tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1618351602345473442024-02-19T03:38:07.777+00:00Knitty GaloreA knitting blogKnitty Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03660508913945892394noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161835160234547344.post-65832374537998152812013-06-18T21:27:00.003+01:002013-06-18T21:29:56.897+01:00<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I do love making things for babies and got all carried away again because my friend is having twins. Unfortunately her babies won't need any woolly accessories as they shall land in Kuala Lumpur. I might have to knit them a fan instead :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My mumsy friends never tire of telling me that babies are wriggly little things that are forever shaking off their socks, hats, mits and the like. So when I was looking for a quick and cute pattern I was also looking for mittens that would stay on. Looking after little people is challenging enough as it is without the irritation of garments that keep falling off. I sourced a fab pattern that ticked all the boxes on Ravelry (where else?) called <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/soft-wave-baby-mittens" target="_blank">soft wave baby mittens</a> from Sunnyknits:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I adore the little wavy cuffs - maximum cuteness achieved! I had some Merino leftovers just enough to make the mittens and a matching hat. The hat is a single colour variation on my striped baby hat and you can find the pattern <a href="http://knittygalore.blogspot.co.uk/2013_05_01_archive.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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Knitty Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03660508913945892394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161835160234547344.post-12385408744470396542013-06-10T21:53:00.001+01:002013-06-10T21:56:40.099+01:00<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Thank you <a href="http://missdemeanourisonthemake.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Miss Demeanour</a> for nominating my little blog for the Liebster Award! I am VERY honoured indeed! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So what is the Liebster Award? It is given to up and coming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. Liebster is German and means sweetest, beloved, valued, endearing and welcome. How lovely! Blogging is about building a community and the Liebster Award is a great way to connect with other bloggers and help spread the word about newer blogs. </span><br />
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<i style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">1. Who would you get to play in the story of your life? </i></div>
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">That would have to be Christina Hendricks. Not because I look like her (I wish!) but because her fabulous sens of style in Mad Men is just absolutely mouthwatering. Hmmmm, maybe I just want her wardrobe.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">2. <i>Career wise what would your plan B be</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I have quite a stressful job and I often dream of miraculously generating an ample income by doing what I love most - making things. I also fantasise about winning the lottery which would allow me to do same.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">3. <i>Say you found yourself in a Quantum Leap type rol which enabled you to jump to any event in history, what would you choose?</i> </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I would be in the audience of this wonderful 1964 train track concert with the incredible Sister Rosetta Tharpe: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">4. <i>If you were coming on stage what would be your walk on tune? </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Tina Turner's Nutbush City Limits - hands down. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">5. <i>In Grease what character would you most like to play? </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Betty Rizzo because she is a bad girl with a soft spot and a fab outfit.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">6. <i>What skill would you most like to have? </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I wish I would feel as comfortable and confident with sewing as I do with knitting, but that is a long way away yet. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">7. <i>If you could make an outfit from a movie what would you choose? </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I would very much like to make Betty Grable's famous bathing suit and I'll have her figure too while we're at it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">8. <i>Do you have a recipe for something that never disappoints if so can I have it? </i> <i> </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My mum's Dutch vegetable soup with meatballs. Lord only knows what secret ingredients she puts in there, but it tastes amazeballs. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">9. <i>Can you recommend a good book you've read? </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My Antonia from Willa Cather. Published in 1918 but you'd never know it - I read it the whole thing in under two days. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">10. <i>What's guaranteed to make you laugh? </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The Calvin and Hobbes comics get me every time. I recommend a minimum of one a day to keep one's sanity in life. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">11. <i>If you could choose another name what would you go for?</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Why, Betty of course! What's not to love? Betty Boop, Betty Grable, Betty Draper - need I go on? <i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Ooeff. This is a toughy but I will give it a go.</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am a Dutchie! Only moved to Brighton about a year ago and have not regretted it for a single moment. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I started to knit 'properly' about two years ago and I wish I discovered it sooner. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My first project was a knitted fairisle Christmas ball. Perhaps a garter stitch scarf would have been more suitable. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We do not own a tv but I am absolutely obsessed with watching Mad Men on my laptop. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My boyfriend is a dedicated windsurfer and I hate wind as it messes up my hair.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I twirl my curls every morning when my hair is wet to get the ringlet effect.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Every month I write for an online music magazine about singles. Records that is, not people. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When I do not have sunshine for more than a week I start to wilt. Literally.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I love spicy foods.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My favourite people are my family and my darling boyfriend called Toast. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am of the humble opinion that the English cannot make proper bread. </span></li>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I love these blogs and I have no way of knowing if they actually have under 200 followers or not. I would say some probably have a lot more than that and if not they most certainly should do. I haven't quite managed 11 blogs but am going for quality rather than quantity :)</span></div>
