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Work on needles

Socks for Chris in autumnal colours

Cream and gold stripes - a jacket for me

Victorian lace in nutmeg alpaca

Anne's finished projects 2007

Lacy muffler for D
2006 2005 2004 2003 2002

Online yarn stores and resources

Knitty
Threadbear
Ozeyarn
Martina for sock yarn
Kangaroo
House of Hemp
Ford Barton
Laughing Hens
Hip Knits
Posh Yarn
(Posh Yarn's colours)

Secret knittery
Cashmere socks which were finished in time for Christmas 06

Shawl in peacock and ocean blues - lace silk - to wrap around whilst the broken shoulder is recovering. It's going to take a while...

Bodywork and other training
I've done a shed-load of training in the last few years, some in new areas, some pretty advanced. These are the training establishments I recommend for outstanding integrity, professionalism and allround excellence:

Trauma Healing - Somatic Experiencing

Brain Gym

Jean-Pierre Barral
Visceral Osteopathy

John F Barnes
Myofascial Release

Human Givens
A new approach to emotional health and clear thinking

Upledger Institute
Craniosacral Therapy

Jing Advanced Massage
Advanced Clinical Bodywork
Remedial Massage
Myofascial Release
(I also teach with these guys)

Pilates Training Solutions

April 8th
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Springtime!
I love Easter! I always associate this time of the year with Spring sprouting, sunshine, daffodils and tulips, plenty of cut flowers in the house, lighter evenings, bringing projects that I've been working on over the winter to the realisation phase - and not least... a few days off!

I was in Brighton on Thursday evening with D and K, her partner, to see a play that their (grown up) youngster was starring in and the place was buzzing gloriously. Pubs and bars spilling out onto pavements, Brighton people, always colourful, owning the place as only Brighton people know how, gearing up for four whole days off. So, I was able to indulge a swell of love for Springtime and Brighton at the same time. There is a wonderful creative energy about the place which attracts people with creative energy...

It was K's birthday over the weekend and I found her 500g of rather lovely onyx unbrushed mohair (Brown Sheep Company? Is that what they call themselves?) and 300g Australian alpaca in bluebell / lavender. This with the undisguised agenda of luring her back into knitting - she is a lapsed devotee of yarn things. In the 80s and 90s she used to knit Rowan and Kaffe Fassett sweaters and coats, but got discouraged by variable tension and subsequently oddly shaped garments which were not worn. I think scarves and shawls may offer a slippery slope back in.

Never mind lapsed devotees, what about my own knitting?
Well, I've bought a yarn swift. This has enormous implications for me. Firstly I had to accept that it just isn't that comfortable any more for me to hold the skein around my feet as I wind it into balls. Really. It took me several years to admit this, denial reigning supreme until I realised I had about 300 skeins of yarn unwound in my stash. Secondly, those 300 or so skeins (I exagerate, slightly), are now becoming usable balls of yarn, and I just have to play.

The first little gem to emerge is some blackberry and lime 4 ply wool, which is being coaxed into a narrow scarf with a crisp garter stitch and lace pattern to show off the colours. I used Ivy Bigelow's 'Midwest Moonlight' from Pam Allen's Scarf Style, sized down to 4 ply (fingering) and 3.25mm needles, lopped off one of the three pattern repeats for a 6 1/2" wide scarf with enough yarn for about 54" length.

The nutmeg alpaca shawl isn't looking too bad, is it?

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Recent comments

Fibreart books now

Victorian Lace Today -Jane Sowerby. Beautiful lace, some of it true lace which is patterned on both 'right' and 'wrong' sides, as opposed to only on the right side. Some patterns take some practice, and some of the items are large, very large, knit in lace weight or 4ply (fingering) at the heaviest.

US shoppers click here: Victorian Lace Today

gnooks.com
An odd kind of online literary database
Type in a favourite author and see which other authors are liked by other readers of the same author. The idea is that the closer two writers are on the map (the names dance around), the more likely someone will like both of them. Or type the names of three authors who interest you and it will give you suggestions for further reading.

Cruickshank Engineering
My son's an inventor - here's his website

Knitting Bookstore
click here for a selection of books on knitting and crochet

Read this month:

Molecules of Emotion - Candace Pert
A blend of well-summarised science about how neuropeptides and other molecules are the biochemical basis of our emotions and how therefore emotions are extremely important for medicine; a kind of mind-matter interface from the biochemical point of view, and the story of this scientist's journey to explore these issues in the face of ridicule and opposition from those who believed emotions are irrelevant.

US shoppers click here: Molecules of Emotion

Menacing Knitting or "Craft in any media - weaving, metallurgy, crochet, soul-painting, cooking, or other any medium you can bend to your will"

My other blog:
Myofascial Release and the 100th Monkey

Explore a quality, original, independent web site here:
Kate Smurthwaite
Stand-up comedian's Cruella-Blog

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The Knitting Fanlist

Links extraordinaire: not all knitters, almost all bloggers

Crafty Cocktail - Emily
Creating Text(iles) - Anne
domiKNITrix - Jennifer
Emma and Co - Emma
Faultlines - M-H's PhD blog
Femiknit Mafia
galacticsouth - Melissa
The Guardian
KnitDad's Blog - Larry
KnitFit - Jessica
Knitta
Knitted Breasts Pattern
lornajhATblueyonderDOTcoDOTuk
Knitting Revolutionary - Mon
Like The Queen - Bess
Mamacate - Cate
Mason-Dixon Knitting - Ann and Kay
MFR and the 100th Monkey - Anne
Mossy Cottage Knits- Ryan
Mslexia
Ms. Magazine
No Free Lunch - doctors who serve patients, not drug companies
Notorious Knitter - Lena
Progressive Women Bloggers' list
She Purls - Caroline
Swatch it - Dianna
Tea Knit - Melissa
Tricotomania - Jo
Witty Knitter - Mary-Helen
ZNet Blog - Chomsky et al

Never The Bride - gigs