tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63701617960299648572024-03-13T18:13:25.556+00:00Susanna's Knitting BlogSusanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-50746055357533717432014-01-01T12:56:00.000+00:002014-01-01T12:56:31.448+00:00Mittens and Gloves<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Christmas break involved some rather frantic knitting on Christmas Eve to finish off a new pair of Photographers' Mittens for my other half's Christmas stocking. This inspired me to do some running repairs on a pair of gloves I made for myself a few years ago that were in need of attention. Not that it's actually been cold enough yet for woollen gloves - and rather too wet. But the winter may yet provide some chilly days! Wishing everyone all good things for the New Year of 2014.</div>
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Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-4311918358698106052013-12-28T11:40:00.001+00:002013-12-28T11:40:04.248+00:00KISS Baby blanket<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's been far too long since I posted here and in thinking about where the time has gone, it's been a combination of a busy life but mainly processing my grief around the death of my Mum in January. It has been hard to access the ordinary things that give pleasure in my life, such as knitting and blogging. But the delight of being able to design a blanket for the first baby of a dear friend has inspired me to pick up my needles. I've called this my KISS baby blanket, KISS standing for Keep It Simple Stripes. It's knitted with nice, stretchy, mixed cashmere and merino double knitting yarn and is currently being wrapped regularly round its owner, dear Nathaniel, who is so welcome.<br />
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Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-59221964814514376912013-05-01T22:24:00.000+01:002013-05-01T22:24:04.862+01:00Shetland Throw<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My first long trip up to Shetland for a while has seen the completion of my Denim Patchwork Throw. This project has been not quite two years in the making - with lots of gaps in activity - but I am very pleased with the result. There are examples of several different techniques possible using denim cotton yarn as well as different stitch types honouring Shetland knitting - both Fair Isle and lace knitting. I also worked out my own design for a Shetland Flag. I can see that there have been many influences along the way, the landscape of Shetland itself as well as a battered corrugated fence at <a href="http://susannareeceknits.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/transformations-and-shifts.html">my old primary school</a>. </div>
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I've really enjoyed all aspects of this project: the knitting, the 'distressing' techniques and the stitching together (and you don't usually hear me say that sewing-up is fun!). I particular enjoyed stitching some fishes onto the fishnet lace piece - a good catch! The next challenge will be to see how the colours cope with their first collective wash - but not just yet.<br />
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Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-84816168526696024722013-02-02T13:38:00.001+00:002013-02-02T13:43:18.767+00:00A Welcome to Lennon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Long time no blog post here but the latest baby to arrive has now received his Fair Isle jacket, which I really loved knitting. A huge welcome to him...<br />
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Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-64816660619056126162012-08-17T11:08:00.000+01:002012-08-17T11:08:18.883+01:00Knitting the Olympics<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
It's been a while since I wrote here and the reason is there hasn't been that much knitting going on until recently. While some other knitters have been enthusiastically <a href="http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2148371">knitting the Olympics</a>, yes, really, there are some <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-19222190">woolly Olympics</a> out there, I've just been slowly plodding on with pieces for my <a href="http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2227819">Denim Patchwork Throw</a> for a while. Then along came my own Olympic challenge, which is the marathon baby knitting for my ever reproductive, now former, work colleagues. I was pleased with how this little cardigan turned out, using up Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino yarns from several projects with an alternating stripe pattern and pulling it together with some fabulous buttons. As I set out on new work ventures, I am wishing all the mums and babies, born and unborn, well.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Having left that particular sport, I can now concentrate on piecing together that throw, with my eyes on the next trip up to the Shetland house next month for completion. There were more pieces than I thought once I laid them out although there are a few more to do. As you see, our adopted cat Dora has been helping as always. I've begun washing and shrinking the pieces and thinking about where they need to go and what is left to knit. Next comes the fun of playing with bleach and sandpaper to 'distress' the denim and see what effects I can produce. More soon.</span></div>
