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Thank you, you can see we are both wearing Aran, the photo was taken when we was on holiday in Scotland quite a few years ago now

I can't crochet & i never knitted ornaments for the tree good luck with doing yours

Thanks She loved her knitting & my dad said it was 25 years before mum knitted for him (too busy knitting for the kids) well he passed away 20 years ago so now she can knit for him again lol

I been doing some back ...

I just learnt to do socks with heels so i did manage to do some, but with mum being ill then passing i was so behind so i have already made a start for next Christmas i will need the whole year to get everything done especially as some will be quilted items so i said i am turning my Yarn & Fabric ...

Thanks She loved her knitting & my dad said it was 25 years before mum knitted for him (too busy knitting for the kids) well he passed away 20 years ago so now she can knit for him again lol

I been doing some back scrubbers if you like to look on my blog you see it with a link to the pattern.

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I used Regia 6 ply for my first 2 pairs which are really nice, since then i have had 2 different lots of yarn from Germany one i have knitted the other i haven't but feels really nice, i am working my way through some of the different makes to see which ones i like the best, i did get a couple ...

Welcome
I have just joined, it funny how our grandchildren get the knitting especially when they are young
I am hoping to do a baby's quilt for a expected Gt niece due in June plus may even get some knitting done for it
Wishing you a Merry Christmas & A Happy Crafty New Year

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Thanks for the welcome,
How do you do your socks, i am using DPs also what yarn have you used

Northernknitter wrote:Hello and welcome

I have just learned how to knit socks, and am loving it

Thanks, she was 97 when she died & the day before she passed in her sleep her hands was going as if she was knitting, i say she Purl her way to Heaven

Northernknitter wrote:Sorry to hear about your mum.

Good luck with your gift stash next year

I have in the past made christmas garments, as my mum passed away a couple of months ago i have not done much i have done some socks for DGC but i am seting myself a challenge from January which is to turn my fabric & yarn stash in to a gift stash i am a novice quilter so that what the fabric will ...

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I am Janice my mum taught me to knit about 45-50 years ago but didn't do too much when i was young, my mum who knitted up to a few years before she passed away which was a few months ago.
I have only this last few months learnt to knit socks using DPs before that i had done either two needle ...