tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23000743719923634352024-03-18T18:06:54.021+00:00Archie The Wonder DogArchie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.comBlogger293125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-71549014787963244642024-02-29T06:00:00.028+00:002024-02-29T06:00:00.145+00:00Mini Archie’s February Furtle Around The Blogosphere <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html"><img alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hello! This will be a quick post as I’m in the midst of a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/atwd_destash?igsh=Mndnemd5eGl5OGE5&utm_source=qr" target="_blank">destash on Instagram</a> so am a little (lot) square eyed and shattered!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I’ve finished two pairs of socks this month, a pink pair:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWRi8AWFOVCShHTNdhtYhjQZpkTvn5e8NrU1vU2h1N5bozvBLWrdvNQ5lqXuWKw7YGuFfpkLpqXvS2yccOD8VvUDmlhXWqMhSKHBqmVecXWbF46CM-XxddeGFuciHo6_F2wyD8QwfbDBWwZxw8_0jy8v78R_5v6yJeMW7dvfP-rWaSDn9sI6C_PcsfLSL/s800/IMG_1278-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWRi8AWFOVCShHTNdhtYhjQZpkTvn5e8NrU1vU2h1N5bozvBLWrdvNQ5lqXuWKw7YGuFfpkLpqXvS2yccOD8VvUDmlhXWqMhSKHBqmVecXWbF46CM-XxddeGFuciHo6_F2wyD8QwfbDBWwZxw8_0jy8v78R_5v6yJeMW7dvfP-rWaSDn9sI6C_PcsfLSL/w640-h640/IMG_1278-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is <a href="https://slipstitchldn.co.uk/products/west-yorkshire-spinners-signature-4ply" target="_blank">WYS ‘Pink Flamingo’ (845)</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">And a blue pair:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzcCFl3Fw-MvKxHNIYPqJRVtTLA96f9hmI5h1cIWi9OhVYoasiqubjchOeALqCAgMEVwELCXmAQBvjQTJ08TzlLlDBVWqNU3NNSqFvtaTGSUkmumIoRG1sNprceFN9Ie7LXnEIb5JmFb06oUE50KUm1hn9RHDdysfbyuKuIpdzaWySyw9XwZqbbKuAx0U/s1958/IMG_1484-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzcCFl3Fw-MvKxHNIYPqJRVtTLA96f9hmI5h1cIWi9OhVYoasiqubjchOeALqCAgMEVwELCXmAQBvjQTJ08TzlLlDBVWqNU3NNSqFvtaTGSUkmumIoRG1sNprceFN9Ie7LXnEIb5JmFb06oUE50KUm1hn9RHDdysfbyuKuIpdzaWySyw9XwZqbbKuAx0U/w640-h640/IMG_1484-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is <a href="https://slipstitchldn.co.uk/products/west-yorkshire-spinners-signature-4ply" target="_blank">WYS ‘Blue Lagoon’ (831)</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>And I’ve started the next pair, a yarn I knitted up last year but which I loved so am knitting again (just for a different pair of feet):<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbUc_xW355bix6yeQgwxSVuaT92FBxsPtdUAm3BTXrcS23PoAGqjGgwj0ioZi5eO7de459krgBAkW7Y_N3yfBpZ8wMqEsQ9Wh5ZuJ_yYCTeBSFFcWb-QCwlRxM4F6wb21oDKgV_irRCwfDiNGt9TCyc1nzTTN4eQ-cZ_ykCeKi-eez5HLdgf_ZuRvQVzT/s1958/IMG_1533-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWbUc_xW355bix6yeQgwxSVuaT92FBxsPtdUAm3BTXrcS23PoAGqjGgwj0ioZi5eO7de459krgBAkW7Y_N3yfBpZ8wMqEsQ9Wh5ZuJ_yYCTeBSFFcWb-QCwlRxM4F6wb21oDKgV_irRCwfDiNGt9TCyc1nzTTN4eQ-cZ_ykCeKi-eez5HLdgf_ZuRvQVzT/w640-h640/IMG_1533-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is <a href="https://slipstitchldn.co.uk/products/west-yorkshire-spinners-signature-4ply" target="_blank">WYS ‘Wood Pigeon’ (864)</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Rose Archie’s white crocus are looking lovely, especially when (as not shown in this photo) the sun catches them:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTWV9yAVBzk7rUMzCAiAa_tTFlWYwlIvPtcEtYcZ_3JcHIHeXMZtr6-B2gQEEiGq5If2j1fk0LhYlZM5asqLqB-1HWpx_neXXJ8swwpJbzeUl-OjvFxUWGMBzuV4_9iFG-EN_i_XuJty7LM81ejrx4odXtLTNOEWVulHFum5TKqD13Vigoj_ETgQk9Xdy/s1958/IMG_1501-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTWV9yAVBzk7rUMzCAiAa_tTFlWYwlIvPtcEtYcZ_3JcHIHeXMZtr6-B2gQEEiGq5If2j1fk0LhYlZM5asqLqB-1HWpx_neXXJ8swwpJbzeUl-OjvFxUWGMBzuV4_9iFG-EN_i_XuJty7LM81ejrx4odXtLTNOEWVulHFum5TKqD13Vigoj_ETgQk9Xdy/w640-h640/IMG_1501-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giant crocus!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b>Linking up to the February Furtle </b><br /><br />If you're linking up, please add a link (one per person, please) to your blog post, which could contain: a mosaic of all you've made in the month, something you've made/started/worked on, a goal which you'd like to achieve in the next month (and then in next month's post you can reflect on that goal and set yourself another one - I find this particularly handy if I'm in the midst of a big project and finding the making of hundreds of blocks to be interminable), anything crafty you'd like to share. 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<!--end InLinkz code--><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-72354815138483133752024-02-09T14:20:00.001+00:002024-02-09T14:20:22.468+00:00Pink Flamingo <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another finish has been fettled! These are the first (of three) pairs for Mam and are <a href="https://slipstitchldn.co.uk/collections/yarn/products/west-yorkshire-spinners-signature-4ply?variant=18365566877792" target="_blank">West Yorkshire Spinners ‘Pink Flamingo’ (845)</a>. They’re apparently made up of three pink stripes and one white but, well, best get the magnifying glass and bright lights out to find the third pink!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWRi8AWFOVCShHTNdhtYhjQZpkTvn5e8NrU1vU2h1N5bozvBLWrdvNQ5lqXuWKw7YGuFfpkLpqXvS2yccOD8VvUDmlhXWqMhSKHBqmVecXWbF46CM-XxddeGFuciHo6_F2wyD8QwfbDBWwZxw8_0jy8v78R_5v6yJeMW7dvfP-rWaSDn9sI6C_PcsfLSL/s1958/IMG_1278-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWRi8AWFOVCShHTNdhtYhjQZpkTvn5e8NrU1vU2h1N5bozvBLWrdvNQ5lqXuWKw7YGuFfpkLpqXvS2yccOD8VvUDmlhXWqMhSKHBqmVecXWbF46CM-XxddeGFuciHo6_F2wyD8QwfbDBWwZxw8_0jy8v78R_5v6yJeMW7dvfP-rWaSDn9sI6C_PcsfLSL/w640-h640/IMG_1278-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Unsurprisingly enough, Mini Archie has his eye on the leftovers *sighs* <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_04-x-cBJco9C76rnnZQDQ7PUWu8J2r2zhEakiHKNgFbW-907-7ncsfkVitJi0zKyYOoGBDs5rccw9XjH5NGrQE6-I-3OT9MOqfWKexZXKJFiCcDRhn180dXFUpxPUIfVTgeQulSNrkvfo7PueF3h4PaeUcy4VRc7BAyVFhe2le-meWBi5V3YgYvAORrS/s1958/IMG_1317-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_04-x-cBJco9C76rnnZQDQ7PUWu8J2r2zhEakiHKNgFbW-907-7ncsfkVitJi0zKyYOoGBDs5rccw9XjH5NGrQE6-I-3OT9MOqfWKexZXKJFiCcDRhn180dXFUpxPUIfVTgeQulSNrkvfo7PueF3h4PaeUcy4VRc7BAyVFhe2le-meWBi5V3YgYvAORrS/w640-h640/IMG_1317-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I finks I’d look spiffing wif pink feets *modest face*</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-742069417493479372024-01-31T06:00:00.191+00:002024-01-31T06:00:00.181+00:00Mini Archie’s January Furtle Around The Blogosphere <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Hello, and welcome to the first Furtle of 2024! I’ve started the year off well and have finished two pairs of socks, both of which were started last year. The first were this pair:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYB6FZ7KRArQ21z-haum-CqMepUc9hakbu2xDK9w1SpUsTyqIVlE0i5xMlegb73khHag3GFBMNg-J1o1sY_gEMutb1EEkD4DamxWf3XHXkjljTomd0N7-KXmAck2BSB1hdXgPLNpgpvkWkyXxhEgO9uvuWURJkBJ2QvvK1ifWbG4HzU8vPRojlCjc_n2h/s800/IMG_0696-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYB6FZ7KRArQ21z-haum-CqMepUc9hakbu2xDK9w1SpUsTyqIVlE0i5xMlegb73khHag3GFBMNg-J1o1sY_gEMutb1EEkD4DamxWf3XHXkjljTomd0N7-KXmAck2BSB1hdXgPLNpgpvkWkyXxhEgO9uvuWURJkBJ2QvvK1ifWbG4HzU8vPRojlCjc_n2h/w640-h640/IMG_0696-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.wyspinners.com/signature-4ply-country-birds-yarn/" target="_blank">Yarn is West Yorkshire Spinners ‘Wood Pigeon’ (864)</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And then I circled back to this pair, which were started before the yarn for the pair above arrived, and finished them too:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNumx8zbTEI6hrinYxF_e_Qsv6HD1YH4U0jqyOb8wPLazEPIxyxnM9Tc4ipsXod45OH-wpzhvcYzwIqOiTbQtrDf-r2-QWBL-a4T-X7Ls-jpwI6abLOWvGHZ8SQK-7bNkijpTpPz9BERYJ9lEJ7mLn6PeRdNldJpXT2dq4Qt4g-tWD9_DJ-GFJJkXqr0T/s1958/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNumx8zbTEI6hrinYxF_e_Qsv6HD1YH4U0jqyOb8wPLazEPIxyxnM9Tc4ipsXod45OH-wpzhvcYzwIqOiTbQtrDf-r2-QWBL-a4T-X7Ls-jpwI6abLOWvGHZ8SQK-7bNkijpTpPz9BERYJ9lEJ7mLn6PeRdNldJpXT2dq4Qt4g-tWD9_DJ-GFJJkXqr0T/w640-h640/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is by <a href="http://olann.ie/" target="_blank">Olann</a> </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I’m making progress with the next sock. Believe it or not, there are two different pinks in that wide stripe but I think someone either forgot to add enough dye to the medium pink or added too much to the light pink as they’re nigh on the same. If you look very closely, you can just about see a hint of there being two stripes between the dark pink and the next white stripe rather than one broad medium pink stripe:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7mAGGPP1evQGALS6n58s-MLVtn11CpuB4_IIumo-anzUbf1OxFyE6hgl3OwB5oRsZqjwVP0S6GOxi7EWeDiLRlAGWYBq5AA3TpaQY4P0qhg0_2JhKy-IujiJiKKpsb9urD2IksWpXW-z2n8vcu-dgXMauHqVOhVEajP01aIM82YD_6aKoeUhPz-_chei/s1988/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1988" data-original-width="1566" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7mAGGPP1evQGALS6n58s-MLVtn11CpuB4_IIumo-anzUbf1OxFyE6hgl3OwB5oRsZqjwVP0S6GOxi7EWeDiLRlAGWYBq5AA3TpaQY4P0qhg0_2JhKy-IujiJiKKpsb9urD2IksWpXW-z2n8vcu-dgXMauHqVOhVEajP01aIM82YD_6aKoeUhPz-_chei/w504-h640/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="504" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://slipstitchldn.co.uk/products/west-yorkshire-spinners-signature-4ply" target="_blank">Yarn is West Yorkshire Spinners ‘Pink Flamingo’ (845)</a> </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>A couple of weeks ago, I was thrilled to discover that we in the U.K. can once again order quilt stamps from Rinske Stevens’ shop, just like before we left the EU (remind me of what we’ve gained by leaving again?) so I ordered three sets and a larger block to use with them:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbDEY1rQH_5bbourj0QAb4Yr_XQs3ftX36sraRjmwoiO36tHtOj4SIFXpIRaliyPLeeT_V3_Vqxx07xP45GSq01LulemgUwxN8VEW8TUPy4vPGCfMcVw8Ai1UCva102GRgbVCyqU6W7punS7a9ll1tOb407kt6CSTC6RqOYoSpdODjmkWK12WqdVtb6Kt/s1958/IMG_1085-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1958" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbDEY1rQH_5bbourj0QAb4Yr_XQs3ftX36sraRjmwoiO36tHtOj4SIFXpIRaliyPLeeT_V3_Vqxx07xP45GSq01LulemgUwxN8VEW8TUPy4vPGCfMcVw8Ai1UCva102GRgbVCyqU6W7punS7a9ll1tOb407kt6CSTC6RqOYoSpdODjmkWK12WqdVtb6Kt/w640-h480/IMG_1085-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://patchandquilt.com/quiltstamps/quiltstamps/" target="_blank">Quilt