Tag: pattern writing
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of raglans and being human
How are you Yorlin knitters getting along? While a few lovely cardigans have already appeared as finished projects, many of you are knitting at an appropriately leisurely summer pace, familiarising yourself with the lace panel while working the upper body. A couple of knitter’s questions regarding the raglans have prompted me to tell you about…
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Have you knit this pattern?
Do you recognise this pattern? Did you knit it or do you know someone who did? You may know it as Patons 893, or 1085, or H283, or simply as the tree of life pattern (under which name it is still being sold today on eBay). Did you knit it, or receive it in its…
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the grumbling hive
The title comes from Bernard Mandeville’s 1705 poem of the same name. Its only relevance here is that I have bees on the brain, and because, since I am feeling peaky (again) there’s been a bit of grumbling going on in this particular hive. Bees on the brain, you say? What’s that about, then? (landing…