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A visit to Blackwell House and State of the Knitting

Well February came and went, didn’t it?  I won’t bother with the usual excuses and laments about my blog absence — it seems intermittent blogging is my norm, for the moment.  But to those of you who’ve stuck around — thanks!

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March 6, 2019March 6, 2019

Katherine @ fiberandsustenance7 Comments

EYF2018: One Week Later

Remember when I said I was going to do daily updates from Edinburgh Yarn Festival …

[insert riotous laughter]

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March 22, 2018

Katherine @ fiberandsustenance12 Comments

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✨souvenir yarn ✨ Back home, slowly recovering from jet lag and readjusting to the weather (woolly socks in June!) and ogling some new acquisitions: Plain Yarn from Intercourse, Pennsylvania’s lovely @lancasteryarnshop — locally worsted spun 100% Romney from a single sheep, Betsy (swipe for a close up — it’s so special!), three skeins of @kelbournewoolens Germantown which I’ve really been looking forward to trying out from @loopyarn, and two balls of Manx Loagthan Wool from the flock at Cregneash, which @nickvonderby picked out for me during his recent visit to the Isle of Man. I can’t wait to try them all! #knittersoftheworld #knittersofinstagram #instaknit #knitstagram #knitting #strikking #nevernotknitting #yarnlove
Finished object! I managed to get a few pictures of my finished Olivia before my trip (a proper blog post will have to wait til I get back). It’s knit in @blackisleyarns delightful Shetland Sport that I bought at EYF 2018, and I love how this small batch, semi-worsted spun yarn shines in this pattern! If you’ve not checked out Julie’s yarn before, I highly recommend it — it’s really special wool with provenance and a joy to knit. This took well under three skeins, but I’m so pleased I ordered an emergency fourth skein in a momentary panic that I was going to run out of yarn — it means I can knit a special small project with what I have left! And I think this pattern by @cocoknits is going to be a great wardrobe piece! #blackisleyarns #cocoknits #knittersofinstagram #knitstagram #knittersoftheworld #handmadewardrobe #myhandsmaking #knitknitknit
June’s Boost Your Knitting project, the Apple Swizzle Hat by @theacolman 💕 I was lucky enough to get an early start on this (thanks @jenacknitwear ) — it was only the fact that my hands couldn’t cope with 7 hours of straight knitting on the flight from the UK to the US that stopped me finishing it in one sitting. The dip stitches are divine, the pattern intuitive (I didn’t have to refer to the charts after the first repeat), the variation of the @fyberspates Vivacious DK (shade Spiced Plum) delightful — a real joy to knit. I knit the smallest size for a nice snug fitting hat. It just needs a block and pom pom and then will be ready for crisp autumn walks along the canal 💕 #boostyourknitting #acknitwear #babycocktails #fyberspates #knittersoftheworld #knittersofinstagram #knitting #strikking #instaknit #knitstagram #myhandsmaking #knitknitknit
Thanks for your kind comments on my last post. I’m now on the other side of the Atlantic, doing some early morning knitting (thanks jetlag!) on my second Bressay sleeve, in beautiful @jamiesonsofshetland Sprindrift Paprika from @northern_yarn #bressayorbust #wallinalong #mariewallinkal #fiberandsustenanceontheroad #knittersofinstagram #instaknit #knitstagram #knittersoftheworld #knitknitknit #myhandsmaking #knitallthethings #nevernotknitting
🍂 first baby knit 🍂 Over ten years ago, I cast on Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Baby Surprise Jacket — my mom was knitting one for a colleague and I figured I’d find a recipient sooner or later. But with no baby in mind, I never finished the project, and it found it’s way into my UFO bin. A few weeks ago, I pulled out the yarn and the half finished jacket and started reknitting it for our very own little one, due later this autumn! Yarn is Claudia’s Handpainted Sport Merino, buttons from @textilegarden (though sewing them on and seaming the sleeves will have to wait til I return from a trip to the US) You can see a bit of my ancient attempt under Knitting Workshop (I’ll unravel it for a baby hat or socks). Can’t wait to welcome our October babe (with lots of handknits) 🍂🧡🍁 #babyfiberandsustenance #deepstashnine #myhandsmaking #knittersofinstagram #instaknit #knitstagram #knittersoftheworld #knittersofravelry #nevernotknitting #handmadewardrobe
One year ago today ✨💕✨ 📸 @lovelucyx.photography

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