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Slouchy Hats Off To You!

nobody@vox.com(Sarah) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:17:51 +1200

I mentioned last month that I was signed up for another hat swap - this time it was a "slouchy hat" to be swapped. Well, my partner and I have now exchanged our hats (in fact, they both arrived today). The pattern I used for Lisa's hat was the ...

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Beanies For KidsCan - Beanies Everywhere

nobody@vox.com(Sarah) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:32:58 +1200

I've been a pretty busy knitter, and am now working on my 23rd beanie for KidsCan! When I've finished this one, I'll have one for every hour of the telethon - I'm pretty darn happy with that! And I've not been the only busy one - I've collected ...

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Beanies Galore

nobody@vox.com(Sarah) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:15:19 +1200

Since taking this photo I've finished the yellow (with assorted stranded stitches) beanie, and so I now have 11 finished beanies! If I get my act together (after a day of laundry, tidying and finishing up a few other projects) and knit another ...

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Audiobooks, Good & Not So Good

nobody@vox.com(Sarah) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:12:24 +1200

If, like me, you enjoy listening to a good audiobook - and happen to enjoy contemporary romantic comedies with heart - then I thoroughly recommend Susan Elizabeth Phillips' Match Me If You Can, and Natural Born Charmers. These a great books, and ...

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Rediscovering Art

nobody@vox.com(Sarah) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:21:26 +1200

When I first moved to Devonport, almost three years ago, I was excited to see that I was within walking distance of the Community House. Walking distances are important when you don't drive, you see, and I was keen to get involved in some activit...

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Beanies One, Two & Three

nobody@vox.com(Sarah) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:41:16 +1200

As I mentioned in m previous post, I'm knitting beanies for KidsCan, and want to see how many I can knit up until the end of the Big Night In telethon - a big knit in? I'm shooting for one a day, so I should have at least 23 by the 9th of Augus...

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Beanies For KidsCan

nobody@vox.com(Sarah) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:53:04 +1200

If you visited a Knit World store last year, you may have seen growing piles of kids beanies, donated during their promotion for the KidsCan StandTall Charitable Trust. Well, that campaign is long over and over 15,000 hats were donated (only the...

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Projects: Cabled Jacket & Booties

nobody@vox.com(Sarah) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:17:23 +1200

While it's certainly not the only project I am actively working on, the One Button Cabled Jacket I'm knitting in Patons Inca is the defintely the one I've made the most progress on in the shortest period of time. I cast on on Saturday, and am now...

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Hats Off To You!

nobody@vox.com(Sarah) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:16:12 +1200

It had been a while since I had participated in a swap on Ravelry - the last one was a bag swap, I think. So, when I spotted a new group for swapping hats, with a quick turnaround (we had a month), I jumped on in! (There are a lot of Ravelry boun...

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Knitting In The City

nobody@vox.com(Sarah) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:24:37 +1200

Looking for something to do on a Tuesday night in downtown Auckland? For a while now, we Knit Rangers (see our group on Ravelry) have been having an irregular winos session (so named for the it's random scheduling and location, and beverage consu...

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