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More sweater yarn and the first day in the garden

See and download the full gallery on posterous Today I decided to give this pink lambswool blouse a go to make some yarn out of it. The thing is though that this makes for very thin yarn once it is unravelled – 24 st pr inch. So it will have to be 3-plied using the [...]

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Some more hearts for the garland

See the full gallery on posterous   I began my heart garland about a week ago on the first TAD day and today I made a couple more and I now have 5 all together. I only have 7 days left to make some more for the A World in Love project (described below).  Are you [...]

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Preparing yarn for dyeing

See the full gallery on posterous Today I have been rather busy tidying my recycled sweater yarn on Ravelry and adding yarn to Grey Duckling. I have also been preparing this yellow yarn today. The yellow yarn is form a cotton sweater and I am planning to dye it with onion peel to get a [...]

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Recycling jars and making rosemary jelly

See and download the full gallery on posterous Today I decided to use some of the jars I have been saving by making some Rosemary Jelly to put in them. I have posted before on Roued is… about making Jelly. For me it is most definitely not a precise science.  When it was all done [...]

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