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    Acrylic sweater blocking disaster + current WIP

    July 5, 2018 /

    Hey friends! It’s been a while since I published a post. My absence is all down to having a rough third trimester of my pregnancy and also welcoming our baby in early June. I was able to do some knitting and crocheting though, and even packed one of my knitting…

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The crochet hook made me so it 👀 but daaaaang, The crochet hook made me so it 👀 but daaaaang, look at that colour combo 😍😍.

Made good progress on this project since yesterday. It’s one of those ones that you just can’t put down once you start 😍😍.

Happy hump day you guys!!
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Pattern: Asymmetrical crochet shawl (Soon come).
Yarn: Malabrigo Rios in Anniversario and Pearl.
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Me thinks this colour combo is going to be lit 🔥.

Whatchu fink?
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4️⃣1️⃣ trips around our closest star☀️ 4️⃣1️⃣ trips around our closest star☀️🎂🎂. One of my sisters asked me yesterday if I’m feeling like 41 and I told her “nah, more like 25 still!”. Hehee! Ever grateful to God for His goodness and grace! I really am what I am by God’s grace and mercies 🙏🏽.
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I’m celebrating this birthday with an occupant 🤰🏽and the reason I have been so unwell for so long! I am sooo chuffed to share this with you as many of you followed me on my pregnancy journey when I was pregnant with baby number 2 and I believe we got two (or maybe three) baby blanket patterns through that process…hahaaa! Let’s see how many we get this time, eh?
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To celebrate my birthday, I have set up a 48 hour sale on Ravelry for you to get 40% off your purchase (cos 41% is such a weird percentage!). No code required, just add your purchase and you’re good to go! Link to my Ravelry shop in bio. Happy shopping 🛒!!
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Ever grateful for you all! 🙌🏽🙌🏽.
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Every time I pick up this project, I think to myse Every time I pick up this project, I think to myself “I really should use more greys”. There’s just something about greys and knitwear/crochet wear…or is it just me?
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Hallos my lovelies! It’s been nearly three weeks since I last posted on my feed 😱. I had a two week annual leave from work and for the first time ever, I also took the entire two weeks off business related things. It was time off that I didn’t think I needed but it did me a world of good. Being unwell also meant that I couldn’t entertain feelings of freaking out about being away for too long cos I just didn’t have the energy to do much.
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I’ve had a lovely staycation with the famalam and it’s back to work this week plus counting down to my birthday in two days time 💃🏽💃🏽♍️.

How have you been? Missed me 😊😊?
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It’s the colour contrast for me 😍😍😍. 
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Had to blitz through my Easy Lace Panel top for the @radiclethreads July MAL cos I was so behind. Nearly there now. Just need to dunk (block) 😊 the panels, sew them up and finish up the little sleeves - no pressure 😮‍💨😮‍💨🧘🏽‍♀️🧘🏽‍♀️.
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Did you join the MAL? I would love to see your top, so make sure you tag me and @radiclethreads. Also use #RadTMAL in your post 🙌🏽🙌🏽.
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Pattern: Easy Lace Panel (pattern available in all my shops).
Yarn: Hand dyed by @thirdvaultyarns.
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If you’re knitting a top down yoke sweater and y If you’re knitting a top down yoke sweater and you don’t take a flat lay photo of the yoke, are you even knitting a top down yoke sweater?? 🤣🤣🤣.
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On a serious note though, I’m always searching the yoke sweater hashtag cos I love seeing all the gorgeous yoke flat lays.

Happy new week you fabulous lot! Hope you have a good one!
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Yarn: Malabrigo Rios in Frank Ochre.
Pattern: Soon come!
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Any c2c lovers on my feed 🙋🏽‍♀️? I fin Any c2c lovers on my feed 🙋🏽‍♀️? I find that I have seasons where all I want to do is crochet c2c. There’s something about the rhythm of the c2c stitch that just gets me lost in the euphoria of it. Anyone else feel this way?

Happy “nearly the weekend” day, my friends! I count Fridays as part of the weekend, can’t help it 🤷🏽‍♀️🙈.

Pattern: The Little Bubba c2c graphgan blanket (pattern available in all my shops - link in bio).
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I. Just. Couldn’t. Resist. Casting. On 🙈🙈. I. Just. Couldn’t. Resist. Casting. On 🙈🙈. Had to try this yarn out…would have been wrong not to 😉.

Happy weekend, my friends!

Yarn: 500g Merino DK Hank from @woolyknit.
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Finally got my act together and graded this beaut Finally got my act together and graded this beaut of a cocoon cardi…yaaaay! Should hopefully go to testers soon, once I finish typing up the pattern.

It’s a loooot of fun to make 😍😍.
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Pattern: Spring Breeze Crochet Cocoon Cardi (thanks to @ctyl05 - I’ll send you a copy of the pattern when it’s released 🙌🏽. A massive thank you to everyone who suggested a name).
Yarn: Malabrigo Worsted.
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Let me tell you a little story about these gorgeou Let me tell you a little story about these gorgeous chunks of yarn from @woolyknit. I mean, look at the size of them! 🧶🧶🧶.

So, the fab trio of @thewoolmontyshow shared their #MontyAtHome hauls the other day and I was immediately drawn to the huge hanks of yarn in each of their hauls 😍😍. At the time, I had started swatching for a pattern and wasn’t liking the yarn I was knitting with and just somehow knew that this yarn from @woolyknit was THE ONE.

Long story short, I received my happy mail yesterday and I am not disappointed at all! 

So, a huge thank you to Rosie, Mand and Debbie of @thewoolmontyshow for sharing their hauls and a huge thank you to @woolyknit for these gorgeous and squishilicious (oooooh, what a word!) yarn 😍😍🙌🏽🙌🏽.

THE END 😊😊.
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Yarn: 500g Merino DK Hank from @woolyknit.
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