stamps are from Patch And Quilt in the Netherlands </a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There weren’t any extra charges so what I paid when I checked out was all I paid, no customs/VAT to pay when it got into the country as VAT is paid when you pay and as long as you stick under the £135 limit (which I definitely did, well under), there isn’t any import tax to pay. Obviously, check yourself before buying, but I found easy to understand guidelines <a href="https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/buying-online-from-europe-post-brexit/" target="_blank">here</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I thought they’d be a good way to prep (and sew) a sewing project completely from my settee (bar the ironing, which I admit I somehow forgot about!) as I’m not up to prepping or sewing any other way and I’d seen the <a href="https://reproquiltlover.com/tiny-nine-patch-quilt-blocks/" target="_blank">tiny nine patch challenge</a> being run on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reproquiltlover?igsh=cnZyY2E4NXc4NDNv" target="_blank">Instagram by Repro Quilt Lover</a>. I have a very soft spot for nine patches and thought I’d join in but in a very slow and manageable way rather than aiming for ten blocks a week, particularly as I want to alternate sewing days with sock knitting days to keep that progress. I’d thought I’d make scrappy blocks using Liberty tana lawn but then realised that that would involve a lot of thinking and furtling through the Liberty box, etc., all of which would take energy I don’t have so I looked at the photos of yardage which is in The Cupboard Of Possibilities, spotted this turquoise dot and fell in love with the idea:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiahk1-D6dJ_dgaPyRy99zHRmoZvqQWr0xKa72pS4-GLpd4z6-DFg7HpcAS0fwrswF0GQo1NCraajrtySUHiTbAJ_A9-kocJUCXiDjqsjCE432_G1J2PDFjZLpdwXmVzO5XJab-3X996-KaSdpDvkDdBdIw2hpcjCpHJcdeTI2XoYaabIY8Fgb-_T2EIFE/s1958/IMG_1112-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiahk1-D6dJ_dgaPyRy99zHRmoZvqQWr0xKa72pS4-GLpd4z6-DFg7HpcAS0fwrswF0GQo1NCraajrtySUHiTbAJ_A9-kocJUCXiDjqsjCE432_G1J2PDFjZLpdwXmVzO5XJab-3X996-KaSdpDvkDdBdIw2hpcjCpHJcdeTI2XoYaabIY8Fgb-_T2EIFE/w640-h640/IMG_1112-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A Moda pindot and plain white which is a Michael Miller Cotton Couture I got quite a few years ago from <a href="https://oliveandflohandcraft.co.uk/" target="_blank">Olive & Flo Handcraft</a>. They don't stock it any more but do have some different (and still lovely) plains.</i> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And then the fun began! The turquoise dot hadn’t been washed since I got it and let’s just say it had quite a lot of excess dye in it. I can’t be the only one who keeps the colour catcher sheets during the pre washing process (I find it really helps to judge whether the sheets are getting lighter when you have the previous ones to compare) so here are mine, with the first one at the top. I washed the fabric six times and then soaked it in a bucket of hot soapy water (with a dinner plate on top of the fabric to keep it under the water) for just over twenty-four hours, with four or five refreshes of the water. Then washed it again and, as you can see, the sheet was actually darker afterwards. Next, I soaked it in the bath in hot soapy water like <a href="http://dawnyk.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dawny</a> does (following the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TrtQ0WCQxo4WXDdXfnjGcDuiKbEdcvvkAtV1jvZ5zM0/edit" target="_blank">Save My Bleeding Quilt protocol</a>) but there was still more dye coming out than I was comfortable with (remember that this is being paired with plain white so any bleed in the finished quilt would be very obvious) so, on the advice of a yarn dyeing friend, I soaked it again but this time in hot water mixed with fabric conditioner. And when I washed it again, the colour catcher sheet was pale. Phew!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hbRWbZ9MtzgWVCe7faNC3VdluZzuuDCYvf8E2gav02s6__W510bBoF9KeVFiK91WMMzhRTjF_xI-1xhnrrAYocp_07hgX1f7pWKSeDrLiiKWVY1AGw1fbaEf9nDnlbzabLiRctJhouU-ssCrHvZJxJyOHxCgKPfCI5x53NuRTzXojm1s2OE5eq9TRan_/s1985/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1985" data-original-width="647" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hbRWbZ9MtzgWVCe7faNC3VdluZzuuDCYvf8E2gav02s6__W510bBoF9KeVFiK91WMMzhRTjF_xI-1xhnrrAYocp_07hgX1f7pWKSeDrLiiKWVY1AGw1fbaEf9nDnlbzabLiRctJhouU-ssCrHvZJxJyOHxCgKPfCI5x53NuRTzXojm1s2OE5eq9TRan_/w208-h640/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="208" /></a></div>I thought I’d be doing the nine patch (1.5” finished) with five turquoise squares and four white and then white whole squares between but now I’m wondering whether reversing that would be better? I’ve drawn each option up in TouchDraw, which do you prefer?<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBJKdusxHpZjEjojbhlpBgsYF78zUBKmLm1k9eQ_rADu7d2IdtAxVr26ReYF5LnFcFOW4WuVG0Yo-beNHQ3XYKTOPNIC_L7aEof-72vc3WpCixNQTsqhLl_faHS7os8_dMR1V8VdMBvpAnmVHu0tSyyKmabXA3WnUmq13HCZvCEWJOcFwO9SRWm5uW3Q6/s1374/IMG_1197.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="1374" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBJKdusxHpZjEjojbhlpBgsYF78zUBKmLm1k9eQ_rADu7d2IdtAxVr26ReYF5LnFcFOW4WuVG0Yo-beNHQ3XYKTOPNIC_L7aEof-72vc3WpCixNQTsqhLl_faHS7os8_dMR1V8VdMBvpAnmVHu0tSyyKmabXA3WnUmq13HCZvCEWJOcFwO9SRWm5uW3Q6/w640-h640/IMG_1197.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CC2nk7nGFnzWWU1MKivwgSJSyb1tideDCVFzmiGGcg00MMbqHi2a1pEF3_dx0auT3RAJaWeFY3ITENCuWUKvvrqybZz5rzSM1Jni5IkewXjfh1Hsnmw-nTrTU6boxUz_BFDcM_9Lt-qA7L6PIJ2n2Hf2aohJ9OEjySpD_w2XfE_AELKBCthvBYAdZD41/s1350/IMG_1198.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1350" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CC2nk7nGFnzWWU1MKivwgSJSyb1tideDCVFzmiGGcg00MMbqHi2a1pEF3_dx0auT3RAJaWeFY3ITENCuWUKvvrqybZz5rzSM1Jni5IkewXjfh1Hsnmw-nTrTU6boxUz_BFDcM_9Lt-qA7L6PIJ2n2Hf2aohJ9OEjySpD_w2XfE_AELKBCthvBYAdZD41/w640-h640/IMG_1198.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, don’t forget to link up to this year’s <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2024/01/fettle-those-finishes-2024.html" target="_blank">Fettle Those Finishes!</a>, which closes at the end of February. </div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Mini Archie now has a pair of socks and a scarf courtesy of his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/charlottesews?igsh=MXZlMmhscXQzOXhicQ==" target="_blank">Aunty Bunny Slippers</a> and he’s very chuffed. She also sent some tiny snips which he has, of course, taken custody of *sighs*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3ctsiDSOUhnYfpuc4f3PuszQtCX6GSwr22xl5yAqN-2Er6QCcsXadrmDuqahXtM634O7QKKaR_Gv5Rgu89uCmLGzufckskiyZcAXwQE7nhnaW81pDhDoCFY306BeUSHS4jG-NKAkWDIoE4kdct6e2XpRmKMUnrE_aafD4401EZXExXLjHl9xnhpZ8m6T/s1958/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1470" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3ctsiDSOUhnYfpuc4f3PuszQtCX6GSwr22xl5yAqN-2Er6QCcsXadrmDuqahXtM634O7QKKaR_Gv5Rgu89uCmLGzufckskiyZcAXwQE7nhnaW81pDhDoCFY306BeUSHS4jG-NKAkWDIoE4kdct6e2XpRmKMUnrE_aafD4401EZXExXLjHl9xnhpZ8m6T/w480-h640/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at mine spiffing socks and scarf!<br />And I is now Mini Archie, Snoopervisor Of The Teeny Tiny Snips *proud face*</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b>Linking up to the January Furtle </b><br /><br />If you're linking up, please add a link (one per person, please) to your blog post, which could contain: a mosaic of all you've made in the month, something you've made/started/worked on, a goal which you'd like to achieve in the next month (and then in next month's post you can reflect on that goal and set yourself another one - I find this particularly handy if I'm in the midst of a big project and finding the making of hundreds of blocks to be interminable), anything crafty you'd like to share. This isn't just for sewing or quilting, but is for all crafts so if you knit, make lace, make clothes, do anything which could come under the heading of 'craft', then please link up. Please visit the link immediately before and after you and leave an encouraging comment, and more if you can manage it - we all know that comments create joy, so let's spread some around. Also, please treat all the linked posts and their authors with respect - I want this to be an inclusive space for all crafters and crafts and all are welcome. If you're not sure if you're welcome or you belong, you do - this is by no means a closed space and if you want to join, then you are most welcome. If you need help linking up, please leave a comment and I will do my best to help. Please add the Furtling button to your blog post: copy the code below and paste it into your blog post - it <i>should</i> then magically appear when you publish your blog post (I'll do my best to help if you have any problems) and it will help people find the Furtling page with all the details of the link up.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align:center"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" /></a></p></div><br />To link up, go to the link at the bottom of this page and click on 'link up' (it's a blue button) and then add your link (website URL), a title (this could be your blog name but could also be something interesting to draw people to it (keep it clean!) if you prefer), and your email. 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To be fair, I had almost finished the first sock before the year started so just had a toe and the second sock to knit. <a href="https://slipstitchldn.co.uk/products/west-yorkshire-spinners-signature-4ply" target="_blank">These are West Yorkshire Spinners ‘Wood Pigeon’ (864)</a> and, as always with WYS yarn, have knitted up beautifully.