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<br />Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-52302360651750750482012-01-17T23:05:00.005+00:002012-01-17T23:20:53.063+00:00Latest Projects<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2y05l-0oVTI/TxX_6fAeXNI/AAAAAAAACS8/7q4n2tPXr-k/s1600/IMG_2350.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2y05l-0oVTI/TxX_6fAeXNI/AAAAAAAACS8/7q4n2tPXr-k/s200/IMG_2350.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698742283728215250" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-itvQWJ5YtXU/TxX_5SkgOsI/AAAAAAAACS0/kbxpqPeX1L4/s1600/IMG_2351.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-itvQWJ5YtXU/TxX_5SkgOsI/AAAAAAAACS0/kbxpqPeX1L4/s200/IMG_2351.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698742263209802434" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ckAStl4akx4/TxX_5MkiSiI/AAAAAAAACSk/d-4UAastTSE/s1600/IMG_2352.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ckAStl4akx4/TxX_5MkiSiI/AAAAAAAACSk/d-4UAastTSE/s200/IMG_2352.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698742261599324706" /></a> A delight to have completed a jacket to welcome the latest OIA baby. Pattern from Debbie Bliss's Baby Cashmerino book.<br /><br />Time now to return to knitting a patchwork throw for the Shetland house. I'm using Rowan Denim and adapting patterns and techniques from Jane Gottelier's Indigo Knits.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZcKnNITE1ds/TxYCGr7If9I/AAAAAAAACTI/BLg3J4TNUaY/s1600/IMG_2333.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZcKnNITE1ds/TxYCGr7If9I/AAAAAAAACTI/BLg3J4TNUaY/s200/IMG_2333.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698744692377157586" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-48037980718967456272011-08-12T10:19:00.015+01:002011-08-12T11:29:09.757+01:00Transformations and Shifts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bmf4UG_xpFA/TkTw1SrMT9I/AAAAAAAACDk/NLFryf9izx8/s1600/IMG_1853.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bmf4UG_xpFA/TkTw1SrMT9I/AAAAAAAACDk/NLFryf9izx8/s200/IMG_1853.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639897431711436754" /></a>
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<br />I've had a long knitting break for a variety of reasons. Work commitments have been one thing (and I'm so very grateful to Kate MacDonald for taking on the <a href="http://www.oxfordsummerschool.com/">Oxford Summer School</a> for me - everyone really enjoyed the week). Alongside this has been a deeper discernment process, which has resulted in a big decision to drop my City and Guilds Hand Knitting course and to begin training as an <a href="http://www.interfaithfoundation.org/">interfaith minister</a> later this year. From now on my <a href="http://susannahelensblog.blogspot.com">main blog</a> will be what I am calling my online commonplace book, with only occasional postings here. Do drop by and take a look. You can also find me on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/SusannaReece">Twitter </a>.
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<br />As part of my discernment around this, in June I went back to my old childhood "patch" in Bristol and the first picture here is the corrugated fence outside my primary school. I was struck by the beauty of its colours and patterns. It was fascinating to 'beat the bounds' of my walk to and from school and home, remembering how scary being a child there sometimes was and seeing as an adult how small the distances actually are. It has felt important to revisit the places that I came from before setting out on my new adventure.
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<br />In the meantime, I've picked up my knitting needles again, to create a patchwork throw for the Shetland house - I see that the colours of the fence are reflected there. I'm basing it on the Gwithian Beach Blanket in Jane Gottelier's delightful book Indigo Knits,using Rowan's wonderful denim cotton yarn and trying out some of the distressing and bleaching techniques. The transformations and shifts in the yarn occur not only as you knit the stitches, combining colours or twisting cables, but also as you apply bleach or sandpaper and as it shrinks to size in the washing-machine and afterwards continues to wear with use and age. Something about life, here, as always in knitting - change is at the heart of the universe. How exciting!
