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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

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While loving the many wonderful wool sock yarns out there, I'm wondering if there's anything I could wear in spring/autumn when it's not well below freezing outside. I still don't really like the wool cotton blends, but what about merino/tencel,

Reminder

Someone gave me this reference last week. It's here to remind me. Hebrews 12: 1-3 (English Standard Version) Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with

Needles and colours

My sock needle has died, it is an ex-needle. Back in May 2005 I bought an Addi size 1 needle for Magic Loop socks, and loved it. It made 12 pairs of socks and a nose warmer, but the plating wore off and the needles bent every time I used

Parting shots

BBC News: Where there's a will there's a whim. He could have left it all to a charity, any charity - perhaps one that cares for cats as Jonathan Jackson of Columbus, Ohio, envisaged when he drew up his own will in the late 19th Century?

Project plans 2007

Knit: I've assembled enough leftover sock yarn to do another strip of the Leftovers blanket. Lorna's Laces, Twisted, Opal Rainforest Owl, and Fortissima Mexico, I think there's enough for a full strip. Half a sleeve remains for the Eternal Sweater, I want to finish

Thunder Lizard

An almost finished pair of socks. I used the Rolling Thunder pattern from Knitty, but skipped the beading, and Lizardman yarn. The hem is by far my favourite part of the sock, all tidy and squishy soft, feels wonderful on. The pattern used a grafted toe, which I'm

Things to watch out for in 2007 (part 3)

Bog snorkelling in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales Competitors have to complete two lengths of a 60 yard trench cut through the peat bog in the quickest time possible, wearing snorkels and flippers (wet suits optional but advisable) but without using any conventional swimming strokes. In 2005 it was a cold, wet

Things to watch out for in 2007 (part 2)

Cheese rolling in Gloucestershire, UK Cheese rolling's origins are hazy to say the least. A common presumption is that the masochistic frolic began as a pagan festival hundreds of years ago - a celebration of the onset of summer. Other theories have it relating to age-old fertility rights,

Things to watch out for in 2007 (part 1)

Lemon Festival in Menton, France For dozens of years, the lemon festival delights thousands of people come from all parts of the world. The Lemon became the symbol of the city of Menton. From the golden citrus parade of floats to the giant citrus decorations in the BiovÃ¨s gardens.

Close of (Christmas) knitting

The Christmas knitting is finished! The last couple of finished objects for 2006 were socks for Rox and a nose warmer for Martha. Got the pattern for the nose warmer from Any Singer's Knit Wit, it's just a short-row sock heel. I skipped the tassel and

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