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYB6FZ7KRArQ21z-haum-CqMepUc9hakbu2xDK9w1SpUsTyqIVlE0i5xMlegb73khHag3GFBMNg-J1o1sY_gEMutb1EEkD4DamxWf3XHXkjljTomd0N7-KXmAck2BSB1hdXgPLNpgpvkWkyXxhEgO9uvuWURJkBJ2QvvK1ifWbG4HzU8vPRojlCjc_n2h/s1958/IMG_0696-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYB6FZ7KRArQ21z-haum-CqMepUc9hakbu2xDK9w1SpUsTyqIVlE0i5xMlegb73khHag3GFBMNg-J1o1sY_gEMutb1EEkD4DamxWf3XHXkjljTomd0N7-KXmAck2BSB1hdXgPLNpgpvkWkyXxhEgO9uvuWURJkBJ2QvvK1ifWbG4HzU8vPRojlCjc_n2h/w640-h640/IMG_0696-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Mini Archie has me hard at work on the next pair already:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8sSGc2q2xhDvtXqpucx4oShrkRpZ7XrSMRY9fRnGDPeUDPKbpiZKyqH7KxzzTfSotF89lk4p8R6LmT6Fh0tiIH8p6aQJVKLkuoVkNjIBnfj_uasZ4LC7h9RA2ESzQAKs1IpJNo5LSjMBNwkkej0NzJFcSwe-eU0iJXrGzYOD9z27WYenZn5dEokYYDPQO/s1958/IMG_0859-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8sSGc2q2xhDvtXqpucx4oShrkRpZ7XrSMRY9fRnGDPeUDPKbpiZKyqH7KxzzTfSotF89lk4p8R6LmT6Fh0tiIH8p6aQJVKLkuoVkNjIBnfj_uasZ4LC7h9RA2ESzQAKs1IpJNo5LSjMBNwkkej0NzJFcSwe-eU0iJXrGzYOD9z27WYenZn5dEokYYDPQO/w640-h640/IMG_0859-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A hat? How kind. I was hoping for some socks for mine poor frozzed feets though…</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-77078299643275801382024-01-01T06:00:00.007+00:002024-01-01T06:00:00.140+00:00Fettle Those Finishes! 2024<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1777" data-original-width="1777" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXFqAp6mN9k-sK6oNL0wmV15qHJr3wHALu1lHwhQYvzAQ38vzlTY9_fDq6NRjw2fm8C7VxcrlMVQ6zSJknXEx2nWX65n0wVragS6ln8US3N_AoV2gBOoAOyRUwZh3DwoYToI6XWABv188FiMKyRZ86m06I4txYysLDCy6lglCkcW46RmL0ctfRYf5Kog=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">Hello, and welcome to the third full year of <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes.html" target="_blank">Fettle Those Finishes!</a> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The link up is for the whole year so I’ll leave it open until 29th February to give you chance to think about and assemble your list - it’s not something to rush into and can take quite a while unless you’re like me and there’s a tendency to be able to copy and paste from the previous list to populate the new one and only need minor tweaks *sighs*</span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> Adding stuff to your list (or taking things off if you’ve changed your mind about a project) through the year is perfectly acceptable. Encouraged, in fact, as there’s no point in sticking with something you no longer love/need just out of habit. Just make sure anything added is added before you finish it.</span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></span>There’ll be a progress link up on 1st July (which I also tend to use as an opportunity to write a new list) and I’ll remind you in the June <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html" target="_blank">Furtle</a>.</div><b></b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div>The rules</span></b><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Be kind. Be encouraging. Be honest.</span></b></div><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span>Don’t put things on your list you’d finished before the list was written, there’s no fun or honour in that.</span></i> </span></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Your list can be as long or as short as you wish.</b> </span></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Mine comprises a list (projects I’ve started, their status when the list was written and the year they were started) and a waiting list (the things I’ve been meaning to start for years). The list is comprehensive and includes everything I’ve got under construction, the waiting list is not and it may change: some things may be removed, others added. It is (probably) not a list of everything I will make or intend to make this year, but yours can be if you want it to be that. <b>It’s your list, compile and use it as you wish. </b></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There are no prizes, just the pride of whittling down your list to something which doesn’t keep you awake at night and the sense of achievement which comes from finishing something and crossing it off a list. And also the satisfaction which comes from making progress on something, whether it’ll be finished this year or not.<br /><span><br /></span></div><div><span>I’ve written <span><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes-2024-list.html" target="_blank">my list</a></span> and will be setting to any day now… <br /></span><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;">Now, who’s in? Buttons for blog posts are below, there are two sizes and they now take you to the <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes.html" target="_blank">Fettle Those Finishes!</a> page. <br /></span><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;">Copy and paste one of the codes below and paste it into your browser. The button </span><i style="color: #333333;">should</i><span style="color: #333333;"> then magically appear, please shout if it doesn’t and I’ll see if I can help. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes.html" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1777" data-original-width="1777" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXFqAp6mN9k-sK6oNL0wmV15qHJr3wHALu1lHwhQYvzAQ38vzlTY9_fDq6NRjw2fm8C7VxcrlMVQ6zSJknXEx2nWX65n0wVragS6ln8US3N_AoV2gBOoAOyRUwZh3DwoYToI6XWABv188FiMKyRZ86m06I4txYysLDCy6lglCkcW46RmL0ctfRYf5Kog=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Small button</b> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1777" data-original-width="1777" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXFqAp6mN9k-sK6oNL0wmV15qHJr3wHALu1lHwhQYvzAQ38vzlTY9_fDq6NRjw2fm8C7VxcrlMVQ6zSJknXEx2nWX65n0wVragS6ln8US3N_AoV2gBOoAOyRUwZh3DwoYToI6XWABv188FiMKyRZ86m06I4txYysLDCy6lglCkcW46RmL0ctfRYf5Kog=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes.html" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1777" data-original-width="1777" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXFqAp6mN9k-sK6oNL0wmV15qHJr3wHALu1lHwhQYvzAQ38vzlTY9_fDq6NRjw2fm8C7VxcrlMVQ6zSJknXEx2nWX65n0wVragS6ln8US3N_AoV2gBOoAOyRUwZh3DwoYToI6XWABv188FiMKyRZ86m06I4txYysLDCy6lglCkcW46RmL0ctfRYf5Kog=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Large button</b></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="</span>https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes.html<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: left;">"><img border="0" data-original-height="1777" data-original-width="1777" height="400" src="</span>https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXFqAp6mN9k-sK6oNL0wmV15qHJr3wHALu1lHwhQYvzAQ38vzlTY9_fDq6NRjw2fm8C7VxcrlMVQ6zSJknXEx2nWX65n0wVragS6ln8US3N_AoV2gBOoAOyRUwZh3DwoYToI6XWABv188FiMKyRZ86m06I4txYysLDCy6lglCkcW46RmL0ctfRYf5Kog=w400-h400<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: left;">" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></span></span></div><p><br /></p>
<!--starts InLinkz code--><div class="inlinkz-widget" data-uuid="bc297be456d14dd69de20741dfac173d" style="background-color: #eceff1; border-radius: 7px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 30px 0px; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="padding: 8px;"><p style="margin-bottom: 15px;">You are invited to the <strong>Inlinkz</strong> link party!</p><a href="https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/bc297be456d14dd69de20741dfac173d" rel="nofollow" style="background: repeat rgb(32, 156, 238); border-radius: 4px; color: #efefef; padding: 5px 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Click here to enter</a></div></div><span style="display: none;"><script async="true" src="https://fresh.inlinkz.com/js/widget/load.js?id=c0efdbe6b4add43dd7ef"></script></span><!--ends InLinkz code--><br />Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-33108473558800099982023-12-31T06:00:00.072+00:002023-12-31T06:00:00.137+00:00Fettle Those Finishes! End Of Year Reports <p>It’s time to tie up Fettle Those Finishes! 2023 and for us all to write a report about our progress this year. I’ll start us off, shall I? Here’s <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes-2023-list.html" target="_blank">list I</a> and <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes-2023-list-ii.html" target="_blank">list II</a> and my <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/07/fettle-those-finishes-progress-reports.html" target="_blank">progress report</a> from July, plus my <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2022/12/fettle-those-finishes-end-of-year.html" target="_blank">end of year report from 2022</a>.</p><p>At the start of the year, I sorted out my sock knitting records and now they’re all transcribed onto a card for each person (or more than one card if a lot of socks have been knitted, I think I have three!) and the system is working very well, much better than the pile of paper I had previously.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM03Db_rhYf8z6HhqObALVLBHPSA6xJR0Z3LfrF5ly9agr-sTOS4FtU2GR8otEb3Ib1OhQTnPXSgEbYhUyEUz6VIuTfPb63i8auggjpWfdo6xG05PAtG6mHnD0xW73TB5dv5XR9hVB8B8PcibcQeG5hJptupACEWnK2FZcZqjZhhQlN76WS2uy2ns1Td0j/s800/IMG_8095-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM03Db_rhYf8z6HhqObALVLBHPSA6xJR0Z3LfrF5ly9agr-sTOS4FtU2GR8otEb3Ib1OhQTnPXSgEbYhUyEUz6VIuTfPb63i8auggjpWfdo6xG05PAtG6mHnD0xW73TB5dv5XR9hVB8B8PcibcQeG5hJptupACEWnK2FZcZqjZhhQlN76WS2uy2ns1Td0j/w640-h640/IMG_8095-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/01/mini-archies-january-furtle-around.html" target="_blank">Read about the knitting record cards here</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Fettling Score = 1</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Throughout the year, I’ve knitted twelve pairs of socks for other people (well, thirteen but one wasn’t on the list *shakes head*):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7IydKJ-uo30ltvcajoXBg_A-AzSdcS4IABQFqBoO-R885V-3oaDSiVnRE1pKLwjUFErd0vzrHuelB73owf0AEDGhyaVY9ItLIer3wqnCPheNUAScnAucp_1xO5zEcXojvGfjwfNZ7R8UxjaTFdsPqGu-c9Zm3sC9kXfOlemSUt59g_cWt2pSzyk8D87Y/s1345/IMG_0591.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="1008" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7IydKJ-uo30ltvcajoXBg_A-AzSdcS4IABQFqBoO-R885V-3oaDSiVnRE1pKLwjUFErd0vzrHuelB73owf0AEDGhyaVY9ItLIer3wqnCPheNUAScnAucp_1xO5zEcXojvGfjwfNZ7R8UxjaTFdsPqGu-c9Zm3sC9kXfOlemSUt59g_cWt2pSzyk8D87Y/w480-h640/IMG_0591.