Nana (K)nits for Nola

Here’s a little girl in a new sweater knit by Nana (that would be moi), clowning for the camera. There was some gagnam-style dancing, then just a descent into general silliness (or should that be…

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Shetland Island on My Little Island . . .

As promised, Jamieson and Smith dispatched my order (and with impressive dispatch too, I might add — the package arrived at the same time as my new Bompard sweaters and I don’t have to tell…

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Give you a Hand?

Thought I’d wake you up this Saturday morning with a bit of pattern-mixing! My newly-completed Camilla mittens (pattern free, from the wonderful Spillyjane Knits ) I’m reasonably pleased with how these turned out — I’d wanted…

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New Year Knits . . .

While we’re unrolling our plans for the year, as I began to do here (travel) and here (running), and while other bloggers are talking about online shopping (Les Soldes!, flannel pyjamas) or about what new…

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It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas, no?

EDITED TO ADD: This post was written BEFORE we learned that our ferry was cancelled due to “Adverse Weather Conditions” — i.e. high winds AND BEFORE I looked out the window to see snow coming down…

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