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<br />Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-49436560699618153762011-05-28T11:35:00.006+01:002011-05-28T11:55:11.012+01:00Playfulness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VOiaoWxRYWo/TeDUXKyGLcI/AAAAAAAACCA/kAMMzmBqOCk/s1600/IMG_1751.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VOiaoWxRYWo/TeDUXKyGLcI/AAAAAAAACCA/kAMMzmBqOCk/s200/IMG_1751.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611718630200192450" /></a> "It's never too late to have a happy childhood". I read this on a sign in an art gallery recently. It's one of those trite statements that you can easily dismiss - but chewing it over, I thought, "Hey, why not?". My own childhood had a deep fracture running through it and I've spent significant amounts of time discovering and understanding how that has affected me. Now this invitation has enabled me to look back at the particular glass of water that makes up my early years and see it as half-full rather than half-empty. Undoubtedly, two of my best growing up experiences were a vast amount of reading of all kinds, and spending time crafting with my grandmother.<br /><br />Recreating playfulness with those two sticks of metal, wood or bamboo that we call knitting is definitely one way to reconnect to the happier parts of my childhood. And it's good to know that there will be an opportunity to share this playfulness at the <a href="http://www.oxfordsummerschool.com/2011/index.html">Oxford Summer School 2011</a> - there are still a few spaces available on my <a href="http://www.oxfordsummerschool.com/2011/knitting.html">New Directions in Knitting</a> course.Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-73819799961330605332011-04-15T09:48:00.009+01:002011-04-15T10:28:51.986+01:00Unblocking<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-77X_1wM0zMs/TagGr2iFP3I/AAAAAAAACBI/w6CO29Myt04/s1600/IMG_1703.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-77X_1wM0zMs/TagGr2iFP3I/AAAAAAAACBI/w6CO29Myt04/s200/IMG_1703.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595729887450447730" /></a> My web browsing and other reading recently seems to have led me to lots of successful, productive artists of one kind or another - writers, knitters, designers. I mentioned feeling stuck last time and, although sometimes the success of others can be encouraging, at other times it can feel downright overwhelming and intimidating. I've definitely been in the latter place for a while. I've written about the double meaning of knitter's block before, so I thought this time it was worth celebrating those glorious times when one feels able to blast through something and unblock it. This is the story of my Quite Contrary Midwinter purse, finally pictured here. I had the idea for this ages ago at a Debbie Abrahams Design Workshop when Debbie miraculously produced a selection of Rowan Hand Knit Cotton yarn in exactly the right colours for my inspiration piece, a saucer designed by Jessie Tait for Midwinter in a pattern called Quite Contrary. We decided quite quickly that Fair Isle was the best technique to render the essence of the piece and I knitted a sample that day and did the calculations for the purse at the second part of her workshop (well worth doing if you are interested in designing your own knits <a href="http://www.debbieabrahams.com/">Debbie Abrahams</a>).<br /><br />I finished the knitting part quite quickly after that. But I was then blocked for ages about how to line and attach the bag to its frame, kindly donated by my friend Margaret from a Simply Knitting free gift. It was not knitting, you see, and therefore difficult to do! Several times I made the attempt, reading instructions from different places and by different writers. I also tried various techniques to get unblocked, including an exercise from Julia Cameron's book The Artist's Way, in which I am a great believer. However, nothing seemed to work, although the Cameron exercise did help me to see that it was my fear of failure that was keeping me stuck. But for eighteen months this project has languished in my "unfinished" basket, to be taken out at various intervals, another attempt tried, ripped out and put aside. <br /><br />Finally it was a coaching session with Chrissie McGinn of <a href="http://www.wisborough.com/about.asp">Wisborough </a>that helped me. Chrissie asked me whether I believed that I could finish the project - and I realised that I didn't. But that realisation somehow seemed to help me to