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Fettling Score = 13</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In July, I had 60 socks-in-waiting in the sock lucky dip album (yes, it’s a thing) and I’m ending the year with 56 despite having knitted ten pairs for me, which means a few have been added in the last six months (not always by me, honest!) so I need to try harder to whittle it down next year.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFMw63ZIMMRhj5U2m1wftKMmgDhUGLGzWYs_g3bGxsNi8GFTJfcusxVavY2Wbc0Z_rEaFvcmrXkwVTQxarc6pWinaZwFI81x0wQekNRf84Fh9FSsAgTLJMp6OZpKjM31uuqxX-D9WXyTLW6W29MXiCnbmTdPQ2YVTGS3489w6zjWwpMSJHO4gpNUrYHIe/s1622/IMG_0592.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="1622" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFMw63ZIMMRhj5U2m1wftKMmgDhUGLGzWYs_g3bGxsNi8GFTJfcusxVavY2Wbc0Z_rEaFvcmrXkwVTQxarc6pWinaZwFI81x0wQekNRf84Fh9FSsAgTLJMp6OZpKjM31uuqxX-D9WXyTLW6W29MXiCnbmTdPQ2YVTGS3489w6zjWwpMSJHO4gpNUrYHIe/w640-h260/IMG_0592.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>All the sock finishes for 2023 are under the ‘<a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/search/label/socks%202023" target="_blank">socks 2023</a>’ label if you want to read more <br />or find out more about the yarn</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Fettling Score = 23</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I’ve knitted twenty-four Advent trees and used them this Advent, with a Bendicks bittermint under twenty-two of them (you get eleven in a box):</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvK5A79Zykp2Ph41YwCBrDuZjskpPp1clKwEEHxKtEl8Oiph3ADy2sYHKUsdXwlafnY8-ISWf0uubAIfnnEqlwxqKlvyJJtKK6vocAdbSJqw-bp8Hi0YRvFJ4sUsQ-qpJmnBTvnGreD71VRHaW2OrVlvWWmLCM2H_sMk6TYxMn4GW0MnQV9ov8845JW5Ms/s2049/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="2049" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvK5A79Zykp2Ph41YwCBrDuZjskpPp1clKwEEHxKtEl8Oiph3ADy2sYHKUsdXwlafnY8-ISWf0uubAIfnnEqlwxqKlvyJJtKK6vocAdbSJqw-bp8Hi0YRvFJ4sUsQ-qpJmnBTvnGreD71VRHaW2OrVlvWWmLCM2H_sMk6TYxMn4GW0MnQV9ov8845JW5Ms/w640-h326/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/06/mini-archies-june-furtle-around.html" target="_blank">Read about them here</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b>Fettling Score = 24</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div>I knitted one set of <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/05/mini-archies-may-furtle-around.html" target="_blank">nine dishcloths</a> (listed as one item) and then <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/10/dishcloths-fettled.html" target="_blank">another eleven</a> later in the year:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUv0SE9FYcYW0BoxnKWTYkgxFGVpM93uhQsbbvS_ssxjbHiwEqmHmmR5RLA8oGinwDrMQzqa_R00KBt3EUH-pZ3mQkKmbLxaL5w1fUbSz_1uZxEv8416bIAfeK1S8zcAxjHnNFFu3g2wo-XXmzJf67TRipgzeqKgt7Tlo_gbA45PdFdbodu80f3Wo9_MJi/s1082/IMG_0593.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="1082" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUv0SE9FYcYW0BoxnKWTYkgxFGVpM93uhQsbbvS_ssxjbHiwEqmHmmR5RLA8oGinwDrMQzqa_R00KBt3EUH-pZ3mQkKmbLxaL5w1fUbSz_1uZxEv8416bIAfeK1S8zcAxjHnNFFu3g2wo-XXmzJf67TRipgzeqKgt7Tlo_gbA45PdFdbodu80f3Wo9_MJi/w640-h320/IMG_0593.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Fettling Score = 36</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/05/mini-archies-may-furtle-around.html" target="_blank">two faffy (but very cute) bears</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5ler6lJLa1EUqQ1pfOABJidH9tSQnIuEfeYMl3YKk6897Yz4e3vlE_rB6aA5fYIGi77330u3PyxVF1AQmSrmpMsb8pguYCho2MPmPlcyMCN7Mr4v97K6ANU-voD-rCZfEOuXw_crQeAsTRJ7caNJMRHKCpHDJ_2OtCpE1FQSdFy5uiX5nCQ0AsM-6w/s800/IMG_0244-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5ler6lJLa1EUqQ1pfOABJidH9tSQnIuEfeYMl3YKk6897Yz4e3vlE_rB6aA5fYIGi77330u3PyxVF1AQmSrmpMsb8pguYCho2MPmPlcyMCN7Mr4v97K6ANU-voD-rCZfEOuXw_crQeAsTRJ7caNJMRHKCpHDJ_2OtCpE1FQSdFy5uiX5nCQ0AsM-6w/w640-h640/IMG_0244-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Fettling Score = 37</b></div><div><br /></div>Then a <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/07/mini-archies-july-furtle-around.html" target="_blank">test tiny jumper</a> to check for size and <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/10/luna-lapin-jumpers-fettled.html" target="_blank">a further three</a> once orders had been placed:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB19jdnwx1Lfx2zl8AS7fM4ZSdDgdpj_iXRcjzW1qkNPvj3k2OHteOuM0g5H62iTWIWHaCwnINaaJGjIjZqqnhiTe-qB16nCNs4kDEX6B7CX63Sd7bDLBjm-JENPPiYMnqu8CxQ9bTcsw29_iknps5S12vDE59ianXTAJxGD8I-RmOoOiWjnv0NRjP0wEO/s1080/IMG_0594.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="1080" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB19jdnwx1Lfx2zl8AS7fM4ZSdDgdpj_iXRcjzW1qkNPvj3k2OHteOuM0g5H62iTWIWHaCwnINaaJGjIjZqqnhiTe-qB16nCNs4kDEX6B7CX63Sd7bDLBjm-JENPPiYMnqu8CxQ9bTcsw29_iknps5S12vDE59ianXTAJxGD8I-RmOoOiWjnv0NRjP0wEO/w640-h246/IMG_0594.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><b>Fettling Score = 41</b><br /><p>Which means I’ve more than doubled my score from last year! However, that’s mainly because they’ve all been small projects. (And all knitting. I’ve done barely any sewing this year, hopefully that will be different next year.)</p><p>I’m looking forward to reading your reports, you have until 31st January to link up so loads of time to gather photos, etc. One thing I changed this year compared to last was to keep both an album of finishes and a list of them with my fettling score updated as I went along and it has definitely made writing this report easier; I shall be doing that again next year. I’ll also be making sure that all of the photos of finishes are the same size (at least within a category) as that would have made creating the collages a lot easier. </p><p>Thank you very much for joining in this year, it’s been lovely and I hope you’ll join me next year. Links for Fettle Those Finishes! 2024 lists will open tomorrow and will stay open for quite a while so no need to do everything all at once, there’s just me who needs to do that!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDspH3j35_8XOKWsAAyb8mlpzaMNl_5ICWWLwz_jJl8KrUAw3oFGgkQTY-I4dSl2663M5hx9Xr7j9GU9ugdiLGSWLZYpyFta68RNgXa6g452V662td2wrspo8k4PAdTC5jUuxM3ymUi4FsVWrvnbHmc3Outfgrz-bdN8sCG1ypKbZIe9vQ03fGzXgWdw4V/s1958/IMG_0603-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDspH3j35_8XOKWsAAyb8mlpzaMNl_5ICWWLwz_jJl8KrUAw3oFGgkQTY-I4dSl2663M5hx9Xr7j9GU9ugdiLGSWLZYpyFta68RNgXa6g452V662td2wrspo8k4PAdTC5jUuxM3ymUi4FsVWrvnbHmc3Outfgrz-bdN8sCG1ypKbZIe9vQ03fGzXgWdw4V/w640-h640/IMG_0603-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you had beed more diligent, this could have beed two socks and a small left over ball instead of <br />almost one sock and a still-quite-big ball *stern face*</td></tr></tbody></table>
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This is going to be quick as I’ve got my end of year report to write for my Fettling List and the 2024 Fettling post to write as well as sorting my own list *gulps*</p><p>This month, I have finished two pairs of socks:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKk5gXOvGValN65F63GNHRGbaKvXJ4VOc1kOE5iC3rxUZvNk0x5e2CmGcJyNUvKoWFy37rFq0NK4o6jJnkOliw9tLv9ESNFbTbh24uFUJymXiUMz9pZx8wBgq_X5XlIpWduN6jso3LuDaqESInmSTrrATaMci6zk9yIPzCYBTOAdDZVcEWxyQ92lJvdtW/s800/IMG_0233-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKk5gXOvGValN65F63GNHRGbaKvXJ4VOc1kOE5iC3rxUZvNk0x5e2CmGcJyNUvKoWFy37rFq0NK4o6jJnkOliw9tLv9ESNFbTbh24uFUJymXiUMz9pZx8wBgq_X5XlIpWduN6jso3LuDaqESInmSTrrATaMci6zk9yIPzCYBTOAdDZVcEWxyQ92lJvdtW/w480-h640/IMG_0233-compressed.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/12/woodland-socks.html" target="_blank"><i>Read about these socks here</i></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd53Y8th25q96StSwS0VhDzgWb6HndyDVdP-zTkTkB_58KgOmuMmnvpt-O3x18rmt3fGUsRmSqHJwrTbnk7KUvFK_yv6ATKoE74VukZkLpsxTnfWp0iISMFGyMDVRLhOIhLLTIN1jg00YM2rRNasloyOzWjGfz_bne9QFjuLyClCDUfF_Dz6bDxvWCKLSv/s800/IMG_0386-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd53Y8th25q96StSwS0VhDzgWb6HndyDVdP-zTkTkB_58KgOmuMmnvpt-O3x18rmt3fGUsRmSqHJwrTbnk7KUvFK_yv6ATKoE74VukZkLpsxTnfWp0iISMFGyMDVRLhOIhLLTIN1jg00YM2rRNasloyOzWjGfz_bne9QFjuLyClCDUfF_Dz6bDxvWCKLSv/w640-h640/IMG_0386-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/12/tricky-socks.html" target="_blank"><i>Read about these socks here</i></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And I’ve started another pair:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIb1_eNTRc9d5DkcbwHWute8hF2FhNpBVwDcWSQOmLS09DVigTSha6LZdr3jygwkN26M_-xBY62M8BtTWmZPClKPQObIVY6i22ekLpxU2MsOSVijjUlPVRpheMf07B5uqRX3h2JBKilDNjSQOF9CB9UWXYP7zVHHzJEX66bw6UCcPP4LdwTK_B7otIx5Xc/s1958/IMG_0586-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIb1_eNTRc9d5DkcbwHWute8hF2FhNpBVwDcWSQOmLS09DVigTSha6LZdr3jygwkN26M_-xBY62M8BtTWmZPClKPQObIVY6i22ekLpxU2MsOSVijjUlPVRpheMf07B5uqRX3h2JBKilDNjSQOF9CB9UWXYP7zVHHzJEX66bw6UCcPP4LdwTK_B7otIx5Xc/w640-h640/IMG_0586-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is West Yorkshire Spinners ‘Wood Pigeon’ (864)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Mini Archie has enjoyed the festive season:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDOjZ6V0bEwVX4c_q-GnRDFJwelEKDPoytXRVWo7RUW4QK4riXTZQeDRVi62WifAQ2xWLW2nOiQaewdrb1ahzIXHPnSujtzB7oojZCOrMEvCU1cJXavAOyIQ-34iA6wjIQWzZCzTnd16IgIf6rCV3PgwTtTDRfClL1JrtlzbFK09tBty3iu5cwjZDPUsE/s1970/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1558" data-original-width="1970" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDOjZ6V0bEwVX4c_q-GnRDFJwelEKDPoytXRVWo7RUW4QK4riXTZQeDRVi62WifAQ2xWLW2nOiQaewdrb1ahzIXHPnSujtzB7oojZCOrMEvCU1cJXavAOyIQ-34iA6wjIQWzZCzTnd16IgIf6rCV3PgwTtTDRfClL1JrtlzbFK09tBty3iu5cwjZDPUsE/w640-h506/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><b>Linking up to the December Furtle </b><br /><br />If you're linking up, please add a link (one per person, please) to your blog post, which could contain: a mosaic of all you've made in the month, something you've made/started/worked on, a goal which you'd like to achieve in the next month (and then in next month's post you can reflect on that goal and set yourself another one - I find this particularly handy if I'm in the midst of a big project and finding the making of hundreds of blocks to be interminable), anything crafty you'd like to share. This isn't just for sewing or quilting, but is for all crafts so if you knit, make lace, make clothes, do anything which could come under the heading of 'craft', then please link up. Please visit the link immediately before and after you and leave an encouraging comment, and more if you can manage it - we all know that comments create joy, so let's spread some around. Also, please treat all the linked posts and their authors with respect - I want this to be an inclusive space for all crafters and crafts and all are welcome. If you're not sure if you're welcome or you belong, you do - this is by no means a closed space and if you want to join, then you are most welcome. If you need help linking up, please leave a comment and I will do my best to help. Please add the Furtling button to your blog post: copy the code below and paste it into your blog post - it <i>should</i> then magically appear when you publish your blog post (I'll do my best to help if you have any problems) and it will help people find the Furtling page with all the details of the link up.