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Everything that isn’t yarn and dyeing related. Life the universe and everything. Drinking tea and chasing feral children!

Merton Abbey Mills

For some time I have been researching starting my business and testing the waters by selling a few skeins of my hand dyed yarn here and there, consequently I’ve set up a small shop Etsy to sell those yarns. In … Continue reading

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Holiday Weekend

This bank holiday week end we were busy bee’s.  We took a trip down to the beautiful city of Winchester and spent all day exploring. We arrived early, parked up and began our adventure. Imagine my delight on discovering that tucked away in the … Continue reading

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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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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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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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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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Patience

I’m not very good at it, I want everything now. I’m currently waiting for a new charger for my camera as we have managed to lose the old one. It should be here in the next couple of days, hopefully … Continue reading

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The DivaPrincessSuperstar and the Monkey

I know every parent thinks their children are fantastic but sometimes a girl just has to show off! It’s been a scary, challenging, hilarious, frustrating ride being a parent but worth it. Lalitha (Lally) continues to amaze us with her … Continue reading

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