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Rain, rain, here to stay

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I wish it were a knitting day… Ah, who am I to complain? It’s a working and research day instead! Just have to dodge the heavy showers on the way there and back. No time for train knitting on the way to work today, though. Instead, I’m reading feminist and Fabian, Maud Pember Reeves’, ‘Round […]

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Drying out the clothes pegs

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after my peg bag had been caught outside in an almighty hail storm.

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FO: Go Faster

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At the end of last year, Giles chose some yarn to be this winter’s new hat. Rowan Pure Wool Aran in grey was both soft and well, grey, enough for the hat he’d like. It was perfect for a Woolly Wormhead hat that I’d been wanting to knit ever since I first saw it in

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Stitch it on, © Ingrid Murnane

A Little Mending

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Late last year, in preparation for the winter, I made a pair of French Press Slippers (ravelled here). They knitted up in an afternoon and were felted and ready to wear in a few days. I wore them, and wore them, and wore them. Can you guess what happened next? Yep. I’m fairly heavy on

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WIP Wednesday

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I’m sewing up my Mum’s Tempest cardigan in time to have the button band knitted and buttons sewn on for Mothering Sunday at the weekend. Don’t tell her, chaps!

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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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