Category Archives: Knitting

Is it a shark? Is it a tortoise wearing a knitted fin?

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I reckon it’s the latter. Probably (via the Metro)

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Donna Air, the Middletons and the case of the missing knitting.

“Donna Air, who has been linked to James Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge’s younger brother, always told Mandrake that she wasn’t ready for knitting and slippers,” says the Telegraph.

Oh Donna. Don’t you know you can shag the hell out of a Middleton and STILL dabble in a bit of knit one, purl one?

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Knit yourself a boyfriend.

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Yes, ladies and gents, if you so wanted (and had the skills and patience of artist Noortje de Keijzer), you too could knit yourself a bloke (via incrediblethings.com).

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(In other, related news, today is my lovely boyfriend’s birthday. Happy birthday J.)

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Knit your own royal baby? Not yet, thank you.

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Saw this in Time Out this morning. Eeek! I know Fiona Goble and the lovely Ivy Press wanted to be the first with this pattern but, god forbid, something happens (which it can, and does), it’d be shit to have a pattern for a baby that never made it.

Yep, I’m mega superstitious about these things, especially when it comes to making stuff for babies. Sozza.

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Mia Wasikowska needs lessons in cool.

“I love knitting. Oops, maybe I shouldn’t have said that, it’s not good for my image,” femalefirst.co.uk reports.

Whatevs Wasik, whatevs.

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Tina Selby, we salute you

She’s just knitted her 1000th hat for soldiers in Afghanistan.  (via the BBC)

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The Return of the Craft Stereotype.

Thanks, The Mirror, for this journalistic gem: “I’m knitting myself into an early old age”

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Tonight is a craft night.

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1. Finishing a spot of knitting by Tottenham Court Road.

2. Drinking wine with Elisabeth Roulleux, the haute couture embroidery tutor at Central Saint Martins, who appears in my book.

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Knit for Pussy Riot!

I wondered how long it would take for someone to do this (via The Drum)

Knitting Pussy Riot

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Craft your own Olympians (and Beckham)

Knit Usain Bolt.

Cross stitch David Beckham.

Knit Jessica Ennis.

Knit Cathy Freeman.

Cross stitch Ryan Giggs.

(For all your Olympian knitting needs, you need The Olympknits or The Knitlympics.)

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