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<li><a href="http://thevintagepatternfiles.blogspot.co.uk/" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;" target="_blank">The Vintage Pattern Files</a></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://moralfibres.co.uk/" target="_blank">Moral Fibres</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.whatyousow.co.uk/updates" target="_blank">What You Sow</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://ittakesballstoknit.com/" target="_blank">It Takes Balls To Knit</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://andthen-therewasgwen.blogspot.sg/" target="_blank">And Then There Was Gwen</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://marisafindlay.com/" target="_blank">Marisa Findlay Photography</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://fortiesknitter.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Forties Knitter</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Is there a moment in your life that you would like to 'rewind' and do over differently? </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What is your opinion on peanut butter and jam sandwiches? </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If you could be a car, which car would you be? </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What project have you always wanted to knit/crochet/sew but haven't plucked up the courage yet?</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Can you juggle? </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What creative project are you most proud of at the moment? </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Have you ever done something heroic and if so, what? </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Are you a natural fibres kind of person or do you not mind a bit of acrylic? </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What is your most essential appliance?</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Do you have an accent and if so, what is it? </span></li>
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Knitty Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03660508913945892394noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161835160234547344.post-17863384152173591782013-05-27T19:00:00.002+01:002013-05-27T19:00:55.489+01:00<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This hat fits a baby of 0 - 3 months old. The hat is knitted in the round using five double pointed needles, but can also be knitted on a circular needle if you prefer the magic loop technique. This is a basic pattern and leaves plenty of room to personalise to your liking. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It is a lovely quick knit and a wonderful gift for a newborn. I used Drops Baby Merino as it is soft on delicate baby skin also machine washable. </span></div>
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may make items to sell using this pattern, but you cannot
redistribute or re-sell the pattern in any form.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Materials
needed:</b></span></div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">DROPS
Baby Merino: 1 ball Dark Grey, 1 ball Off White.
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">5
double pointed 3 mm needles
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Tapestry
needle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Basic
pattern for hat:</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Cast
on 84 stitches with Off White and divide over 4 needles, 21 stitches
per needle. Because you are working in the round there is no need to
purl each second row to achieve stocking stitch. Join for working in
the round while taking care not to twist the stitches.
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1<sup>st</sup>
to 5<sup>th</sup>
round: knit 1, purl 1</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Join
in Dark Grey.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">6<sup>th</sup>
to 14<sup>th</sup>
round: knit</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Join
in Off White.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">15<sup>th</sup>
and 16<sup>th</sup>
round: knit</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Carry
up Dark Grey and join in.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">17<sup>th</sup>
to 25<sup>th</sup>
round: knit</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Join
in Off White.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">26<sup>th</sup>
and 27<sup>th</sup>
round: knit</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Carry
up Dark Grey and join in.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">28<sup>th</sup>
to 36<sup>th</sup>
round: knit</span></div>
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work should now measure approx. 10 cm from top to bottom.
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>The
Crown</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Join
in Off White.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">37<sup>th</sup>
round: knit 5, knit 2 together until end of round (72) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">38<sup>th</sup>
round: knit </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Carry
up Dark Grey and join in.
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">39<sup>th</sup>
round: knit 4, knit 2 together until end of round (60)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">40<sup>th</sup>
round: knit</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">41<sup>st</sup>
round: knit 3, knit 2 together until end of round (48)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">42<sup>nd</sup>
round: knit</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">43<sup>rd</sup>
round: knit 2, knit 2 together until end of round (36)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">44<sup>th</sup>
round: knit</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">45<sup>th</sup>
round: knit 1, knit 2 together until end of round (24)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">46<sup>th</sup>
round: knit</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">47<sup>th</sup>
round: knit 2 together until end of round (12)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">48<sup>th</sup>
round: knit 2 together until end of round (6)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">49<sup>th</sup>
round: knit 2 together until end of round (3)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Place
the 3 remaining stitches on 1 double pointed needle and join in Off
White.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Knit
an icord of approx. 5 cm and bind off, leaving a longish tail.
