Blogs — Eleanor
Feelings About Garms
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It's not the jumpers fault that some people are arseholes...
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A Pastel Dream!
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Over a year ago I saw a story on Mahliqa Jewellery's instagram stories which featured a group of people at her stall at a fibre festival. They were all smiling and the sort of dishevelled that only a yarn festival can cause. One of the subjects was wearing the most beautiful granny square jumper in the entire world. I literally gasped and took a screen shot straight away - but I needn't have because the image is still absolutely in my mind. So gorgeous. It was made of simple granny squares, crocheted in shades of creams/beiges with rounds of deep reds, russets, army...
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Allow Me to Show Off Just a Little...
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I MADE A REALLY NICE JUMPER AND I MADE IT UP MORE OR LESS! So, Dr Chris is working over in Sweden at the minute and so I've been thinking of knitting him something lovely in wool for a little while. Two (now three...) weeks ago, I got chatting to a gorgeous customer about fairisle projects, I can't even remember what was said honestly but she totally inspired me and I cast something on that very night! I knew I wanted to do a top down, I knew I wanted it to be based on the navy colour in the King...
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- Tags: body positivity, colourwork, Eleanor, fairisle, finished object, knitting, nottingham, wool aran
The Newish Reddish Top
Posted by Eleanor Burke on
You wouldn't know this but I do actually finish some projects. Once upon a time, in the old blog and vlog, I used to update you when I started, as I was going and then when I finished. I was spurred on to finish so that I could show you all what I was up to and somehow, as the shop got busier that just waned a little until I got to the point where I was like - does anybody actually want to know?! Especially when a swatch and an excited post will be enough to sell something online...
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Thoughts on Gauge Swatches
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There's no morality to this - you're not working out if you're a good knitter or crocheter, or a bad one. There's no right or wrong way to knit or crochet - unless it's hurting you - it doesn't matter if you're tight or loose it just matters that the end result, and the process, is enjoyable to you.