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Yarnfolk Swag and Knitting Gaffs

August 12, 2017 LeftFootDaisy4 Comments

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I’m not going to bore you all, by going over my Yarnfolk Festival of Wool experience last Saturday.  I rambled on about it for fourty minutes on the video for the Olann and You Tube Channel.

Needless to say, I had a great time and made a couple of purchases.  A very modest haul, even if I do say so myself.

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Ravelry Project Catch Up

March 11, 2017 LeftFootDaisyLeave a comment

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I popped on my computer several hours ago now, with the full intention of writing a blog post and then walking the dogs.  The sun is will be setting soon and I’ve spent my whole afternoon updating my Ravelry Project Page instead – oops!

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A Yarny Twelve Days of Christmas

December 9, 2016 LeftFootDaisy2 Comments

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As promised, here is the tutorial for how to make the Twelve Days of Christmas Mini Yarn Calendar.

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Mini Yarn Balls

December 7, 2016 LeftFootDaisyLeave a comment

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I was rather taken with the Opal Advent Calendar last year, but it would be rather naughty of me to buy one again.  My sock yarn stash is ever growing, almost on a weekly basis of late (shamefully.  I might even count 2016 sock yarn purchases, before the end of the year – if I’m feeling brave.

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Solar Dyeing Woolly Goodness

September 28, 2016September 29, 2016 LeftFootDaisy3 Comments

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Hopefully you’ve had a chance to read the article about the day we spent solar dyeing up at my house with the other members of the Cork Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers and some knittterly friends in Issue 5 of Olann and?

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Fixing Those Sleeves

September 9, 2016September 9, 2016 LeftFootDaisyLeave a comment

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A few of you might have seen this photo on Instagram earlier this week?  If you did, you’ll also know that I’m on a mission to fix a cardigan.

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Did You See Those Socks?

August 29, 2016September 2, 2016 LeftFootDaisy1 Comment

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I think I’m having some kind of foot fetish of late, as I’ve got a bit of a one track mind when it comes to my knitting.

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Yarnbombing Heaven

August 17, 2016August 18, 2016 LeftFootDaisyLeave a comment

 

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It’s been a while since my last post I know, but I’ve got a note don’t worry.

I’ve been on my holibobs 🙂

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Knitting Libran – Part 2

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 LeftFootDaisy1 Comment

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When we look at a knitting or crochet garment, we tend only to see the whole thing.  The overall look, is the reason why we chose the pattern in the first place after all.  Sometimes though it’s how the different elements combine, to create something that can really give you that wow factor.

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Knitting Libran – Part 1

August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 LeftFootDaisy3 Comments

 

2016-07-20 19.13.18Talking with Siún Carden several months ago about her proposed design, I was thrilled at the prospect of a project that could be knitted with handspun yarn.  With our emails travelling backwards and forwards, we quickly agreed on the design and Siún, whose a spinner herself, decided to produce the yarn as well.

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