<br /><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align:center"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" /></a></p></div><p><br />To link up, go to the link at the bottom of this page and click on 'link up' (it's a blue button) and then add your link (website URL), a title (this could be your blog name but could also be something interesting to draw people to it (keep it clean!) if you prefer), and your email. This last one doesn't appear on the link (I will have access to it - I won't use it unless there's a problem and I need to contact you) so don't worry that you're about to share your email address with the world (or the handful of people who find this link), you're not! The link will remain open until <b>10th January</b>; if you're seeing this post after this date, I'm afraid you can't link up to the December Furtle, but you can link next month if you like.</p>
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<!--end InLinkz code-->Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-68649625928803626582023-12-17T14:24:00.000+00:002023-12-17T14:24:04.740+00:00Tricky Socks<p>I love this sock yarn (Opal ‘Weather Peak’ (11155)) but it was a bit of a sod to find the right starting point for the second sock so that it would match the first one - I ended up winding off quite a bit to find it and even then I wasn’t sure I was right until I was at the heel. I probably could have got away with not even attempting to match them, but I’m glad I did.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd53Y8th25q96StSwS0VhDzgWb6HndyDVdP-zTkTkB_58KgOmuMmnvpt-O3x18rmt3fGUsRmSqHJwrTbnk7KUvFK_yv6ATKoE74VukZkLpsxTnfWp0iISMFGyMDVRLhOIhLLTIN1jg00YM2rRNasloyOzWjGfz_bne9QFjuLyClCDUfF_Dz6bDxvWCKLSv/s1958/IMG_0386-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd53Y8th25q96StSwS0VhDzgWb6HndyDVdP-zTkTkB_58KgOmuMmnvpt-O3x18rmt3fGUsRmSqHJwrTbnk7KUvFK_yv6ATKoE74VukZkLpsxTnfWp0iISMFGyMDVRLhOIhLLTIN1jg00YM2rRNasloyOzWjGfz_bne9QFjuLyClCDUfF_Dz6bDxvWCKLSv/w640-h640/IMG_0386-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It was well worth the effort, though, and I think the leftovers will work well in a future pair of scrappy socks. <div><br /></div><div>I think I’m going to have a sort out of the leftovers box soon and check I’m happy with all the ‘kits’ I assembled in 2022 and place any new leftovers into new kits/incorporate them into existing ones. This will help me write my 2024 Fettling List once I’ve sorted my end of year report. The link for the end of year Fettle Those Finishes reports will open on 31st December, as will the (separate) December Furtle. Then the link for the 2024 Fettle Those Finishes will open on 1st January. I’ll try to give you loads of time for both the Fettling links as I know they can take a while to compile and I think I might have found a way round the issues I had in December/January when I had too many open link parties for my free Inlinkz account so we should *crosses fingers and hopes* *touches wood * be okay to have three parties open at the same time. We’ll find out in a worryingly short time!</div><div><br /></div><div>I’ve got the next pair of socks lined up, of course, ready to be cast on later today:</div><div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwBF35zLBRutvjx4MMzNvEsYXp2UtNfTnC1Cce7Fbd3wv2FXroW2X6Qp2U8cAsFkKTWZFQNr9osp5o1GUNmNFqL_RaWs5fpeT15yGo1LT7_trc5MVbmJ0YqWbBci3oPZyoXzVW33XSADnUQFWWw_H4hECp71y_eGlzdGsBxthF0wHWoaL_BRNmpELVNvU/s1958/IMG_0464-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwBF35zLBRutvjx4MMzNvEsYXp2UtNfTnC1Cce7Fbd3wv2FXroW2X6Qp2U8cAsFkKTWZFQNr9osp5o1GUNmNFqL_RaWs5fpeT15yGo1LT7_trc5MVbmJ0YqWbBci3oPZyoXzVW33XSADnUQFWWw_H4hECp71y_eGlzdGsBxthF0wHWoaL_BRNmpELVNvU/w640-h640/IMG_0464-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mine new sleeping bag is a bit of a funny fit, I finks you needs to fix it so I can get more <br />than mine legs in.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p></div></div>Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-90497684076768888542023-12-10T14:15:00.001+00:002023-12-28T15:11:48.218+00:00Woodland Socks<p>Surprise, I’ve knitted another pair of socks! They’re incredibly difficult to photograph: I took these photos (in the same room) within seconds of each other but on different backgrounds and I’m not convinced the colours are quite right in any of them! The dark sections are a mix of blue and green which is, I think, why they tend to look green or blue but not a mix of both. They’re really pretty when you see them in person. The yarn is West Yorkshire Spinners ‘Woodland Awakening’ (1025) which is part of the collaboration they did with Zandra Rhodes and watching where each colour was going to land made them quick to knit as there was always another colour coming up in a few stitches.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKk5gXOvGValN65F63GNHRGbaKvXJ4VOc1kOE5iC3rxUZvNk0x5e2CmGcJyNUvKoWFy37rFq0NK4o6jJnkOliw9tLv9ESNFbTbh24uFUJymXiUMz9pZx8wBgq_X5XlIpWduN6jso3LuDaqESInmSTrrATaMci6zk9yIPzCYBTOAdDZVcEWxyQ92lJvdtW/s2611/IMG_0233-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2611" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKk5gXOvGValN65F63GNHRGbaKvXJ4VOc1kOE5iC3rxUZvNk0x5e2CmGcJyNUvKoWFy37rFq0NK4o6jJnkOliw9tLv9ESNFbTbh24uFUJymXiUMz9pZx8wBgq_X5XlIpWduN6jso3LuDaqESInmSTrrATaMci6zk9yIPzCYBTOAdDZVcEWxyQ92lJvdtW/w480-h640/IMG_0233-compressed.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2611" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHblKUaNrXyLFcDX1i09voXoESNyNPja5xPLIHuQrVx1bctHBBalXGQlGyLA2MjxwmiUBlGTB1Nh_yl_dwcOQYaiXVHIabhkqw_Zhz_BJR7cui5Ivr4zjbHDpGMR9Tm2uy1ErCPcN0jGc2NXz3GorK4baGkDBidMarJfpwEtxwXdEbmKZcVF_8gzeavAA/w480-h640/IMG_0231-compressed.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>It won’t surprise you that I’ve already made a start on the next pair:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70oiDU4AytuaFTLeiw-U1z6RMAVZmov7o6tM6_dlMWNKEVrekja01Lynp0zSKMJfyCfrLUvYKR_IwVPVVUZuH7RTDWf7BrU2wxj1P5eOkaz4f1rL0LEXsn8RVnffCxPlXZzgK25lBQbyfCat_taJ-FuK5flS5LMjJ3cwpbxSdAgqK2ymNHXPiMe_ZsIeZ/s1958/IMG_0286-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh70oiDU4AytuaFTLeiw-U1z6RMAVZmov7o6tM6_dlMWNKEVrekja01Lynp0zSKMJfyCfrLUvYKR_IwVPVVUZuH7RTDWf7BrU2wxj1P5eOkaz4f1rL0LEXsn8RVnffCxPlXZzgK25lBQbyfCat_taJ-FuK5flS5LMjJ3cwpbxSdAgqK2ymNHXPiMe_ZsIeZ/w640-h640/IMG_0286-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is Opal 11155 ‘Weather Peak’</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWh7NwzQSJX3Y2pv9scQnUumAavGIHgvKL_JHDF6LP8Ahptyq8aVrgnhB5wmQMlJMPoBqPSm3AGGtrmW-ppIJ44Z30uPnSVqHU_SMN5jCa_AJ1tYkLPtzbmhOizXf3hFNAZTQSGH5MFYia1mlarj7JR1IlG2YKFnCv6wLvmTEDMNo7Gtk3qIaAx5POm38/s1958/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWh7NwzQSJX3Y2pv9scQnUumAavGIHgvKL_JHDF6LP8Ahptyq8aVrgnhB5wmQMlJMPoBqPSm3AGGtrmW-ppIJ44Z30uPnSVqHU_SMN5jCa_AJ1tYkLPtzbmhOizXf3hFNAZTQSGH5MFYia1mlarj7JR1IlG2YKFnCv6wLvmTEDMNo7Gtk3qIaAx5POm38/w640-h640/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I has been telled in no uncertain terms to vacate mine spiffing hooded sleeping bag. <br />It must be so it can be finished *confident face*</td></tr></tbody></table>Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-45110735080604893332023-11-30T06:00:00.001+00:002023-11-30T06:00:00.130+00:00Mini Archie’s November Furtle Around The Blogosphere <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something</i></div><div><br /></div>This month has been another sock month. <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/11/yet-another-pair-of-sock.html" target="_blank">I’ve knitted this pair</a> using the leftovers from two balls (a friend bought both of us a ball of this WYS Brightside and she gave me her leftovers so I could make another pair):<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaz3ZB8IBUtYWwnclZ185hQTffU1ldyKPgDxUBgojYpbXdT7FsyM1P9Ur5YlWEkqZfra4rcPCf8m3r6RCg9wIa2uZXGt5cqcfQYJ_PXGOQyYHTRZWonioym-ecmAM2PR57l8ZYsoZp3-ri-kzflFv9C4MrbZjiReLn_Tj1VHC4wkqVbU0kjVw3zwgYmxa_/s800/IMG_9935-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaz3ZB8IBUtYWwnclZ185hQTffU1ldyKPgDxUBgojYpbXdT7FsyM1P9Ur5YlWEkqZfra4rcPCf8m3r6RCg9wIa2uZXGt5cqcfQYJ_PXGOQyYHTRZWonioym-ecmAM2PR57l8ZYsoZp3-ri-kzflFv9C4MrbZjiReLn_Tj1VHC4wkqVbU0kjVw3zwgYmxa_/w640-h640/IMG_9935-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is WYS Brightside (874)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And this pair, which are the <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-sock-century.html" target="_blank">one hundredth pair</a> I’ve knitted:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRedE__Wy0MP-d6yick-YNyGyIQJK62JAAcmk5Z7qmLFtJLH00iB-jEEuKAC2WOeZMvjvykW6lTLi4YgNlykjw3CFVK_-cweYSU4syJpT2pReqPRBprBjepiAtI25PAIvfkZfCvWA7nDLIdZ_ZGtp9FRzmixx_ZVmp_sG7Hvv3bbYXlxXcb1yiZr66GGA/s800/IMG_0047-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRedE__Wy0MP-d6yick-YNyGyIQJK62JAAcmk5Z7qmLFtJLH00iB-jEEuKAC2WOeZMvjvykW6lTLi4YgNlykjw3CFVK_-cweYSU4syJpT2pReqPRBprBjepiAtI25PAIvfkZfCvWA7nDLIdZ_ZGtp9FRzmixx_ZVmp_sG7Hvv3bbYXlxXcb1yiZr66GGA/w640-h640/IMG_0047-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarns are all from <a href="https://www.madebypenguins.co.uk/" target="_blank">Made By Penguins</a>, five minis (she has lots for sale and they’re perfect for socks)<br />and a leftover from a previous pair</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I’ve also knitted the first sock in pair one hundred and one:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDiodRbnn9mVfgI23DYx2WskUH4k_LvJBd6gwu5kVH6RXzY782N2gguIlbxSgjTD3MIU0ZQxjL171YPa-ez1FXZ3soqN56cxOVlZtR_qw92ycj1cABybwTwOfhpTCvaARR41oESppdaRgMFh611cQeNjvkZUl2FiTcGBZ6XDG4B4LOQ0qX3kYhgCL8HEOO/s1958/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDiodRbnn9mVfgI23DYx2WskUH4k_LvJBd6gwu5kVH6RXzY782N2gguIlbxSgjTD3MIU0ZQxjL171YPa-ez1FXZ3soqN56cxOVlZtR_qw92ycj1cABybwTwOfhpTCvaARR41oESppdaRgMFh611cQeNjvkZUl2FiTcGBZ6XDG4B4LOQ0qX3kYhgCL8HEOO/w640-h640/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is WYS Woodland Awakening (1025), one of the collection by Zandra Rhodes</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Mini Archie has been watching all of this and wondering why none of it seems to be for him. