Tag Archives: Gifts

Birthday Pressies!

It was my birthday yesterday…I got some truly amazing presents, including a knitted shawl from Wonder-Gran and a book on the history of knitting! JS thoroughly spoiled me! That’s all for now… Much love, Corrie xx « Previous Taking the blanket home!   … Continue reading

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Water molecules and a broken tooth…

This weekend, JS and I went to Kent to go to the engagement party of his friend, Miss PhD Chemist, to her fiancé, Mr PhD Chemist. Original names, I know…it’s relevant, honest! JS and I spent a while brainstorming about what … Continue reading

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Accessorising!

Hello, hope everyone is OK on this grey morning! I haven’t much to report, still really busy at work and keeping myself occupied with plenty of knitting projects. I’ve just ordered a load of accessories from Hobbycraft — circular magnets, … Continue reading

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More Hand-Warmers!

Hey everyone, I hope you’ve had a fabulous weekend, and are enjoying Sunday. It’s extremely grey and cold in London this morning — I’m sitting at my desk with a hot-water bottle, huge fluffy pink slippers, a jester hat I … Continue reading

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Christmas 2011 — the last!

In my last post I had to cut off early because I had to go to dinner. I just thought I would quickly add the last of it, for the sake of completeness — and the last of the Christmas … Continue reading

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A VERY Happy Christmas

I think the last few weeks has been the longest I’ve gone in absolutely ages without updating a blog of some description at all. Very, very Happy New Year to everyone, and I hope your Christmases were all you wished … Continue reading

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Milestone Two – Illusion Knitting

I love Harry Potter — that’s a well-known fact about me, and if you didn’t know that before, you do now! At uni, I met my dear friend Grumpy*, someone I bonded with quickly on account of (amongst other things) … Continue reading

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Milestone One — Endless Striped Gloves

You’ve had a rather general overview of who I am in About Me, and a description of the start of my knitting adventures. The next step will be a chronological progression through some of the projects I’ve done, to get … Continue reading

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Sorting!!

JS likes to joke that when you put me in a room full of things to sort out, I get all excited and scurry around in the manner of our old hamster*, cleaning and tidying and getting all involved in … Continue reading

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Secret Santa with Music Friends

Sunday was my first proper Christmas celebration of the year, with a Secret Santa lunch in Wetherspoons, followed by a trek to one of some friends’ house for dessert, parlour games and quartet. We were a bit disorganised this year, … Continue reading

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