maybe. Either that or I go to Loop on Saturday, although I have no idea how busy it will be.
Sep 29th
Hmm..
…what day is it today? Wollmeise Day! :)
Sep 29th
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Sep 28th
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Ok, so the spinning was going well, then I tried to ply it by first winding it to a centre pull ball and using each end. This has not turned out well. Perhaps I was trying to run before I could walk. So, I have lots of the white wool left still to practice on which is great! I took back my Ellington sock to where I needed to add another repeat, knit about 3 inches, then realised I did something...
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