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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 1d

Just having a little squint at the double yarn overs, (I found a video, just to check!) and winding the skein into balls, and I'm good to go!

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 2d

That's lovely! And it might just suit the skein of handspinning I've been looking to find a project for. Thank you

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 2d

Colour changing wool makes everything better! I made some dementia fiddle toys a few years back and they were a very satisfying way to use up oddments and play with techniques. Maybe time to revisit those....

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 2d

Socks is always a good fallback project. And I've definitely got plenty of sock yarn waiting in my stash

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 2d

That would be an interesting experiment - to see how well knitted patches would hold up for mending. Intriguing!

Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 2d

Many congratulations!

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Carl Ballard @carlballard.bsky.social · 2d

Fall is nice because you can see what pockets you were going to get around to darning in the spring, but just didn't.

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, interesting! Durham uni college, or elsewhere?

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 2d

I knitted a lot of her hearts, this time last year, and gave them out to people at work, over Christmas. I think I've got the tiny sweater pattern somewhere too. Will have a look. Thanks for the reminder

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 2d

I'm in need of a new knitting project but haven't got the brain space to plan/swatch/measure etc. Something small I could knit lots of? A big project I could come back to whenever I have a gap?

What are your favourite "pick up and go", not too demanding type knitting projects?

#craftsky #knitsky

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 3d

Wow! What a beauty!

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 5d

I didn't watch it live. But, aged 8 at the time, have very vivid memories of Blue Peter following your progress

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 7d

This has really caught people's imaginations - way more than I was expecting. Very lovely, but a tiny bit overwhelming and a tad surreal, too. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Houghton-le-Spring crafters create Houghton Feast fabric map

Houghton Feast's origins stetch as far back as the 12th Century.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 7d

These are beautiful, and I love that they're made with beads rescued from elsewhere ❤️

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 7d

This has really caught people's imaginations - way more than I was expecting. Very lovely, but a tiny bit overwhelming and a tad surreal, too. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Houghton-le-Spring crafters create Houghton Feast fabric map

Houghton Feast's origins stetch as far back as the 12th Century.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks Steve. I almost tagged you in the post, because I figured you'd have an interesting take on it.

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 9d

It's not quite organised enough to be called a journal - but I do have a whole heap of notes to myself that I've written along the way, as things have seemed important or interesting, or just worth keeping track of

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 9d

A really excellent set of questions, thank you so much. That will send me off in some really helpful directions.

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 10d

The map sewing project is in it's final week. There's been a press release, and 2 photographers and a video interview which was all a bit overwhelming!

Here I am, with my lovely colleague and my excellent craft group too: www.facebook.com/share/r/178Z...

Redirecting...

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 10d

(Confession: I haven't watched the video! I'm not a great fan of seeing myself on camera. But one of my kids watched it and said it was ok!)

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 10d

If anyone has any suggestions for "how to review a project" and to capture what I've learnt, I'd love to hear them.

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 10d

It's been my biggest project so far. 139 people have added memories, which has been way, way more than I imagined possible. (I'd have been delighted with 50).
I'm wanting to do a review of it in some way - what have I learnt, what could I have done differently, what might come next?

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 10d

The map sewing project is in it's final week. There's been a press release, and 2 photographers and a video interview which was all a bit overwhelming!

Here I am, with my lovely colleague and my excellent craft group too: www.facebook.com/share/r/178Z...

Redirecting...

www.facebook.com

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 10d

A traveler from an antique land--great guy--said to me with tears in his eyes "Sir, two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert." And I said wow, that's really something. But we'll be building a big beautiful statue to my hubris and it will stand for eternity

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 10d

Oh, that's beautifully done 😁

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