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Yarn Pairings For Making No. 9 – Simple
Making is one of those magazines that combines different crafts in a thoughtful and well curated manner. This issue is no exception, with its theme of Simple. With many crafts, projects, knits and new skills to learn, this issue of Making has a calming washed out pastel aesthetic. It’s cool and gentle and a breath…
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Virtual Knit Night April 30th
I’ve just scheduled our Virtual Knit Night for tonight from 7pm – 8.30pm UK time, and I can’t wait to see you all again! As this is a new tool for most of us, I know some have had problems logging in and I’ve received a few questions that I would like to clarify below.…
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FO Friday – Stay Soft Shawl
We’re at the Unravel Festival and I’m literarily blocking my new jumper on the hotel room floor, hoping for it to dry so it can be shown off at the opening next day. We’re exhausted after set up, we’ve had our hearty dinner, and we’re ready to crawl into bed for some evening knitting. George…
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Virtual Knit Night April 23rd
It is Thursday! Our weekly virtual knit night starts at 7pm UK time, so if you’re up for some social knitting please join us! This is our fifth virtual social, and I guess most of us have gotten the hang of the Zoom meetings by now, but if you are joining us for the first…
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Sock Crazy!
We have seen a sock craze grip the knitting world at the moment and rightly so. The amazing team at Laine have compiled together a beautiful selection of sock knitting patterns by some of the most talented knitting designers out there. Couple this with Laine’s talent for sumptuous photography and a thoughtful eye for design,…
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Virtual Knit Night April 16th
Our 5th Virtual Knit Night is happening tonight and we hope you will join us. We are meeting up via Zoom, you can find all info about how this works by having a look at our previous Virtual Knit Night posts. When using Zoom all you have to do is click on the link below…
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WIP Wednesday – Blocking and Swatching
This WIP Wednesday I am going to talk a little bit about blocking and swatching. I recently saw on a friend and colleague of ours Natalie Selles’ (@leeleetea) instagram stories about how she was struggling to work out her gauge over a large area of cabled and textured stitches. Even though she had swatched for…
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FO Friday – Festoon Socks
Yes I have a FO (Finished Object)! I skipped my WIP Wednesday post this week to put some energy into finishing them. There are only so many WIPs I can have lying around and I was starting to build up quite a backlog. So may I present my finished Festoon Socks. The Festoon Socks are…
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Virtual Knit Night – Take 4
Needles at hand People, we’re ready for another virtual Knit Night tonight! As previously you’ll find the link to join at the bottom of this post, the knit night is on between 7pm and 8.30pm UK time, and everyone are welcome to drop in at any point. If you are joining us for the first…
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Virtual Knit Night – take 3
It is Thursday, for me the third in isolation, and I am so looking forward to the knit night tonight! Equally, it is the third virtual knit night we are hosting here at KWA, and though I wouldn’t go as far as to say it is well established yet, it think we are all enjoying…
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WIP Wednesday – Roland Jumper
Carrying on from last weeks WIP Wednesday post I am revisiting my old WIPs and starting by exploring the yarns used. Hopefully with the aim that I will reignite my passion for them and start posting some FO (finished object) Friday posts! I feel really guilty about this poor forgotten jumper. The reason I stopped…
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East London Knitters say Thank You NHS!
Here we go folks. It’s time to banner together again… What better way to gather our friends from near by, far away and beyond, in a community project celebrating all things important right now – solidarity, camaraderie, nurture, kindness, support and love – through a message of gratitude! No, we’re not saying #ballstotrump this time…
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