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Craft books for knitting and crochet
Read the rest of this entry »Toddler’s sweater finally finished
Sweater front Remember the little sweater I was knitting for my great-nephew? It took a while (so many other things are going on) but I finally finished it and here’s the result. Tomorrow I will send it off and I hope the little boy likes it. I like it and am happy with the result
Read the rest of this entry »Sweater for my little great-nephew
At the moment I am knitting a sweater for my great-nephew Abel who turned 1, last August. The back and the two sleeves are done but now I’ve inserted a little break as I’d like to knit in a picture in the front but don’t know yet what it will be. A fish, a house, a bird? And when I have an idea, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Pink scarf for Breast Cancer Research
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: […]
Read the rest of this entry »Knit a scarf for Breast Cancer Research UK
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. […]
Read the rest of this entry »Knitting for premature babies
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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