Alana Dakos’s Mystery Shawl Knit-a-long

As I still have not manage to motivate myself to knit a big shawl and Alana Dakos (Never Not Knitting) launched a Mystery Shawl knit-a-long, I thought this was the perfect time to just take the challenge! I have been following Alanas work for some time; I am very fond of her “Botanical knits” but…

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A “spinning” gift for Christmas

This was “the gift of the year” 2015 in our family; my husband gave me a turkish spindle! And lots of wool… The spindle is from Jenkins woodworks of the type “Aegen spindle” made of Hawthorne. It is so beautiful and delicate! And I like the decoration with the two small Ladybirds, makes it very personal.I was…

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