Monthly Archives: August 2010

Dropping in

I’m afraid not much knitting has been happening here at Casa Lotusblossom Knits in terms of knitting. The baktus I started a while back and which had been ziping a long nicely stalled to a halt when I realised that … Continue reading

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Etsy update

Just a quick note – I’ve updated my shop on etsy with some delicious hand dyed yarn. I’m hoping to get some more up there tonight. You can access the shop through my etsy shop widget on the side bar.

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Sometimes it good to get out

This afternoon we all wandered into our local town. Mr LBK has a free workshop at apple for his MacBook. Unfortunately it was so busy that he spent half an hour trying to attract someone ‘s attention to find out … Continue reading

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Showing off…

So my phone finally died on me after a long service and quite a battering. This left me without a mobile. Seeing as my other half has had an iPhone for some time and seeing as iPhone 4′s have just … Continue reading

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Knitting Link Round Up

It’s been some time since the last one. Here are just a few of the links which have caught my eye: It’s Elizabeth Zimmermann’s birthday! Funnily enough I’m knitting one of her patterns at the moment. Can you guess which … Continue reading

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Indecision

So, for some time I’ve been happily knitting along on a sock. I was using collinette jitterbug (in the fire colourway?). Having taken a ridiculous amount of time to get through nearly one sock I stop to take a good … Continue reading

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Morning – Hand Dyed Yarns listed on Etsy

I’ve been awake since 4.30am! I think I might be a bit a bit of an insomniac … So I decided to do something useful and start listing some yarns on Etsy. Listing is slow going (well it is for … Continue reading

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Knitting Link Goodness

Have not done one of these posts for some time! Here are a few things that have been catcing my eye / attention over the past couple of weeks. Flyngmunky talks socks, lots and lots of luscious beautiful socks … … Continue reading

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A week in Wiltshire

We’ve just returned from a week’s family holiday in Wiltshire. We stayed in a self catering cottage near Bradford on Avon along with my brother in law, his wife and my sister in law. A great time was had by … Continue reading

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Actual Knitting Content

This may be hard to believe, but I have actually been knitting … It’s a gift for a little someone due in October. Here’s another shot … I’m now much further along. The second sleeve is almost finished. More pictures … Continue reading

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