Knitting
an icord is very simple but can seem complicated when following
written instructions. The easiest way for learning to knit an icord
is following a Youtube tutorial, of which there are many.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>The loop</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">With the tapestry needle, insert the
tail of the icord through the top of the crown and pull the tip
slightly into the hat, making a neat little loop on the outside.
Weave in the tail on the inside of the hat to secure the loop.
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Weave in all ends and your Striped
Baby Hat is finished!</span></div>
Knitty Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03660508913945892394noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161835160234547344.post-64801022534109948842013-05-12T20:21:00.000+01:002013-05-12T20:51:06.106+01:00<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Crochet: DIY Washable Cotton Wool Pads</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Every so often I like to venture out and crochet a little. Especially when I find a lovely project such as this pattern here on </span><a href="http://moralfibres.co.uk/diy-reusable-cotton-wool-pads/#prettyPhoto" style="line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">Moral Fibres</a><span style="line-height: 18px;">. These fluffy cotton wool pads are soft on the skin and perfect for removing make-up. I love it that they are washable and therefore more sustainable than pads you just throw away. They're a quick and easy crochet for yourself or for a cute little gift. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I used up some leftover Twilley's Freedom Sincere Organic Cotton DK to make my pads and felt mighty sustainable about it. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Somehow I couldn't quite get the 8 puff stitches in the middle as suggested by the pattern. I tried, but it just seemed too many to all fit next to each other. Also, I wanted my pads a bit bigger in circumference, so decided to go for less puff stitches per row but add a third row. This is how mine came out: </span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If you want the pads to stay pristine, rub <a href="http://naturalspasupplies.co.uk/shop-2/hemp-soft-soap-or-olive-soft-soap-heavy-duty-eco-friendly-cleaning/" target="_blank">natural plant based soft soap</a> on the stains and let sit for an hour before throwing in with your other whites. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Wash at 60 degrees C and let either dry naturally or tumble dry for extra fluff.</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The pads will probably shrink a little, which makes it a good idea to make them slightly bigger than they need to be.</span></div>
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Knitty Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03660508913945892394noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161835160234547344.post-66362513627200113282013-05-12T19:03:00.001+01:002013-05-12T19:03:15.614+01:00<br />
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Knitty Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03660508913945892394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161835160234547344.post-75622218814121649082013-04-23T22:34:00.000+01:002013-04-24T20:33:55.628+01:00<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's all about the vintage patterns at the moment. I am sure it will pass someday, but for now I am going to try and conquer them until my heart is content. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My next victim is the Greenock Lacy Jumper. I purchased the pattern for just 1,50 GBP of the great www.fab40s.co.uk, somewhere <a href="http://www.fab40s.co.uk/Ladies4.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I love it because it just looks so gorgeous and wearable, not to mention the fab neckline. Don't know about the cat and the hairdo though, might leave those out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">14/4: Vintage pattern purchased from <a href="http://www.fab40s.co.uk/" style="color: #666666; cursor: pointer;" target="_blank">www.fab40s.co.uk</a>for 1,50 GBP.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">16/4: Yarn has arrived and the colour is lovely. The texture of the wool is VERY scratchy though. I’m a bit princess on the pea with what I like to wear next to my skin but I am going to give it a go. Knitted a swatch, washed it with shampoo and soaked it in conditioner which did soften the fabric. Then blocked.</span></div>
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Knitty Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03660508913945892394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161835160234547344.post-50218754401976274702013-04-23T10:51:00.003+01:002013-04-23T11:54:29.236+01:00<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Lookman Adekunle Salami has quite a story behind his name (and what a name it is)! If you're ever not knitting, read it <a href="http://lasalmi.get-ctrl.com/#/biography" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If you're doing vintage knitting it most definitely adds to the experience to listen to some vintage music. Your Feet's Too Big is a Fats Waller hit from 1939. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Funny story: Waller was kidnapped in Chicage leaving a performance in 1926. Four men bundled him into a car and took him to the Hawthorne Inn, owned by Al Capone. Waller was ordered inside the building, and found a party in full swing. Gun to his back, he was pushed towrds a piano, and told to play. A terrified Waller realised he was the 'surprise guest' at Capone's birthday party, and took comfort that the gangsters did not intend to kill him. When he left the Hawthorne Inn, he was very drunk, extremely tired, and had earned thousands of dollars in cash from Capone and other party-goers as tips. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's lovely to be indoors crafting with a hot beverage on the table while the rain is hitting your windows. Wintery weather adds to the overall cosiness, especially when there is also a log fire involved. However, after 6 months of winter I am now completely over it and would like to take my knitting to the beach, with Warm & Easy by The 2 Bears on the headphones. </span><br />
