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Our home-knit blanket has earned itself a third colour

March 16, 2010
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Our home-knit blanket is taking shape. At the half-way point it’s now got three colours: red, blue and muted green. Do we stick with them, or add a fourth?

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Popular Blagger posts of February 2010

February 28, 2010
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From knitting scarves to planting rhubarb, and from keeping poultry on scraps to taking our first home-made cheese out of the press, February has been a busy and rewarding month.

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Now I’m knitting a blanket

February 20, 2010
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After the success of the home-knit scarf I’ve turned my hand to a blanket in three colours: red, blue and knocked back green. It’s going well, but my squares do seem to vary depending on what’s on TV.

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Stitch n Bitch by Debbie Stoller

February 12, 2010
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Stitch n Bitch is an excellent beginners’ guide to knitting, taking you through the process of identifying needles, choosing wool and casting on, all the way through to binding off your finished garment.

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I’ve finished my scarf

February 10, 2010
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Switch to a thicker yarn and you can knit much quicker. In just three hours I managed to knit myself a lovely chunky scarf to seem me through the rest of winter.

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Re-thinking that scarf

February 4, 2010
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After a couple of weeks of knitting my own scarf I’ve realised that I’m going it far too wide. So, after a bit of careful thought I’ve unpicked it all and started again. Second time around, it’s going much better.

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I’m knitting a scarf

January 24, 2010
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As a first-time knitter I’m finding it slow going. So far my scarf is just 12cm long, and on my rough calculations it should take a total of 125 days to complete. It’ll be summer by then.

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Make your own mittens

January 22, 2010
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Ruined a jumper by washing it too hot? The Guardian has followed up its guide to knitting your own hat with instructions for turning your shrunken garment into a pair of mittens.

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Knit yourself a winter hat

January 14, 2010
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The snow and ice seems to have inspired The Guardian in its decision to publish a set of rather easy looking beginners’ instructions for knitting yourself a winter hat.

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A stash of retro knitting needles

January 12, 2010
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Rooting through an old knitting bag turned up a veritable treasure of old needles, retro packaging and an ingenious gauge for identifying unmarked needles.

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