This is the scarf that I knitted for the Breast Cancer Research project (see my earlier blog). I knitted it during our recent holiday as it’s a very easy stitch which doesn’t need special attention. Besides, the ‘dropped stitch’ made the scarf grow rather fast. In Dutch it’s called De Luie Wijvensteek (the lazy wives stitch): Row 1: […]
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From www.donatetobreastcancer.org/raw-knit-the-york-wall We need 2832 scarves ready to wrap around the 2.5miles of the York wall by Sunday 21st November 2010. Help by knitting a scarf (15cm by 150cm long) in any shade of pink or colour or design. The scarves will then be sold to raise money for Cancer research UK’s research into breast cancer. […]
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A washing line full of knittings and crochets for premature babies, knitted by the Stocksbridge Knit & Chat Group and Friends. Today they’re all catching some sunshine and tomorrow they will be given to the Neonatal Unit of the Jessops Children’s Hospital in Sheffield. You cannot see them all on the photo but there are blankets, […]
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