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Dyelot Conundrums

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I’ve been taking six balls of Paton’s Merino Wool DK around the house into different lights for the past half hour. The wool is left over from a couple if previous projects and I’m fairly sure that there are two different dye lots. I’m trying to ascertain how many balls I have of each before […]

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The Eye That Never Shed a Tear

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It’s a bit of a whirlwind around here just now. Rather hectic in the way that eats your time, morning, noon and night, nonetheless. I’m sure you’ve had those! In the meantime, I’d like to share with you something that I found on my bookshelves a couple of days ago. It’s an autograph book that

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Goodale, completed.

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As promised, a photograph of my Mum wearing her new Goodale* cardigan. As an aside, my phone likes to try to spellcheck Goodale to Good ale. Ha!

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Finally finishing my Goodale

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After two years (!) of it languishing in my WIPs, I’m finally finally sewing up and putting the finishing touches to my Goodale cardigan. The reasons it has taken me so long are interesting. I began knitting it whilst pregnant.  You know, in the bit between the mad frenzy of making more and more tiny

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The Geotaggers’ World Map

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  I recently came across a beautiful and fascinating set of images on Flickr. They are maps, compiled by Eric Fischer from the metadata of geotagged images on Flickr and Picasa.  The set is called The Geotaggers’ World Atlas and is a fascinating thing to behold. All the maps are to the same scale (a

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Ingrid Babbidge

Hello there!

I’m Ingrid – textiles researcher, historian, and craft skills teacher, based in the UK.

I connect people with our textile heritage to inspire them and to create an escape from the everyday.

I’m usually the one with the knitting in my hands.

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Ingrid Babbidge

Hello there!

I’m Ingrid – textiles researcher, historian, and craft skills teacher, based in the UK.

I connect people with our textile heritage to inspire them and to create an escape from the everyday.

I’m usually the one with the knitting in my hands.

IngridBabbidge.com © Ingrid Babbidge, 2009-2023. All rights reserved.

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