shift it, so last Friday I simply sat down, sewed up the seams and attached the purse frame. <br /><br />It sounds simple, so why couldn't I finish it before? It's hard to explain but I expect those of you who've been stuck like this will understand. Of course it isn't always just a case of mind over matter - there needs to be an understanding of technique and of what you need to do. But I came to realise that I already had that and that I was just afraid of making a mistake. It did take a few goes to get this to work and of course it is not perfect but it is finished and I am using it - hurrah! And the mystery of unblocking? Well, perhaps we will never fathom it fully. You might even call it Quite Contrary...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9_jLW7Ad9Ro/TagOXe1oYAI/AAAAAAAACBY/YM1VVzUZn04/s1600/IMG_1706.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9_jLW7Ad9Ro/TagOXe1oYAI/AAAAAAAACBY/YM1VVzUZn04/s200/IMG_1706.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595738333585629186" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-12053948473042314252011-04-01T16:20:00.006+01:002011-04-01T16:33:28.847+01:00It's a long wait for Easter!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GnZ9HiGsGr4/TZXv_OzpnhI/AAAAAAAACA8/c_CDtB0AkCY/s1600/IMG_1622.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GnZ9HiGsGr4/TZXv_OzpnhI/AAAAAAAACA8/c_CDtB0AkCY/s200/IMG_1622.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590638382035869202" /></a> Struggling a bit with my creativity at the moment - torn between several options and not sure which way to take things. Shetland life seems a long way away, although I am going up at the end of May and I enjoyed encouraging other folks to go there, through my talk to the <a href="http://www.oxfordwsd.org.uk/">Oxford Guild of Weavers Spinners and Dyers</a> on the 19 March. I think they will publish my presentation there at some point so do take a look. Meanwhile, isn't it a really long wait for Easter this year? Here are some Shetland sheep to look at in the meantime...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M--_D7o4fww/TZXvXf0oWCI/AAAAAAAACA0/7cWDwWIFiPU/s1600/shetland%2Bsheep%2Bbreeds.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M--_D7o4fww/TZXvXf0oWCI/AAAAAAAACA0/7cWDwWIFiPU/s200/shetland%2Bsheep%2Bbreeds.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590637699408615458" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-37570284522432383322011-02-18T21:57:00.005+00:002011-02-18T22:12:31.628+00:00Mid-February Blues<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T76c1F9oCfo/TV7r9-Dq0lI/AAAAAAAACAM/ky_mme9qjv4/s1600/IMG_1606.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T76c1F9oCfo/TV7r9-Dq0lI/AAAAAAAACAM/ky_mme9qjv4/s200/IMG_1606.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575152838594187858" /></a> Apologies for this slightly blurry picture but it's from the utterly fabulous Imperial Chinese Robes exhibition at the V&A in London, which you should certainly get to before it finishes on 27 February if you possibly can. It is full of the most beautiful pieces, which are also wonderful inspirations for knit. The floral waistcoat in this cabinet is made of dark blue satin embellished with flowers and butterflies and the colour scheme of the border is known as the "three blues", which was a particular feature of ladies' fashion in China in the late C19th. I had to treat myself to the exhibition catalogue and poster. Even though the pictures can't really compare with the real thing, they are a great reminder of what has been put on display. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-imny8l-nqVw/TV7uPyxNhbI/AAAAAAAACAU/hWM1TDtrMdY/s1600/IMG_1608.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-imny8l-nqVw/TV7uPyxNhbI/AAAAAAAACAU/hWM1TDtrMdY/s200/IMG_1608.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575155343824881074" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-14005674992821643192011-01-09T14:22:00.011+00:002011-01-09T14:54:38.234+00:00Winter WarmersHappy New Year to all. I hope that 2011 brings you a sense of being in the right place, doing what you are meant to be doing. As I write, it is a beautiful, sunny afternoon here in Oxford and it is so wonderful to see the sun after all that grey and rain over the past few days. And the cold is back too, which makes it feel more like January again.