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfteOxuW6nrfFxujp2z7p5K035pRrRoFmFuGifxaP9ORgCBjlJDfNg6nG0Mnwh5atGiEVE5_bHxzJrqzVHQ_7EBCKdbSCi68jBB-nJOsNulwALLf7I8oH8DWzEbI9Ku09Kn9PmVAe1GikbWD8ZEfCkXVpK48Ac3ny0a6UpTfSMAiGG1osGWzdRBdrPRfn/s1958/IMG_0134-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfteOxuW6nrfFxujp2z7p5K035pRrRoFmFuGifxaP9ORgCBjlJDfNg6nG0Mnwh5atGiEVE5_bHxzJrqzVHQ_7EBCKdbSCi68jBB-nJOsNulwALLf7I8oH8DWzEbI9Ku09Kn9PmVAe1GikbWD8ZEfCkXVpK48Ac3ny0a6UpTfSMAiGG1osGWzdRBdrPRfn/w640-h640/IMG_0134-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No, I isn’t practicing mine knitting pattern poses, I is watching for Pirates *dignified face*</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Linking up to the November Furtle </b><br /><br />If you're linking up, please add a link (one per person, please) to your blog post, which could contain: a mosaic of all you've made in the month, something you've made/started/worked on, a goal which you'd like to achieve in the next month (and then in next month's post you can reflect on that goal and set yourself another one - I find this particularly handy if I'm in the midst of a big project and finding the making of hundreds of blocks to be interminable), anything crafty you'd like to share. 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<!--end InLinkz code-->Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-77309692635514412352023-11-23T15:26:00.006+00:002023-11-23T15:26:46.664+00:00A (Sock) Century!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I recently realised that I was approaching my one hundredth pair of socks and Mr Random Number Generator thrilled me by choosing a ‘kit’ from my Sock Lucky Dip album which consisted entirely of yarn from <a href="https://www.madebypenguins.co.uk/" target="_blank">Made By Penguins</a>. I started with these:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZX0l551HHnwejsuu41eafjhzdik-Vqy5C2P48E7O3NW22WXNRG6igy8ruQW2ZBtj_wAABdjvVOHRMdTFQ5BgyjUfMmMkVNh83iR7PxkRyAxxDW3_lKRlFjQoqcnEJFYCIFjICSxZDj3qApvOOECwFoseOhTvt441hnLZblWV0hrXXn0mfVcqJ_YoPffX/s1978/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="1978" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZX0l551HHnwejsuu41eafjhzdik-Vqy5C2P48E7O3NW22WXNRG6igy8ruQW2ZBtj_wAABdjvVOHRMdTFQ5BgyjUfMmMkVNh83iR7PxkRyAxxDW3_lKRlFjQoqcnEJFYCIFjICSxZDj3qApvOOECwFoseOhTvt441hnLZblWV0hrXXn0mfVcqJ_YoPffX/w640-h594/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And after not very much knitting at all (we all know that stripes go faster), I had these:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRedE__Wy0MP-d6yick-YNyGyIQJK62JAAcmk5Z7qmLFtJLH00iB-jEEuKAC2WOeZMvjvykW6lTLi4YgNlykjw3CFVK_-cweYSU4syJpT2pReqPRBprBjepiAtI25PAIvfkZfCvWA7nDLIdZ_ZGtp9FRzmixx_ZVmp_sG7Hvv3bbYXlxXcb1yiZr66GGA/s1958/IMG_0047-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRedE__Wy0MP-d6yick-YNyGyIQJK62JAAcmk5Z7qmLFtJLH00iB-jEEuKAC2WOeZMvjvykW6lTLi4YgNlykjw3CFVK_-cweYSU4syJpT2pReqPRBprBjepiAtI25PAIvfkZfCvWA7nDLIdZ_ZGtp9FRzmixx_ZVmp_sG7Hvv3bbYXlxXcb1yiZr66GGA/w640-h640/IMG_0047-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Usually, I make socks which match but for these I fancied stripy and co-ordinated but not matching, just for something different. I started by choosing two cuff colours and decided that they would swap over for the toes. I also decided that I’d use one of the six yarns for both heels and that I’d do regular (ten round) stripes. I also decided that I wouldn’t weave in the ends as I knitted as I’m not keen on the uneven stitches I get as a result so I thought I’d see how tedious darning in all the ends afterwards was. I was pleasantly surprised and found it very satisfying, which bodes well for future scrappy socks. I did my usual diagonal path, darning the ends through the purl bumps rather than under and then back down and after doing that for 64 ends, the socks were declared to be finished. Next time, I’m going to try <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-p4qsiyuI8" target="_blank">this method</a> which has been recommended by someone on Threads to see which I prefer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZm4xmNEM_uKORusOlJXisiD84ZUDLJPT2xWXN7YbgS5qUZr7SdM5SRtSCW0CmenzUC_BEV-NRscFvQpDc3MvP1zUyyfgjTeQmPbr1BdURzfNu5_x-fOXwaFXdeKbhTVuBz5fR6DRUfOME0M79p8yWo384YYl2Ouu5hpg2NEvrsw5SwXWPiZQcSNebxmW/s1958/IMG_0048-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZm4xmNEM_uKORusOlJXisiD84ZUDLJPT2xWXN7YbgS5qUZr7SdM5SRtSCW0CmenzUC_BEV-NRscFvQpDc3MvP1zUyyfgjTeQmPbr1BdURzfNu5_x-fOXwaFXdeKbhTVuBz5fR6DRUfOME0M79p8yWo384YYl2Ouu5hpg2NEvrsw5SwXWPiZQcSNebxmW/w640-h640/IMG_0048-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Mini Archie has his eyes on the leftovers from this pair *sighs*</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYpE3hVhY8glB_RoCjS1VF_BDQhKRkvTNLD-jOh7s6syS9zIphPxsx9jzGnKz6Sw7u-OGol5q7FHgPFIdazXNs9O1h9FkDtP1ZzCoXd6KdMvmPIbQ3fR2cc-KN7pr9QLyhigZT8F6hdn5mFyVpLSU3uwmj5Hf9AYZ_28Ue8S_T-hJxsW8jDvyVdtGoT3e/s1958/IMG_0074-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYpE3hVhY8glB_RoCjS1VF_BDQhKRkvTNLD-jOh7s6syS9zIphPxsx9jzGnKz6Sw7u-OGol5q7FHgPFIdazXNs9O1h9FkDtP1ZzCoXd6KdMvmPIbQ3fR2cc-KN7pr9QLyhigZT8F6hdn5mFyVpLSU3uwmj5Hf9AYZ_28Ue8S_T-hJxsW8jDvyVdtGoT3e/w640-h640/IMG_0074-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I finks you’ll find that this is plenty enough for sleeping bags for I and mine chums. <br />Or blankets. Or bof. </td></tr></tbody></table><div></div> <p></p>Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-84312761644676693682023-11-12T14:02:00.007+00:002023-11-28T14:10:34.784+00:00Yet Another Pair Of SocksContinuing with my unintentional year of the sock, I’ve finished another pair. These are made with the leftovers from two balls of WYS Brightside, one from a pair I knitted and the other from a pair my friend knitted. They’re both the same dye lot so I assumed that it would be as easy as knitting two socks from the same ball and getting the colour changes to match but that was very much not the case. The first sock, which was knitted all from one ball, went smoothly but when I came to knitting the leg of the second sock, from the other ball, I had constant trouble trying to get the changes to match. Fortunately, once I got to the point where I could swap back to the first ball, things went a lot better. A (different) friend said that although they’re the same dye lot, that will be comprised of many hanks and if one has a tighter twist than the other, they won’t knit up exactly the same. Which makes sense when you think about it and made me feel a lot better about my knitting consistency, as you can imagine!<br />
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I’ve started the next pair. While I was knitting the pair above, I was asked how many pairs I’d knitted and I realised that they were pair number 99. Which means that this is pair 100:<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6LCmQJOEHGZLXY26eExp6skxeRiIulXx9rt5Aj66anEQfQ5ZTrOY0R0gyqn-tXTI8S692YneBqEPZm3jgKLMCYT2BTywBUVuDbUXR6tcrR9OjB_fpVqeOqdcfXOHqtGdE8RxJoypy0hKiUbnZ7gI4U-3WsYYQEYQuRsyYji2KuSSSCaLPDrLoqiUMGyz/s1958/IMG_9938-compressed.jpeg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6LCmQJOEHGZLXY26eExp6skxeRiIulXx9rt5Aj66anEQfQ5ZTrOY0R0gyqn-tXTI8S692YneBqEPZm3jgKLMCYT2BTywBUVuDbUXR6tcrR9OjB_fpVqeOqdcfXOHqtGdE8RxJoypy0hKiUbnZ7gI4U-3WsYYQEYQuRsyYji2KuSSSCaLPDrLoqiUMGyz/s600/IMG_9938-compressed.jpeg" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarns are, from top right working clockwise, Lobster, Unicorn Tears, Neon Flamingo,<br /></i><i>Pink Elephant, </i><i>Rainbow Unicorn, and </i><i>unlabelled, all from <a href="https://www.madebypenguins.co.uk/" target="_blank">Made By Penguins</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I dithered slightly over whether to use my usual method of choosing the next pair (ask Mr Random Number Generator to choose for me) or whether to look at all the options and choose for myself. In the end, I let Mr RNG choose for me and I’m thrilled that he chose an all-Made By Penguins option for my hundredth pair. </p><p>I’m knitting broad(ish) stripes in a random order (close my eyes and pick one, a time-tested method, but after having removed the yarn I’ve just used and the one before it) and the cuff of one sock will match the toe of the other to make sure they look like a pair. Unlike my other scrappy socks, I’m leaving the ends to be darned in at the end; I may yet regret this decision!</p>
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Apparently, they’ve already been claimed:<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalyZPj0UZ9PVDPsvPHs6bX07Jv-D1df0AhlCVb9XzwTSNIAEsUKGK30h2Y5w680QI9Gwq0KUVACEWbzYsrj7TVpqFM7-hAj6EyDBNjYCl72z2YMBa2vEJy_OvV3wd-ndXAmS92pZvCzo-yyQqXg3JnUFf2qsC6LBsrFEDuXgXPFnVPumRKnsJw2t-eSs7/s1958/IMG_9962-compressed.jpeg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalyZPj0UZ9PVDPsvPHs6bX07Jv-D1df0AhlCVb9XzwTSNIAEsUKGK30h2Y5w680QI9Gwq0KUVACEWbzYsrj7TVpqFM7-hAj6EyDBNjYCl72z2YMBa2vEJy_OvV3wd-ndXAmS92pZvCzo-yyQqXg3JnUFf2qsC6LBsrFEDuXgXPFnVPumRKnsJw2t-eSs7/s600/IMG_9962-compressed.jpeg" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One for each of us? You is too kind *beams*</td></tr></tbody></table>
Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-60623286245918584152023-10-31T06:00:00.001+00:002023-10-31T06:00:00.137+00:00Mini Archie’s October Furtle Around The Blogosphere<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something</i></div><br />This month, I’ve sewn up the <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/10/luna-lapin-jumpers-fettled.html" target="_blank">Luna Lapin jumpers</a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJz-ZymuJQEiEe_A0jjKX47FZ32M1foOPL2LY1L9rWnoXvU98hGfQGgNtPbJtIWSGId6nKFzZvGUvBsWtI-0SR2Ki3yDxEhe6yJ3GPCI1j6HGI0ODRti5grvi1915zfvyAyGfdIDF2MFTb3yJLFyZ3ncpl97kHcCXPlZ7Fb0AIfeILF_FtsAnOxmSpbdN/w640-h640/IMG_9742-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>and knitted a pair of socks</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16bU6_ZIjMtS7ztTNV1VtGcgA8b0nmZuxfkU41QD4oZWJDzSKDuYy6R19O1JNUMeuII531AAULMxyMEwv5d5tDs6yv0iUy9HMeE-3It6XvXN6imtM8XeEnwNHz0vCJdgMZ95Vsg-XYRDcbKyPjh0_kq3sAjVHOqhnQaAW0G89NWpSNd1rOhXl7HQaW8EY/s1958/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16bU6_ZIjMtS7ztTNV1VtGcgA8b0nmZuxfkU41QD4oZWJDzSKDuYy6R19O1JNUMeuII531AAULMxyMEwv5d5tDs6yv0iUy9HMeE-3It6XvXN6imtM8XeEnwNHz0vCJdgMZ95Vsg-XYRDcbKyPjh0_kq3sAjVHOqhnQaAW0G89NWpSNd1rOhXl7HQaW8EY/w480-h640/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is ‘Rimjhim’ by Dusty Dimples</i></td></tr></tbody></table>The yarn has lovely speckles of colours, it really is beautiful.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQauthiw0x_5alit-iMN9bFx5aNKlW-dt6JD6GHdUbEdLYFQwQsjKZ95fYDUUO-hDzTGIiQuQVFqlqW7GHmHLo3Imf9OvAazjkAsigP36Sqj5CNLnb7YTCjkeRtaQXjbD6giBQ9PBU2WLdh-IcaFTST0PVIFE0QWTWHk3o4A3__veGQ2hncR9sZCS7agv1/s1966/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1966" data-original-width="1474" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQauthiw0x_5alit-iMN9bFx5aNKlW-dt6JD6GHdUbEdLYFQwQsjKZ95fYDUUO-hDzTGIiQuQVFqlqW7GHmHLo3Imf9OvAazjkAsigP36Sqj5CNLnb7YTCjkeRtaQXjbD6giBQ9PBU2WLdh-IcaFTST0PVIFE0QWTWHk3o4A3__veGQ2hncR9sZCS7agv1/w480-h640/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>Needless to say, Mini Archie is still a bit miffed that the dishcloths aren’t blankets for him and his chums and, well…</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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This isn't just for sewing or quilting, but is for all crafts so if you knit, make lace, make clothes, do anything which could come under the heading of 'craft', then please link up. Please visit the link immediately before and after you and leave an encouraging comment, and more if you can manage it - we all know that comments create joy, so let's spread some around. Also, please treat all the linked posts and their authors with respect - I want this to be an inclusive space for all crafters and crafts and all are welcome. If you're not sure if you're welcome or you belong, you do - this is by no means a closed space and if you want to join, then you are most welcome. If you need help linking up, please leave a comment and I will do my best to help. 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</div>Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-45163090818033410652023-10-21T14:19:00.005+01:002024-03-14T16:40:48.001+00:00Dishcloths: Fettled!<p>I’ve got another tick on my <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes-2023-list-ii.html" target="_blank">Fettling List</a> to report which has increased my Fettling Points total quite nicely. Last week, I’d made two from each ball of cotton and now I’ve made three more using the leftovers:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwa1SjPzoWrY2MT0zDQPTfrET2zO5VorZtMD81wzEtOW0Q8P8nrR7660cL-F2xd7wX1vEH6HwLzXEnvJHo_g4QqICHEhdvKIqE1e0ZZb802Btr5t4RJaJOU1gsK36ikD89mPk2Faj7mLsNcqAgIUm50wxhWisnD2UOvpmD5oIR8KS8MBZnMG6WACTUofb/s1958/IMG_9761-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1958" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwa1SjPzoWrY2MT0zDQPTfrET2zO5VorZtMD81wzEtOW0Q8P8nrR7660cL-F2xd7wX1vEH6HwLzXEnvJHo_g4QqICHEhdvKIqE1e0ZZb802Btr5t4RJaJOU1gsK36ikD89mPk2Faj7mLsNcqAgIUm50wxhWisnD2UOvpmD5oIR8KS8MBZnMG6WACTUofb/w640-h480/IMG_9761-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The bottom two are made from alternating two yarns, the top is broad stripes of each one:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKTab-vE2eKqb3SUP8Vn_9lq0PM_R3iWVpQaeS7TCx9STjcV6Wv6JxCTf39Im5zpwatdnVHtLfaGNBrZfDozeqIgsKjpfj1-bs_jeD7y4Il5-xSkgIxI9QtdXitPKGCYhYu9_VWPDAdTQAtDdq1MYPqEBQ5gBKSY6FjUTxXAhlpafnsB8QIdb_O0XfUvB/s1958/IMG_9762-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKTab-vE2eKqb3SUP8Vn_9lq0PM_R3iWVpQaeS7TCx9STjcV6Wv6JxCTf39Im5zpwatdnVHtLfaGNBrZfDozeqIgsKjpfj1-bs_jeD7y4Il5-xSkgIxI9QtdXitPKGCYhYu9_VWPDAdTQAtDdq1MYPqEBQ5gBKSY6FjUTxXAhlpafnsB8QIdb_O0XfUvB/w480-h640/IMG_9762-compressed.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love the way the bottom two look like they’re knitted from whole balls rather than striped leftovers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here they are laid out with the non-scrappy cloths on either side of them so you can see the difference between the scrappy and the non scrappy:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDL6HcimWH9XKT6gQRI2QX3UWr8vpwJ0_mv5bXOU6HiwJx9QkFCQJw3yUXWlIsdwfWpKcduv77NaBvPMBf8-Atd9oW9UX3SEeLhfp7xkXH7lEv6R84Q8Uu8CgKTRzejIF9DFat4zIg_9qNj9kycmc3G8AlvW_ji8zMTQMuiAqCv31BdNaeIze9m7DfAbUb/s1958/IMG_9779-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1958" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDL6HcimWH9XKT6gQRI2QX3UWr8vpwJ0_mv5bXOU6HiwJx9QkFCQJw3yUXWlIsdwfWpKcduv77NaBvPMBf8-Atd9oW9UX3SEeLhfp7xkXH7lEv6R84Q8Uu8CgKTRzejIF9DFat4zIg_9qNj9kycmc3G8AlvW_ji8zMTQMuiAqCv31BdNaeIze9m7DfAbUb/w640-h480/IMG_9779-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here’s them all in a nice neat pile, eleven* Fettling Points all stacked together and looking, if I may say, lovely:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJz-ZymuJQEiEe_A0jjKX47FZ32M1foOPL2LY1L9rWnoXvU98hGfQGgNtPbJtIWSGId6nKFzZvGUvBsWtI-0SR2Ki3yDxEhe6yJ3GPCI1j6HGI0ODRti5grvi1915zfvyAyGfdIDF2MFTb3yJLFyZ3ncpl97kHcCXPlZ7Fb0AIfeILF_FtsAnOxmSpbdN/s1958/IMG_9742-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJz-ZymuJQEiEe_A0jjKX47FZ32M1foOPL2LY1L9rWnoXvU98hGfQGgNtPbJtIWSGId6nKFzZvGUvBsWtI-0SR2Ki3yDxEhe6yJ3GPCI1j6HGI0ODRti5grvi1915zfvyAyGfdIDF2MFTb3yJLFyZ3ncpl97kHcCXPlZ7Fb0AIfeILF_FtsAnOxmSpbdN/w640-h640/IMG_9742-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://mindfulquilter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sheila</a> said that each cloth deserved its own point and I agree, so a point a cloth it is.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From this to this, with over 50,000 stitches in between:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLf-oBhuVJw2iFA_ipyRnuYI_f5GrKjTg3DxTMlyk0MG9-c23rOS52Y7Kf31QVBmdiXtgfYRApmUGyY9PbtuHOhRcbW24vMrPf5Cpj8jTMkuudpm15SNyN06FXS7xFOYNH2yQnvZbm_U3ll7sH1jVU-cyewcUe2eudxLonHYvUHwX7iSeyQI8Meloy5v6x/s1964/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1964" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLf-oBhuVJw2iFA_ipyRnuYI_f5GrKjTg3DxTMlyk0MG9-c23rOS52Y7Kf31QVBmdiXtgfYRApmUGyY9PbtuHOhRcbW24vMrPf5Cpj8jTMkuudpm15SNyN06FXS7xFOYNH2yQnvZbm_U3ll7sH1jVU-cyewcUe2eudxLonHYvUHwX7iSeyQI8Meloy5v6x/w640-h326/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dishcloths from dk cotton:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cast on 60sts on 3mm needles, knit 80 rows, cast off. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdNBvN2Mj6NGEemHQD-LZckAJnux22BsDIqOzQD-7pTjwxwY4RwXwcAYNcK7LPb9TUGiMINyFd8GnesfkK6HZaP5f12f67hwu2vx9VpX27mvI9aG74fDXKQvl3PC8xfeF6NXXtsVkeAHBYXN1NgDxWTlGN-Z_aAyPqbbzi6ALI0rkdqJ4u1yObyI29NwC/s1939/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1646" data-original-width="1939" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdNBvN2Mj6NGEemHQD-LZckAJnux22BsDIqOzQD-7pTjwxwY4RwXwcAYNcK7LPb9TUGiMINyFd8GnesfkK6HZaP5f12f67hwu2vx9VpX27mvI9aG74fDXKQvl3PC8xfeF6NXXtsVkeAHBYXN1NgDxWTlGN-Z_aAyPqbbzi6ALI0rkdqJ4u1yObyI29NwC/w640-h544/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>For I, yes? I and mine chums is in need of new blankets for winter…</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p></p>Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-20497624691822510942023-10-15T13:28:00.006+01:002023-10-22T12:47:19.430+01:00Dishcloths: In Progress<p> Having added dishcloths to my <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes-2023-list-ii.html" target="_blank">Fettling List</a> after receiving some gorgeous hand-dyed cotton, I decided that they would be my reward for finishing the <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/10/luna-lapin-jumpers-fettled.html" target="_blank">tiny jumpers</a> and I set to the moment the jumpers were finished (I’m really not kidding!). This is how they looked in the skein:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29qTf0gR9naGoQ-PyjIdG2bTg9IfyIXF-LffFUYWtUo5f2iZc7jXNHf7loX35k4BKnhUSN-qe5zZC7GkY2taJkfZctkL3u1aqR-_1mViPrcaot0l-2EFwtXPAKtfT1pS9-OPWskf83OuPinwYMbVT38Kt_i8-zXn8_q9wu8hpTCv0GBW_ke5ICFJYSJ69/s800/IMG_9195-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29qTf0gR9naGoQ-PyjIdG2bTg9IfyIXF-LffFUYWtUo5f2iZc7jXNHf7loX35k4BKnhUSN-qe5zZC7GkY2taJkfZctkL3u1aqR-_1mViPrcaot0l-2EFwtXPAKtfT1pS9-OPWskf83OuPinwYMbVT38Kt_i8-zXn8_q9wu8hpTCv0GBW_ke5ICFJYSJ69/w640-h640/IMG_9195-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is from <a href="https://www.madebypenguins.co.uk/collections/minis" target="_blank">Made By Penguins</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table>This is how they looked wound:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbItJRSfgjd1tWul4skZjB9XEDdUp23_9zPN9p3QZ_7nfAt3w3Aabg8Ugn2nwql-UHT1bqgxUBTmezTg0X3NDX67DnqfXGTi2_ZkrMSpc5D5vZDMFvoJhx_X8lcwQUMmqzSu0qNh3O9jGPd67WwHl1RjxVzeTWmsfxcT2T5U07NpskDSdQLBkWSiEaZkh/s800/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbItJRSfgjd1tWul4skZjB9XEDdUp23_9zPN9p3QZ_7nfAt3w3Aabg8Ugn2nwql-UHT1bqgxUBTmezTg0X3NDX67DnqfXGTi2_ZkrMSpc5D5vZDMFvoJhx_X8lcwQUMmqzSu0qNh3O9jGPd67WwHl1RjxVzeTWmsfxcT2T5U07NpskDSdQLBkWSiEaZkh/w640-h480/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>And this is how they look knitted into dishcloths:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOrBRkET0IROuzYx5JZ3k9AHbWkrKFn0BKcfm9tOOGpVds5rFrE2hvcihVqsDxUWDkJFRgveHOhI5nn1vdldYFjNh10S6KiX0dH5dbEKhRr5r1CJo7HHc-xgJhT-VEC2-MZ-9RmAfIHTez9xS5QB43llEtZKylhEB1F-5Ofl1oNF9VT96q1zSg-R05hy0z/s1958/IMG_9704-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1958" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOrBRkET0IROuzYx5JZ3k9AHbWkrKFn0BKcfm9tOOGpVds5rFrE2hvcihVqsDxUWDkJFRgveHOhI5nn1vdldYFjNh10S6KiX0dH5dbEKhRr5r1CJo7HHc-xgJhT-VEC2-MZ-9RmAfIHTez9xS5QB43llEtZKylhEB1F-5Ofl1oNF9VT96q1zSg-R05hy0z/w640-h480/IMG_9704-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Each dishcloth weighs about 38g and I have about 31g left of each so I’m going to combine them to make scrappy dishcloths; I’m hoping for another three. I’ve started by combining the two yarns on the right in the ‘wound’ photo (bottom two in the photo above) in simple stripes, two rows of each, and it’s going well:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AvRnW22YqSPUHjN7r1paKVrQWeEBppZM4qTVd0ifXajCA3e22vmYZXFkeI6MGqL28JrKNswbfG52MJswfOCL8aUWCdopT7TUy5HXzHMpsokOtqDtEwbROLnhBqOjRUxUfGjGK8vU6gINjNb1iWjKpTRcsJMrDisYMs0Vg3JLsKUbXORNCo-DixHXSGus/s1958/IMG_9709-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_AvRnW22YqSPUHjN7r1paKVrQWeEBppZM4qTVd0ifXajCA3e22vmYZXFkeI6MGqL28JrKNswbfG52MJswfOCL8aUWCdopT7TUy5HXzHMpsokOtqDtEwbROLnhBqOjRUxUfGjGK8vU6gINjNb1iWjKpTRcsJMrDisYMs0Vg3JLsKUbXORNCo-DixHXSGus/w640-h640/IMG_9709-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><p>I’ll hopefully be back with more dishcloths (and no yarn left) quite soon and then I’ll have to make up my mind how many Fettling Points I award myself: one for each dishcloth or one between them *dithers* or an option I haven’t yet thought of. </p><p>Are you making good progress this month?