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Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013 (4KCBWDAY7): Back to the Future.

Image Details: ‘Delorean’ by The Plate Market, via Flickr. Day Seven (Sunday April 28th): Looking Forward One year from now, when the 5th Knitting & Crochet Blog Week rolls around, where do you...

Apr 28, 2013 Like

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Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013 (4KCBWDAY6): Covet Thy Neighbour’s Knitting Stuff

Day Six (Saturday April 27th): A Tool To Covet Write about your favourite knitting or crochet (or spinning, etc) tool. It can either be a tool directly involved in your craft (knitting needles or...

Apr 27, 2013 Like

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Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013 (4KCBWDAY5): Rhyme Time

Image Details: ‘Robert Burns’ by Theen …, via Flickr. Day Five (Friday April 26th): Something A Bit Different It’s the annual challenge to blog in a way different to how you normally blog. You may...

Apr 26, 2013 Like

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Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013 (4KCBWDAY4): A Skein of Many Colours

It was red and yellow and pink and green and, well, mostly red, right? Day Four (Thursday April 25th): Colour Review What are your favourite colours for knitted or crocheted projects. Have a think...

Apr 25, 2013 Like

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Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013 (4KCBWDAY3): What’s Happening in the Hive?

Image Details: ‘Bee Hive Cake’ by Architekt2, via Flickr. Day 3 of Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, hosted by Eskimimimakes, is upon us. This has definitely been the hardest day for me so far, but...

Apr 24, 2013 Like

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Knitting and Crochet Blog Week Day 2 (4KCBWDay2): The Beekeeper and the Bumblebee

Image Details: ‘beekeeper ornament’ by mrwalter, via Flickr. Day Two (Tuesday April 23rd): A Mascot Project. Your task today is to either think of or research a project that embodies that...

Apr 23, 2013 Like

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Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013 (4KCBWDAY1): Be Never too Busy to Bee Shiny

Image Details: “Bee” by BaileyWho?, via Flickr. So, the first day of Knitting and Crochet Blog Week is upon us, and I have sorted myself into the House of Bee. Not only because it has my entire...

Apr 22, 2013 Like

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Episode 9: The Enemy Within

Hello and welcome to Episode 9 of the Shinybees Podcast. A bit of a mixed barrel with a slightly odd theme running through it: Star Trek! I am not a secret Trekkie, I don’t even know that much...

Apr 22, 2013 Like

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My Top 5 How to Knit Top Down Socks on DPNs Website Tutorials for Beginners

Being the generally all round awesome Daughter-in-Law that I am – not to mention the only DiL, so not a lot of competition to beat off, admittedly – I recently gifted my MiL with some sock yarn....

Apr 4, 2013 Like

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Another 10 Random Facts

Image Details: “Gun Barrel Proof House, Banbury Street, Digbeth – 10mph sign” by ell brown, via Flickr. Inspired and enabled, as usual, by Martine “The Enabler” iMake (that SO makes her sound like...

Apr 2, 2013 Like

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Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013

Image Details: “Writing Apparatus” by Kazarelth, via Flickr. The 4th annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week is coming up next month, between the 22nd and 28th April. This is run by Mimi of the...

Mar 31, 2013 Like

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Episode 8: Snake Eyes

Image Details: ‘Snake Eyes’ by Chris Blakeley, via Flickr. Welcome (00:27) Hello and welcome to Episode 8 of the Shinybees podcast: Snake Eyes. This slightly rougher around the edges podcast is...

Mar 28, 2013 Like

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Episode 7: Catch up

Image Details: ‘I’ll Catch Up!’ by flowercat, via Flickr. Welcome (0:25) Hello and welcome to the show notes for Episode 7 of the Shinybees podcast: Catch up. This is the first episode since the...

Jan 20, 2013 Like

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Episode 6: Modown

Image Details: ‘Moustache’ by Paul Mutant, via Flickr. Welcome to Episode 6 of the Shinybees podcast – ‘Modown’. This episode is brought to you from a somewhat cooler than SA UK. We have a pattern...

Dec 2, 2012 Like

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On the Road: Stellenbosch

Following on from the SA Section in Episode 5 of the podcast, here are some photos from our trip to Stellenbosch. The above two photos and the one below are from Uva Mira, which was the first stop...

Nov 19, 2012 Like

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Episode 5: Poppy Pickers

Image Details: ‘Poppy’ by Mark Bridge, via Flickr. Welcome Hello and welcome to Episode 5 of the Shinybees podcast. This week, we have a run-down of recent happenings, a re-attack on the C word...