<br /><br />Here are some pictures of things I made last year to help keep body and soul warm. The first image shows a pair of photographer's mittens I made my <a href="http://rossmac.blogspot.com/">Other Half</a> for Christmas. This is my own design and I have called them Falklands' Dags. Falklands, because they are based on a traditional Falklands Island cable pattern I found in Pam Dawson's Traditional Island Knitting and are knitted in 100% Falklands wool that OH brought back from there in 2009. And Dags because the shape is derived from the traditional Shetland fingerless mittens known as Fisherman's Dags described by Elizabeth Johnston at the In the Loop conference last year. If anyone would like to knit these, please contact me for the pattern - I also have some of the Falklands wool, if you would like to buy a ball to knit them with.<br /><br />The other pictures are of a Debbie Bliss blanket I made for baby Lincoln who arrived in the world on 6 January. A big, big welcome to him and blessings to his Mum and Dad.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TSnHrj8TX-I/AAAAAAAACAA/tLSEqvFpGjI/s1600/IMG_1492.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TSnHrj8TX-I/AAAAAAAACAA/tLSEqvFpGjI/s200/IMG_1492.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560194766162059234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TSnHrCFopPI/AAAAAAAAB_4/UzMFJax-gtE/s1600/IMG_1495.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TSnHrCFopPI/AAAAAAAAB_4/UzMFJax-gtE/s200/IMG_1495.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560194757074396402" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TSnHqxTLPaI/AAAAAAAAB_w/ydqinYzo46E/s1600/IMG_1497.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TSnHqxTLPaI/AAAAAAAAB_w/ydqinYzo46E/s200/IMG_1497.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560194752567786914" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-43200268034939700212010-12-24T08:04:00.007+00:002010-12-24T08:15:30.021+00:00Knitted Advent - Day 24DECEMBER 24th - Cally's Nativity Knits and Pattern<br /><br />CHRISTMAS EVE: my Knitted Advent Calendar finishes with some of the nativity figures made by the very talented Cally of the Jam Factory Knitters using a pattern by Alan Dart. I'd like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas wherever you are. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TRRU5Oe-mkI/AAAAAAAAB_Y/UtCDzQw3lYU/s1600/photo%2B%25283%2529.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TRRU5Oe-mkI/AAAAAAAAB_Y/UtCDzQw3lYU/s200/photo%2B%25283%2529.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554157582571969090" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TRRVEcJ0NBI/AAAAAAAAB_g/Nn95f7OxAnw/s1600/photo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TRRVEcJ0NBI/AAAAAAAAB_g/Nn95f7OxAnw/s200/photo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554157775219864594" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-26227751864858376232010-12-23T08:39:00.001+00:002010-12-23T08:41:22.675+00:00Knitted Advent - Day 23DECEMBER 23rd - Chilean Hat<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TRMLAyMRV3I/AAAAAAAAB-w/G93ZgC2E8T4/s1600/knitware-07.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TRMLAyMRV3I/AAAAAAAAB-w/G93ZgC2E8T4/s200/knitware-07.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553794873579100018" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-19734755189312453472010-12-22T07:56:00.001+00:002010-12-22T07:59:16.988+00:00Knitted Advent - Day 22DECEMBER 22nd - Chilean "Glittens"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TRGvsa8QbFI/AAAAAAAAB-o/XujD70lfvGE/s1600/knitware-02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TRGvsa8QbFI/AAAAAAAAB-o/XujD70lfvGE/s200/knitware-02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553412993205693522" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-28597569771727917652010-12-21T08:36:00.003+00:002010-12-21T08:43:41.693+00:00Knitted Advent - Day 21DECEMBER 21st - Midwinter Knitting<br /><br />It's the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. Outside my window in Oxford it is still snowing. Inside this morning's Advent window is a design inspiration from the Midwinter pottery of Jessie Tait, a 1950s classic named Quite Contrary.