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I love stranded knitting. This project was an abandoned design from around the time I started making Nine Lives. It was called Stranded Triangle – it’s quite an irregular triangle – the yarn is Rowan Pure Wool 4ply, on 3.25mm needles. It was too small, there were too many increases in the striped stranding at [...]

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Riga

Riga was an unplanned side trip from Estonia – after Tallinn, Haapsalu, the islands, and Pärnu there was time to head further down the coast before the return via Tartu and Narva. The top 9 photos are from Senā klēts which specialises in traditional crafts and costumes. The other photos are from a big outdoor [...]

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I’m opening this new blog with some souvenirs of a trip to Estonia and Latvia in June: mittens from Riga, red gloves from Tallinn, grey gloves from Kuressaare, double knit scarf from Pärnu. The lace weight yarn is from Haapsalu. The natural coloured linen yarn is from Tallinn, the grey and turquoise are from Riga [...]

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