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New Yarn Purchases

I really can’t help myself

The yarn on the left is from the Yarn Trader – it’s Christmas sock yarn. On the right is from Cable Tie Knits – I am going to knit Miss A a hat (her rowing club colours are orange and black). I made her this hat back in 2016 and I might do the same one again.

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Another Finished Item

Finished Hat

Finished Hat

I finished the hat while we were on holiday in Albany …

Middleton  Beach

Middleton Beach

 

We even made it to the top of here

Bluff Knoll

Bluff Knoll

Sign at the Summit

Sign at the Summit

It came together well and Miss A loves it (I don’t think she has taken it off!).

I really like the construction method – the way the decreases happen between the cables and that even the cables get smaller near the crown.

The yarn drove me a bit batty – the ball kept collapsing… Miss P has put in an order, but I have a few other things on the go – this and this

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