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Winter Ennui

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Scarf with Nordic pattern on it; Gonna be frogged/binned soon. Just not digging the thickness of it. Might try with a slip stitch pattern maybe but again; not sure.

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Finished Socks for Rhys! Don’t think he’s worn them yet. Standard toe up pattern, 2.5mm needles.

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More dishcloths for my mum. Standard (UK) Treble crochet increased circle. Simples

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Top Down 2 at a time Jaywalkers. I’ve so far got to the turning of the heel. Jaywalker is designed for DPN, and singularly. Turning the heels two at a time and on magic loop is proving a little tricky for my fragile brain at the moment. I *will* get back to them soon because as soon as the gusset decreases are done it’s easy street. Look at how awesome the striping is!

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These next two are part of my Granny Square blanket. There’s 18 rounds in each. I’m going to have 9 squares in total. It’s my scrap-gahn memory blanket out of all of the odds and ends of double knitting. It’s a long term project so I’ll be finished next year sometime; I need a bit more double knitting but I want to do it out of stash. I’ve also got a Sock Weight one going which is smaller circles.

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You can’t see it too well but another crocheted hat. White with a green brim and potentially a white flower at some point in the future.

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More importantly we’ve got our Christmas decorations up! This is our TV unit which takes the place of a hearth in a traditional house. I love that ours has a big display shelf on top. I think the Merry Christmas banner is my favourite decoration in the whole house; though the tree looks pretty spiffy too. We bought all new decorations this year. There’s also two tiny red sparkle deer up by the light up tree which just frames it beautifully. All presents are now wrapped (with the exception of one I have to finish up) and are under the tree! I love this time before they get split into different bags to go to different families etc

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