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Knitty Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03660508913945892394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161835160234547344.post-88716396649933612502013-04-19T23:17:00.000+01:002013-05-01T22:28:51.131+01:00<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Nothing quite brings the past to life like vintage knitting. The designs are often beautiful and delicate, the patterns fascinating and intricate. Yarn was fine and needles were thin, making knitting a very time consuming way to make your own clothes. However, in a time without TV or social media a lady had plenty of time to invest in stitching a garment that would be loved for years. In those days clothes were a precious asset, and making your own was sometimes the only way to get your hands on a fashionable item. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I can totally see where these girls were coming from. To wear a jumper that you knitted yourself gives an intense amount of satisfaction and joy. Every stitch you put in it makes it personal to you. Out of all the garments in my wardrobe these are the ones that are treated with the most care and respect. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Anyway, let's not get carried away. But there really is something quite special about knitting from a pattern that so many women have knitted before you, all those years ago. Not to put too morbid a point on it, but these women are probably no longer with us. Just like the designers, the models, the yarns and the garments themselves. Everything has disappeared but the pattern and YOU can bring it back to life again. There are purists out there who knit the exact original, and there certainly is a lot to be said for that. That is, if you have a figure that allows you to do that. But if you're taller, bigger or bustier than most pre or post war girls (which we usually are nowadays) you will probably need to make some amendments. For example, I always make the bodice 10 cm longer because I prefer the ribbing to rest on my hips rather than in my middle. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I was totally in love with the tie neck jumper in the photo. It just had to be mine. I was quite intimidated by the adjustments I needed to make to make it fit my figure, but I embarked on it anyway. You can find the free pattern <a href="http://www.vintagepurls.co.nz/Downloads/Stitchcraft171TieNeckJumper.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. While you're at it, do check these <a href="http://www.skiffvintageknittingpatterns.co.uk/vintage-knitting-pattern-tips/" target="_blank">Vintage Knitting Pattern Tips & Tricks</a> from Geraldine Warner, they helped me a LOT. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">24/3: Still doing the body as with moss stitch this takes forever. Although I have taken this opportunity to practise my k1 p1 continental style which really knits up a lot quicker. I am tallish and would like the ribbing to reach hips, so will probably be doing about 40 cm before armhole shaping instead of the suggested 30 cm. Watching 'Bomb Girls' while knitting to keep in forties atmosphere :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">11/4: Not a fan of lots of seams so after seaming up the shoulders and the tie I decided to pick up the stitches for the sleeves. Picked up 69 stitches (almost) evenly around each armhole. Decided against puff sleeves because I thought it would make my shoulders probably look too broad. Using the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdSpc0EZpnk" target="_blank">Magic Loop</a> technique I did <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LGxRbCfE4Y" target="_blank">wrap and turn short rows</a> in moss stitch between 11 stitches from the top left and 11 stitches from the top right, continuing until I had 12 stitches on each side from the bottom of the armhole. Then I worked in the round and completed the sleeves just above the elbow. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am lucky enough to have found an amazingly lovely group of girls to knit with every Thursday evening. Us knitters do love to huddle together, natter and partake in the occasional alcoholic beverage. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Welcome! My name is Knitty Galore.</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A few years ago I learned how to knit and absolutely loved it. It has since become an all encompassing life-size obsession. When I should be sleeping, I am knitting. Or sieving through the internets trying to discover more knitting. It is astounding how many people selflessly share their patterns, projects, reviews, experience, knowledge and tips & tricks. If it wasn't for those people I would still be making my wonky garter stitch scarf. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I've noticed the bigger the challenge the bigger the reward. I now love saying 'I made that' while trying to look all modest (but looking annoyingly smug instead).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">There is only one thing I love just as much as knitting, and that is talking about it. What a happy coincidence that it's quite possible to do both at the same time. But still not able to fully satisfy my perpetual desire to think, talk and breath knitting I decided to blog about it. That way, I don't have to have a real pair of ears in the vicinity to share around my woolly blurbs. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This blog is about knitting and whatever else you might dig up here. I hope some little gems. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There are some lovely patterns available on Ravelry, some free, some not. I have listed a few of my projects below, with a link under the image to the Ravelry Page where the pattern can be sourced. </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/schoolboy-baby-booties" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">For paid pattern click here</span></b></a></div>
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