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TRBnX9t8vyI/AAAAAAAAB-g/59sk6W9u7oA/s1600/May%2B2%2B2008%2B003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TRBnX9t8vyI/AAAAAAAAB-g/59sk6W9u7oA/s200/May%2B2%2B2008%2B003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553052001949761314" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-91203499465009045732010-12-20T08:10:00.003+00:002010-12-20T08:12:20.420+00:00Knitted Advent - Day 20DECEMBER 20th - Norwegian Hat <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQ8PuU4eadI/AAAAAAAAB-Y/mhfYhcIOUMU/s1600/Feb%2B1%2B2009%2B018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQ8PuU4eadI/AAAAAAAAB-Y/mhfYhcIOUMU/s200/Feb%2B1%2B2009%2B018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552674154125093330" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-11025152446627967602010-12-19T09:50:00.002+00:002010-12-19T09:55:14.181+00:00Knitted Advent - Day 19DECEMBER 19th - Sands of Shetland<br />Will we get to see them for Christmas?<br />Snowed in in Oxford at the moment...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQ3WGTpx5TI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/xCwVKadJqR8/s1600/OctoberTwo2007%2B011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQ3WGTpx5TI/AAAAAAAAB-Q/xCwVKadJqR8/s200/OctoberTwo2007%2B011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552329319460758834" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-42741123509904555292010-12-18T07:41:00.004+00:002010-12-18T07:45:37.129+00:00Knitted Advent - Day 18DECEMBER 18th - Fair Isle Hats with Shetland knitting belt<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQxmCc13buI/AAAAAAAAB-I/yIwTr4E-ITQ/s1600/July%2B1%2B2008%2B020.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQxmCc13buI/AAAAAAAAB-I/yIwTr4E-ITQ/s200/July%2B1%2B2008%2B020.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551924632928874210" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-37636691094555756632010-12-17T07:37:00.002+00:002010-12-17T07:42:11.334+00:00Knitted Advent - Day 17DECEMBER 17th - North Star Scarf <br />(now we are really moving towards Christmas)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQsT5EqxzXI/AAAAAAAAB-A/WiV8x0aCZNc/s1600/January%2B08%2B1%2B021.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQsT5EqxzXI/AAAAAAAAB-A/WiV8x0aCZNc/s200/January%2B08%2B1%2B021.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551552836890905970" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-87485159554871284632010-12-16T07:44:00.002+00:002010-12-16T07:46:32.349+00:00Knitted Advent - Day 16DECEMBER 16th -Shetland Lace<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQnDsofLrtI/AAAAAAAAB94/9S2qrXCUIdk/s1600/May%2B3%2B2008%2B018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQnDsofLrtI/AAAAAAAAB94/9S2qrXCUIdk/s200/May%2B3%2B2008%2B018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551183187260714706" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-29131676786774761902010-12-15T06:57:00.003+00:002010-12-15T07:00:28.602+00:00Knitted Advent - Day 15DECEMBER 15th - Books!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQhnTAaEIBI/AAAAAAAAB9w/yMQ-bM-crhY/s1600/IMG_1290.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQhnTAaEIBI/AAAAAAAAB9w/yMQ-bM-crhY/s200/IMG_1290.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550800116958634002" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-72236231144405077322010-12-14T07:17:00.002+00:002010-12-14T07:21:00.707+00:00Knitted Advent - Day 14DECEMBER 14th - Sophie's Entrelac Blanket<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQcaqXJPwNI/AAAAAAAAB9o/4G1qxi3kXp8/s1600/IMG_1470.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQcaqXJPwNI/AAAAAAAAB9o/4G1qxi3kXp8/s200/IMG_1470.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550434380827050194" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-62469888326738903132010-12-13T07:02:00.003+00:002010-12-13T07:05:44.217+00:00Knitted Advent - Day 13DECEMBER 13th - Video tape tube<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQXFiGULVrI/AAAAAAAAB9g/UuschJuAXdg/s1600/IMG_1293.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQXFiGULVrI/AAAAAAAAB9g/UuschJuAXdg/s200/IMG_1293.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550059305405470386" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6370161796029964857.post-39545101880860283282010-12-12T07:07:00.004+00:002010-12-12T07:11:42.046+00:00Knitted Advent - Day 12DECEMBER 12th - Art Weeks<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQR09FpOfiI/AAAAAAAAB9Y/FahwHBphX2g/s1600/May%2B3%2B2008%2B005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rVdqzgeqp-M/TQR09FpOfiI/AAAAAAAAB9Y/FahwHBphX2g/s200/May%2B3%2B2008%2B005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549689233663229474" /></a>Susanna Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15655416884271561625noreply@blogger.com