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My girls’ Blossom jumpers

By Elisenne on Thursday, April 30th, 2020 in Knitting. No Comments

Once they saw my amazing lace Blossom shawl knitted earlier this year, both my girls were over-excited to discover I could make such pretty things – they had been used to my rather randomly-sized, irregularly knitted self-drafted horrors (they are SO good to wear them). I therefore had the perfect excuse to use this beautiful […]

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Three Cara dresses for my teenager

By Elisenne on Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 in Sewing & Knitting, Sewing for Kiddies. No Comments

Let’s change a bit of color-scheme and style on the blog! Today I’m showing you the dresses I made for my teenage daughter for the winter, using the Cara pattern by La Maison Victor. Sewing for teenagers is a minefield (and I refuse to make jeans or cropped hoodies!) and I was amazed she was […]

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Long Desired, Finally Knitted: My First Untangling Knots Jumper

By Elisenne on Friday, March 20th, 2020 in Knitting. No Comments

This is definitely a major achievement in my knitting life: I have finally managed to knit an Untangling Knots jumper, specifically Chuck. And I just think he is the most handsome thing I’ve ever knitted! I had been eying Untangling Knots knitting designs for years, after discovering them on Dolly Clackett’s blog – if you […]

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Pink Ruffles – M7995 Dress

By Elisenne on Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 in Sewing & Knitting, Sewing for Me. 1 Comment

Is there anything like a dress pattern crush? – all seamstresses will reply in unison « of course« !!! Anyway that’s exactly what I felt when I first saw McCall’s M7995 dress, released as part of their last A/W collection – too quirky for a long-term relationship, but definitely too attractive not to make one! My crush […]

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