So, last time we talked about how to wash a woollen garment, using Giles’ hooded man-cardigan (you can read that post here). By this point you should have a lovely, clean garment, with most of the water taken out, ready to finish drying. As the wool is much weaker and more elastic when wet, […]
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It’s warming up here in Hampshire and with these sunnier days it seemed the time to freshen up some of our hand knits. But how to go about it? As Koster and Murray rightly said in their Modern Knitting Illustrated, in 1945, ‘knitted garments which have taken a long time to make are often ruined
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Oh my. The tiredness has hit me like a train this evening. It’s been a busy day of knitting festival visiting, picnicking in the woods, catching up with old friends, planning lots of wedding things and doing a good bit of actual knitting. All great ways to spend a Sunday off, methinks. The Mothership and
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