In this case, having your photo taken wearing the latest hat and scarf that your girlfriend’s just knitted.

Paul’s not mad keen on having his photo taken, but he agreed to let me snap away just this once, so I could have a fabulously manly picture to show off the hat and scarf sets.
These hats and [...]

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Well, okay, not yet they’re not.
But those are the plans for this little pile of goodies from Colinette:

Isis, shade Summer Berries - 100% viscose chenille type
This one’s going to be a plain scarf, I think. It’s pointless trying to work a stitch pattern in chenille yarn, and the velvety soft finish should be interesting enough.
Tagliatelli, [...]

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Yes, it’s that time of year again!
I’ve worn my woolly hat and scarf two or three times now, which makes me wonder whether there are any of you out there with cold heads and necks… or maybe you have a chilly friend or relative who might appreciate a nice woolly Christmas present? 
So, Hand Knit Hats [...]

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This week I seem to be absolutely drowning in wool. Not that this is any kind of complaint, you understand!
A friend of mine was having a clearout of her yarn stash, and kindly passed on a few goodies that she thought I might like.

These are two sock yarns. The purple one is by Opal, and [...]

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Ever wondered what an entire kilo of Colinette Point 5 looks like?

Well, now you know!
 
It used to be the most enormous jumper, one that I knitted for Paul a few years ago. It’s hardly been worn, so I decided it was time to reclaim the wool and turn it into something else. I’ve promised to [...]

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I’m in the process of knitting a variation on Colinette’s Madelene pattern. It’s in the Parisienne book, but I’m knitting it with Banyan instead. I succumbed to a bargain lot of Banyan on Ebay, and I quite fancied a loosely-knitted cotton jumper for the summer. The colourway is Neptune.
 
This is the back, and it feels [...]

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