Nov 8, 2012 Like

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Justus’ Malva Pudding Recipe

Image Details: ‘Malva Pudding’ by Jon Mountjoy, via Flickr. Here is the recipe from Episode 4 of the Podcast, where I was joined by Justus to make the South African staple that is Malva Pudding....

Nov 6, 2012 Like

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Episode 4: Close Encounters

Image Details: ‘Close Encounter in Zimbabwe’ by hchalkley, via Flickr. Hello and Welcome to Episode 4 of the Shinybees Podcast: Close Encounters. A warm welcome to all new and returning listeners!...

Oct 7, 2012 Like

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Episode 3: The C word

Image details: ‘C’ by chrisinplymouth, via Flickr. Hello and welcome to episode 3 of the podcast: The C Word. This week we are definitely not going to be talking about Christmas knitting, it is a...

Sep 9, 2012 Like

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Episode 2: Stop. Bunny time!

Image Details: ‘The League of Shadow Bunnies’ by LexnGer, via Flickr. Hello and welcome one and all to episode 2 of the podcast: Stop. Bunny time! This week promises a lot of travel chatter as I...

Aug 23, 2012 Like

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Episode 1: Send in the Hogs!

Hello and welcome to the shownotes for the first official Shinybees podcast. For those of you coming back after the Pilot Episode, great to see you again, and a warm welcome to any new listeners....

Aug 6, 2012 Like

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Episode 0: The Pilot Episode

Listen to Episode 0. These are the show notes for the first ever Shinybees podcast episode: The Pilot. In this show I talk about the reasons for starting a podcast, my current works in progress...

Jul 24, 2012 Like

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Bunt-o-rama!

Image Details: ‘bunting’ by mrjamie, via Flickr. Bunting was originally a type of fabric, used since the 17th Century, used to make, amongst other things, signal flags for the Royal Navy. The term...

Jul 15, 2012 Like

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Getting Your Crafty Ducks in a Row

Image Details: ‘organized threads’ by jenni waterloo, via Flickr. I have an inbuilt hatred of being Too Organised. Despite my military background, which you would think would have forced me into...

Jun 28, 2012 Like

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Olympic Gold

Olympic Gold was an awesome game for the Mega Drive, which was released in 1992 to coincide with the Barcelona Olympics. I was a big fan of the 100m sprint, although winning this involved rapidly...

Jun 19, 2012 Like

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Day 6: Improving your Skill Set.

Image Details: ‘Skills Drop Off’ by squacco, via Flickr. Day 5 of Knitting and Crochet Blog Week brings the subject of improving your skill set to the table. As a knitter, I find that once you know...

Apr 30, 2012 Like

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Day 5: Something Different!

Image Details: ‘Bobotie done’ by Manne, via Flickr. This is the day 5 post, a little late but better than never. The day 6 post is likely to be late also, as I am off to braai and drink sjampajne...

Apr 28, 2012 Like

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Day 4: A knitter for all seasons?

Image Details: ‘My cunning plan comes together’ by wifebot, via Flickr. This is an excellent and timely topic to be writing about today, one with which I feel inspired to make a triumphant return...

Apr 26, 2012 Like

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K&C Blog Week: My Knitting or Crochet Hero

Image Details: ‘Arasaig + Heroes = this weekend’ by starshaped, via Flickr. So, day 3 of the Knitting and Crochet blog week and day 1 of my submissions. I find blogging a very organic thing that...

Apr 25, 2012 Like

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Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013 (4KCBWDAY7): Back to the Future.

Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013 (4KCBWDAY6): Covet Thy Neighbour’s Knitting Stuff

Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013 (4KCBWDAY5): Rhyme Time

Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013 (4KCBWDAY4): A Skein of Many Colours

Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013 (4KCBWDAY3): What’s Happening in the Hive?

Knitting and Crochet Blog Week Day 2 (4KCBWDay2): The Beekeeper and the Bumblebee

Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013 (4KCBWDAY1): Be Never too Busy to Bee Shiny

Episode 9: The Enemy Within

My Top 5 How to Knit Top Down Socks on DPNs Website Tutorials for Beginners

Another 10 Random Facts

Knitting and Crochet Blog Week 2013

Episode 8: Snake Eyes

Episode 7: Catch up

Episode 6: Modown

On the Road: Stellenbosch

Episode 5: Poppy Pickers

Justus’ Malva Pudding Recipe

Episode 4: Close Encounters

Episode 3: The C word

Episode 2: Stop. Bunny time!

Episode 1: Send in the Hogs!

Episode 0: The Pilot Episode

Bunt-o-rama!

Getting Your Crafty Ducks in a Row

Olympic Gold

Day 6: Improving your Skill Set.

Day 5: Something Different!

Day 4: A knitter for all seasons?

K&C Blog Week: My Knitting or Crochet Hero

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