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More Jelly
Update on the jelly making! Using my new jars. Lavender Jelly While the previous elderflower jelly could have jellied a bit more this lavender stuff I tried out can hardly be called a jelly at all. This seems to be a cycle for me every time I try cooking a new thing. First time it [...]
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Blue knitting loves crochet top
The first thing I began knitting last year was a project that combines knitting and crochet. The Dressed-up Tank Top from Candi Jensen’s ‘Knitting Loves Crochet’ was a fun project with very simple knitting in sand-stitch and some slightly more complex crochet work. Have a look at the project on Ravelry!
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Interested in weaving, spinning or dyeing
This August the Hampshire Weavers, Spinners and Dyers (WSP) Guild are celebrating their 60th Anniversary with the exhibition “Jubilations” from the 17th-30th August (10.00-17.00) at the Great Hall in Winchester. Admission is free. Come along and enjoy weaving, spinning and dyeing demonstrations, learn about the techniques and see what the members have created over the [...]
Birka pattern
The pattern for the Birka 22 is published by Carolyn Priest-Dorman, 1993. Birka 22 can also be found in in Geijer, Agnes. 1938. Birka III, Die Textilfunde aus den gräbern. The pattern is shown here as 20 cards wide. You can add 8, 16 and 24 cards by copying the x-marked pattern again and again. [...]
Wavy pattern
One of my first projects which I first started backwards. It wasn’t till I was halfway through I realized that the back was much nicer than the front, and that it probably was how it was supposed to be.
Mammen pattern
The knot work pattern on the right is from Guntrams fantastic tablet weaving program. The piece in the left is a double face pattern, thought to be on the woolen Mammen piece from Danish Viking Age. I have tried to figure the pattern out for a while and finally I succeeded. It is in the book: [...]
Bertie’s Impossible Pie
This is a pie I learned to make from my mother many, many years ago. It is so simple to make and the reason for the name is that before you bake it seems absolutely impossible that the gloopy mess you have will ever become anything tasty let alone anything resembling a pie. Ingredients 4 [...]
Jelly, Jelly, Jelly…
I do love herb jellies. So much so that I decided to try and make my own. Here is how I made my own Rosemary and Elderflower jellies: Rosemary Jelly Pick some rosemary (I used 8 generous size stalks for 7 jars or jelly. Peel the rosemary leaves of the stalks (Save the top 4 [...]
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LEGO advent calendar
Since I was a child I have had this fabulous advent calendar that my grandmother cross-stitched for me. When I was a child my parents would tie 24 presents to it and I would open one every day up till Christmas. When my two siblings and I got older we would put one of our [...]
Yummy Walnuts