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Books, books, books

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Marie Irshad — 2 Comments ↓

Just a small sampling of some of my books I sorted through some of my books yesterday and found a few shelves worth to give away, not the ones above Continue Reading →

Posted in Books, Knitting | Tagged Aice Munro, Alice Hoffman, Alice Walker, Alison Lurie, Armistead Maupin, Knitting, reading | 2 Comments ↓

Busy Baking

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Marie Irshad — 4 Comments ↓

So, the first non-bank-holiday day of my week off and I’ve been editing this month’s KnitCast and doing some baking. For years I yearned of making large, moist, chewy  chocolate Continue Reading →

Posted in Food and Drink, Knitting, Podcasting | Tagged chocolate chip cookies, ginger, Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall, KnitCast, Knitting, socks, Soxie | 4 Comments ↓

The Joy of Soxie

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Marie Irshad — Leave a reply

I’ve had a knitting dilemma. You see although I want to knit more complicated things like the cabled Snapdragon Tam and the Pia Laceweight Pullover I’ve found that they’re pretty Continue Reading →

Posted in Knitting | Tagged Knitting, New York, Pia Lcaeweight Pullover, Sea Port Yarns, Snapdragon Tam, socks, Soxie | Leave a reply

Yarn from Far Places…

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Marie Irshad — 5 Comments ↓

My paper copy of Northern Knits by Lucinda Guy arrived on Monday and while thumbing through it I remembered that I wanted to knit the cover design, the lovely and Continue Reading →

Posted in Knitting, Podcasting | Tagged KnitCast, Knitting, lace weight, Lucinda Guy, Northern Knits, Ullcentrum Öland | 5 Comments ↓

I Really am Still Knitting…

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Marie Irshad — Leave a reply

No, really I am. Look here… This is a Purl SoHo beret in progress I haven’t touched my Snapdragon Tam in a while because I’ve had problems reading the pattern. Continue Reading →

Posted in Gardening, Knitting | Tagged ash cloud, eBay auctions, Gardening, Purl SoHo Beret, ravelry, Sanpdragon Tam, Sheep to Sock, Ysolda | Leave a reply

Blog connections

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Marie Irshad — 1 Comment ↓

I met up with my friend Heather a couple of weeks ago. We met via this blog nearly seven years ago. She was learning to knit and was having trouble. Continue Reading →

Posted in Cats, Knitting | Tagged stitch'n'bitch cardiff | 1 Comment ↓

Garden Makeover in Progress…

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Marie Irshad — 1 Comment ↓

Before I rediscovered knitting I had another obsession – gardening. I would tend to my garden daily and grew all sorts of things from seed. And then the yarn came Continue Reading →

Posted in Books, Gardening, Knitting, Podcasting | Tagged before and after, brambles, Emma, garden, Gardening, vegetable plot | 1 Comment ↓

Season's Greetings

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Marie Irshad — 1 Comment ↓

It’s my first Christmas at Doug’s, we started seeing each other just before Christmas last year. I’m writing this on my main present from him, a HP mini netbook in Continue Reading →

Posted in Knitting | Tagged beret, Knitting, mini sweater, Sewing, socks, urchin, Xmas | 1 Comment ↓

Guerrilla Knitting gallery

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Marie Irshad — Leave a reply

Old news to some, but I found this gallery of Guerrilla Knitting today which includes images like this rather more striking than usual, tank. I’ve never knit anything quite so Continue Reading →

Posted in Knitting | Tagged Guerrilla Knitting, Knitting | Leave a reply

Moving to WordPress

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Marie Irshad — Leave a reply

Well, I’ve just begun the process of moving my blog over to WordPress. Still a lot to do. I have to pick a design since it’s currently sporting the default Continue Reading →

Posted in Knitting, Uncategorized | Tagged Knitting, WordPress | Leave a reply

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