the geeky knitter

Boy, it's been a long, tiring and fun weekend! I went up to Newcastle to stay with my brother Neil and his girlfriend, along with Ben, my sister and her boyfriend and we headed into Durham for th...

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Good Sunday evening to you dear readers - I do hope your week and weekend have been lovely, and like me you are relaxing at home with homemade cookies, watching QI, and looking forward to the n...

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Last weekend, I traveled down to London to head to The Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace with Mary and Sacha, and because I'm trying to save money / I've outgrown my discount ra...

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You may recall a little while ago, at the beginning of this year, that I wrote a review for Pavilion Books' rather quietly racy book Nudinits, which I was very happy to do, and still to this day...

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Last year was my first trip to the (in)famous yarn extravaganza called Yarndale, and as soon as it was over I just couldn't wait to get back there, particularly after a year in my job wit...

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We'll get right to it - I've been a stranger these past couple of months and I'm sorry, shall we start a new for autumn, the best season in the year? Run up to Christmas, such such excuses to s...

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In case you hadn't noticed, I am a touch behind on my knit-along squares, or at least I am a little behind in keeping the blog up-to-date. In fairness to me, today I am bringing you part 5 ...

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 No beating about the bush with this blog post title - I made a wedding outfit for my pals' wedding this month, and I'm finally getting round to bragging, ba boom. Oh, mildy unrelated brag to...

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Carrying on with the #enchantedcottagkal with Knit Now , this month's square is, in actual fact, a crochet square - right up my street! A few knitters might feel a little perturbed that one squ...

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I've finally pulled my geeky-superhero-socks up and have a post to round up my swap with my partner/s! If you want to find out how other swappers got on, make sure to check out the hashtags on In...

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Yesterday I was out with lots of wonderful ladies for my friend Beth's Hen Do, and it was a magnificent day filled with a life drawing class, games, a murder mystery dinner, and of course, so-...

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Happy Sunday dear readers and knitters, how does this sunny day find you all? This post is a little different today, but I hope it will be something that you are interested in and will find it ...

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  Hello, hello, hello lovely readers - it's been a little bit of time since we last exchanged words across the vast world wide web. How have you been? I've been busy, mildly stressed, but pr...

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The next issue of Knit Now came out this week, which means it's part 2 of the #EnchantedCottagKAL! I told you all about the beginning of the knit along last month , which will result in a lov...

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I am much more on the ball this month with collecting my missing post and getting my butt in gear to write the blog, so funnily enough, even though last week I introduced you to the February KNI...

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Not too long ago, I was approached by the lovely team at KNITCRATE who asked if I would be interested in working with them to review their monthly subscription box and to offer my reader's a ...

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Since taking part in the Spice of Life CAL last year, I've really been looking forward to starting up another yarn-along, and in particular I wanted to try out a knit along (KAL) seeing as I...

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As promised , I am delighted to bring you two FREE KNITTING PATTERNS for a set of teddy bear hats, the first designed for a beginner knitter, and the second for knitters with a little more confi...

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  If the name of this post confused you, my sincere apologies but I couldn't really think of anything catchier. Hopefully though it was so incredibly intriguing you just couldn't wait to div...

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I've teased a little bit about these hats on Instagram over the last couple of weeks, and I've been working on this pair of patterns since before Christmas. I can't quite believe how long the...

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I couldn't help myself guys, I've made another creature from Edward's Imaginarium from Kerry Lord. I just can't get over the characters, the breadth of creativity, and also how much I love m...

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(c) Practical Publishing Int I have something raaaaather exciting to announce today lovely, geeky knitters - I have my first pattern published in a magazine! If you come across BAGMAKING ESSE...

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After the success of last year's Christmas craft swap , I've wanted to organise another craft swap for aaaages, but kept putting it off/being too busy/forgetting; basically every excuse you can...

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I first came across Nudinits on Facebook, I am fairly certain it was a couple of years ago now, and I remember being irrevocably charmed by the humour, detail, and downright candid nature of...

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Hi everyone, and welcome to a new free crochet pattern! For those non-Pokemon friends (just spend some time with me and we will fix that) and generation I die-hards, please say hello to Sent...

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