I don’t usually repeat a knitting pattern too soon after having done it once, but I really liked this one and wanted one for myself (or rather my baby) after gifting the last one to a coworker. The pattern is Leafy Baby Blanket by Leyla Alieva, only this time I cast on 145 stitches, which is…
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Leafy Baby Blanket
I recently finished up this blanket and gifted it to a coworker who is about to go on maternity leave this week. It’s a relatively simple lace pattern, despite looking rather complex. What I found to be most unusual with this pattern was that the lace stitches are worked on both the right and wrong…
Spreading the good green clean word
Friends of ours recently bought a house, and their parents threw them a send off party where everyone was invited to bring their favourite cleaning products to give the new home owner. Not wanting to miss an opportunity to spread the good green word, I got a bucket and filled it with a jug of…