Author: jmcconnell3
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Cushion #2
Knitting During TdF – Cushion #2 Of course I wasn’t just spinning this last week. As if! I had to have a bit of knitting on the go too. This one was very much about getting some things off the back-burner. I feel these days that I’m carrying too much “unfinished business”, so finishing up…
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TdF2025 Update
Tour De Fleece 2025 Update We’re pretty much half-way through the TdF now – and this is my first post. Sorry about that. I promise I’ve been spinning an (almost) all the TdF days so far. Firstly, as I said in the last post, the TdF started while I was still up on Shetland with…
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There’s Always Socks
There’s always socks… Sometimes I know I need to knit (for the calming effect, for feeling “productive”, for just forcing me to put my damn phone down for a while), but I just don’t have any inspiration. I just don’t have there wherewithal to choose a pattern, to make decisions about colours, to think about…
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Crocheted Cushion
The Crocheted Cushion Cover If you’ve read the japanese grass hat blog, you’ll know how this one came about. Short version – What I actually wanted to do was to make a crocheted item that involved “difficult yarn”, and my crochet skills were a bit rusty, so I came up with the idea that I…
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Avril Grass Hat
The Japanese Avril Grass Hat Saga You know that thing about buying yarn when you are on holiday, and then never getting round to using it? Every time you go through your stash (or in my case, check the “ornaments” on the top of your shelving unit), there’s a little bit of guilt about not…
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TdF2025
It’s Tour de Fleece time again – but would I qualify? I’ve been noticing all the TV adverts on ITV for the Tour de France. why was I watching ITV, you might ask? I was binge-watching box xets of Buffy The Vampire Slayer – don’t judge! But of course if it’s time for the “real”…