As some of you might know, I work at Arbour House Publishing, who publish Susan Crawford’s vintage knitting patterns and in honour of her new knitting kit which is now available to buy from the knitonthenet shop, I have knitted one of my own. But before you decide whether a turban is your next knitting […]
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Alf and Binnie Hodbin are ruffian tearaways who were evacuated from Whitechapel, in the Second World War literary world of Connie Willis’ books Blackout and All Clear. At the Manor House of Lady Catherine, they create havoc for the maid, Eileen O’Reilly, who is actually a time-traveller from the Oxford University of 2060. Over the
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Didn’t quite join something in the round, without twisting? It might look alright to begin with, but look at what happens later on.
Is it raining where you are? It certainly is lashing it down here. It’s the sort of day where I like to say to myself ‘Rain, rain, here to stay, it must be a knitting day.’ Well, there was a little bit of knitting today, but more tinking*, really. I’ve also been delving into lots
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I recently had a day up in London doing some research for a new book that I’m working on at the moment. After my research visit at the always intriguing Victoria and Albert Museum, I had a few hours left to fill with exciting capital-based things. Some might say that rooting around the V and
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