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I have started this new year off in the grip of a burning desire to hand knit. I still machine knit every day as I have work piled up to get done for my clients but I love the hand knit look and some of the styles that are out to knit. I buy hand…
Studio Tour
Well, it’s Studio Tour time here again in Kingston and there is a quiet spot after our lunch so I thought I’d post. Bucketed down this morning and we despaired having anyone brave the elephants to come out…. then we found ourselves knee deep in visitors. Now the sun is out and a much nicer…
Goodbye Mum
Margaret Gladys Barnett (nee Milburn) 1919 – 2010 This past month has been difficult with my 90 year old Mum was admitted int Kingston General Hospital following another stroke… only this time not just a TIA. It was touch and go for a while then she was asking to go home, chatting and laughing and…
Found: A Knitting Shop
On our way home from vacation we hit Williamsburg and I found a knitting store. We managed to get to Knitting Sisters before they closed for the day. It is a wonderful store and they had just finished a workshop and the store was full of mad knitters with one husband sitting quietly in their…
A ‘Novel’ Idea.
Yes, I know, sad title for this post really but applicable. Actually got out of the studio Saturday evening and went to a book launch to support our neighbour David More who has just finished his first novel ‘The Eastern Door’. After wine and nibbles, catching up with some old friends and much book signing,…
International Womens Day ’24
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