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August 17th

Little dragon

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This afternoon i think i will make one of these:

It is an illusion with the effect that you think the head is moving around to look at you.
You can get the template with instructions (pdf), print it out and make your own! How cool! :D

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May 4th

Blanket, as promised

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I did loads yesterday! I was about half-way through the big red section yesterday morning. There are some lovely textures in the yarns. Thank you to Ludy for the purple yarn that i am using at the moment, and also for teaching me how to do a kind of basket weave knit pattern. I’ll take [...]

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April 20th

Baby blankie

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I think this is turning out to be a baby blankie, which is fine by me! As promised here are some updated pictures:

It seems to get bigger every time i photograph it! I am currently estimating it to be about 2 metres wide! Plenty wide enough to cover a double bed! Woohoo!!
I am still accepting [...]

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April 13th

More wool required!

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As Sixfeet asked me what i am knitting … well it is something enormous that will grow to gigantic proportions and will eventually be a blanket! I posted about it before but it got lost in the HostingRails fiasco, so here is a new picture:

You can see a 30cm ruler for reference. I estimate that [...]

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