</p></div>Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-91540279634046261132023-10-07T18:01:00.001+01:002023-10-07T18:01:10.886+01:00Luna Lapin Jumpers, Fettled!<div class="separator">Earlier this year, <a href="https://instagram.com/lizzie_and_julius_cheeser?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" target="_blank">several felty chums of Mini Archie</a> were worried about how they would keep warm this winter and I was tasked with providing jumpers to keep them toasty. Firstly, to check the fit, <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/07/mini-archies-july-furtle-around.html" target="_blank">I made a test jumper which fitted all of them well</a>, they placed their order, it was added to <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes-2023-list-ii.html" target="_blank">the Fettling List</a> and Mini Archie put it to the top of my order of works list.</div><p> I started them last month and by the time it came to <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/09/mini-archies-september-furtle-around.html" target="_blank">furtle for September’s progress</a>, I had three jumpers in pieces which had been soaked and blocked, ready for sewing up. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgsdfCtQEkTJkxJ-m9Fv0xlrqqkdzz4xBkFM4diHBFYZHKfNbmqPzRrOaKjhhACcSNuaxu_3IFtzKqqE-gqiMxWRk9r5agfhFrz19EC89LnoXVnThd5POmRnXNG3ePp6F8guDnccN6jLVokzWIRBV3qwgwPa0t6r_Y6N68C23y3f_G9t-gZc795_crGRj/s800/IMG_9410-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgsdfCtQEkTJkxJ-m9Fv0xlrqqkdzz4xBkFM4diHBFYZHKfNbmqPzRrOaKjhhACcSNuaxu_3IFtzKqqE-gqiMxWRk9r5agfhFrz19EC89LnoXVnThd5POmRnXNG3ePp6F8guDnccN6jLVokzWIRBV3qwgwPa0t6r_Y6N68C23y3f_G9t-gZc795_crGRj/w640-h480/IMG_9410-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.widdisons.co.uk/textiles/stitches.html" target="_blank">Penny</a> had already bought some gorgeous metal buttons from <a href="https://www.coolcrafting.co.uk/product/10-tiny-metal-buttons/" target="_blank">Cool Crafting</a> (as used in the jumper on the <a href="https://www.coolcrafting.co.uk/product/alfies-stripey-jumper-downloadable-pattern/" target="_blank">pattern</a>) and had them sent here so there was nothing stopping me from making a start with the sewing up. Well, nothing bar my dislike of sewing up knitting, that is. However, Mini Archie gave me a stern talking to and then pulled on my heartstrings with tales of nithered chums. Naturally, I set to. </p><p>At first, I was going to sew up each jumper individually but, after sewing in one pink sleeve and tying in the other, a chat with a friend helped me realise that batch sewing would be better so I changed tack and joined the shoulder seams and then attached the buttons.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhScI2YVOPoHlngslxbhXFiCY5ivryG_8Q42TJdXkkaHO04MTplyhVwP3kbnLpSvNcIABMMrr4tQWv88D2e0i-18iFlmrrs4V7SGUnGXGjeEEZHeYGMMg3-TDGoRF6e9bh0RRjEaPzJzJhefDkEJ2aABkhHipQxAhWHJhyphenhyphenG2TpHoPTUepgZTTfDmLNyNwVa/s1902/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1902" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhScI2YVOPoHlngslxbhXFiCY5ivryG_8Q42TJdXkkaHO04MTplyhVwP3kbnLpSvNcIABMMrr4tQWv88D2e0i-18iFlmrrs4V7SGUnGXGjeEEZHeYGMMg3-TDGoRF6e9bh0RRjEaPzJzJhefDkEJ2aABkhHipQxAhWHJhyphenhyphenG2TpHoPTUepgZTTfDmLNyNwVa/w640-h362/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p>Then I tied in all the sleeves:<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHL9ioWdLyVUHuPTQP7oj9LvnPWHBNHcEgWb6hZJWhFN31YN82vSsND42OIGAEZbfukIqKSAw6hxKePbiAT-VQGBSgJXC4TVUDCQ4OH5Hns02ksBWvcH1gH-d61dw4x0lFxIfOoVla_KKSe7E0S6jCpTFSLB1sKUTg8IhID-Dv2e1yeOsQCM-4BbEuZWR/s1958/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHL9ioWdLyVUHuPTQP7oj9LvnPWHBNHcEgWb6hZJWhFN31YN82vSsND42OIGAEZbfukIqKSAw6hxKePbiAT-VQGBSgJXC4TVUDCQ4OH5Hns02ksBWvcH1gH-d61dw4x0lFxIfOoVla_KKSe7E0S6jCpTFSLB1sKUTg8IhID-Dv2e1yeOsQCM-4BbEuZWR/w640-h640/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Tying in means no there’s no pins to stab you as you sew and also means there’s nothing to tangle<br />the yarn round. It’s really useful, especially on small things, and I’m grateful to a friend for <br />passing on the tip. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>And, after not very long at all and with far less stress/angst than I’d anticipated, I had three finished jumpers:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZ7O07DrvNgFdszJhzhAllztTaqgUCbu3Vx8aovUpMnVhxf5yEa43s3FammEm5sO_eQksIf8dzWBIPIxvl_g-S3XK0lKIdsF4qkwp6cLzCKtCe4kzJINVlsMDdE90y4Mco_iVggLNxyUxoWXsibY1nHtcUBZC2KVJkJ0nVMCuoYYCMUOimYL57xGugzcT/s1958/IMG_9509-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1958" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZ7O07DrvNgFdszJhzhAllztTaqgUCbu3Vx8aovUpMnVhxf5yEa43s3FammEm5sO_eQksIf8dzWBIPIxvl_g-S3XK0lKIdsF4qkwp6cLzCKtCe4kzJINVlsMDdE90y4Mco_iVggLNxyUxoWXsibY1nHtcUBZC2KVJkJ0nVMCuoYYCMUOimYL57xGugzcT/w640-h480/IMG_9509-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Front</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_In9XJOg-VJDeU3o59Otf-tHmR4JoBSqtmZT3MXuLTU-WqFN4OccTCpre574vs6dU5snqv6Agfje_7HGL6sPjz4L_FfTDWDdbJO93sSjKUi9PB5gICZsnCJXTxUJS8ag32JyPXu09ww8YMvYTmt7wuj6_SuD91q2exdyCopcIOlAJ4kskvFPt4loSG5LV/s1958/IMG_9508-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1958" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_In9XJOg-VJDeU3o59Otf-tHmR4JoBSqtmZT3MXuLTU-WqFN4OccTCpre574vs6dU5snqv6Agfje_7HGL6sPjz4L_FfTDWDdbJO93sSjKUi9PB5gICZsnCJXTxUJS8ag32JyPXu09ww8YMvYTmt7wuj6_SuD91q2exdyCopcIOlAJ4kskvFPt4loSG5LV/w640-h480/IMG_9508-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Back</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As one of the chums hadn’t been able to get her head through the neckhole of the test jumper, I knitted her a wee shawl as a surprise so she wouldn’t feel left out. Trying to work out how long to make that long edge without her to try it on as I went was a little tricky and it could have done with being a little longer, but it’s okay.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9tqzuLrW-89dfTnCG5oPZQlDyZDPe8jzBLOXXb-_1c6gh18JFWcKfYyg_hJFWryit0dBmdMpMj2lj7ZfiqIJyerFSDsPM6WuPDPxHd15iDz6J1jYEIFZ-SfQlNlsIL0QrLJAnWyRc4T33oMh1DMkFptoScixI1DRuiX8bZhruFxepssufwlcWCpoATWz/s1958/IMG_9510-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1958" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9tqzuLrW-89dfTnCG5oPZQlDyZDPe8jzBLOXXb-_1c6gh18JFWcKfYyg_hJFWryit0dBmdMpMj2lj7ZfiqIJyerFSDsPM6WuPDPxHd15iDz6J1jYEIFZ-SfQlNlsIL0QrLJAnWyRc4T33oMh1DMkFptoScixI1DRuiX8bZhruFxepssufwlcWCpoATWz/w640-h480/IMG_9510-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is <a href="https://rippingyarns.co/products/hjertegarn-merino-cotton-dk" target="_blank">Hjertegarn merino cotton dk</a> and is beautiful to work with. <br />Jumpers and shawl were knitted on 3.25mm needles.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>The parcel arrived today:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRaKz7QC-RB-JuNqxJRK_Mn7CcfhyqeKoDCQU9_xJvjA5vwWj758nzVpXWLruMjb4Rrie0colyJsZslSMWn4pMoh3OxcYF9IdrE7pZ4n4rsEqSj4Hk_sFe-Y07soxDuU5d9qhgvhRyq_gwYpImRBHayyR0a0UrciIjc3PIfPHxUtUiy85G5vF0UH_oDSd/s795/14B8F71E-FFCF-451E-8763-CB4CFBB95734.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="795" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRaKz7QC-RB-JuNqxJRK_Mn7CcfhyqeKoDCQU9_xJvjA5vwWj758nzVpXWLruMjb4Rrie0colyJsZslSMWn4pMoh3OxcYF9IdrE7pZ4n4rsEqSj4Hk_sFe-Y07soxDuU5d9qhgvhRyq_gwYpImRBHayyR0a0UrciIjc3PIfPHxUtUiy85G5vF0UH_oDSd/w640-h484/14B8F71E-FFCF-451E-8763-CB4CFBB95734.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The individual orders were pawed out:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1sL0UXBB3ljl1UyS3uUyhTuV7S-BaGhuQNb3LvRaAC5bxcEw1ZTwspC0HygdZPTK19f8l9f_RVM9WXT6fmAM_F1CIvRSmM1DpEHs058HNvv01aTtQU3f0fIcnSvMlscBtEGuxZkdMBOBOa1O6JW9XtiNFxmRFiiibE2meIkGW8bJXvd4oMFIe0c3uY9h/s800/6D273A2F-B55D-42C9-ABFD-1CDF7AB6AAB8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1sL0UXBB3ljl1UyS3uUyhTuV7S-BaGhuQNb3LvRaAC5bxcEw1ZTwspC0HygdZPTK19f8l9f_RVM9WXT6fmAM_F1CIvRSmM1DpEHs058HNvv01aTtQU3f0fIcnSvMlscBtEGuxZkdMBOBOa1O6JW9XtiNFxmRFiiibE2meIkGW8bJXvd4oMFIe0c3uY9h/w640-h480/6D273A2F-B55D-42C9-ABFD-1CDF7AB6AAB8.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>And the donning of jumpers began:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPzPQLGvzA4sIbz65aWDcTNKXpT3lkTtXftKQXIAlOeMzZvt3s7z-oad19rCVmBtJVtPpX-1x0GsRr7f96oXPOf6r2fICehlADrBZo4sy30NwstWUm6s-TBC-2QLA40MwNJfq8bQlML0T6Mzqkeu5ypwkWkPvMBTnhaVQ4B0gsKkKbcOXw5f85VsMF28z/s788/E3BF4DA6-26F8-4251-A2F5-6B938CF4AF87.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="788" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPzPQLGvzA4sIbz65aWDcTNKXpT3lkTtXftKQXIAlOeMzZvt3s7z-oad19rCVmBtJVtPpX-1x0GsRr7f96oXPOf6r2fICehlADrBZo4sy30NwstWUm6s-TBC-2QLA40MwNJfq8bQlML0T6Mzqkeu5ypwkWkPvMBTnhaVQ4B0gsKkKbcOXw5f85VsMF28z/w640-h520/E3BF4DA6-26F8-4251-A2F5-6B938CF4AF87.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Clemmie was pleased with her shawl. Obviously, since her attempt at trying on the test jumper, she’s been working on squishing her head through spaces which are slightly too small for it as the jumper now fits!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1jUmX3Va49H-JExqiJkbEixeDzpX3N5lZauHSPK4ozZBahSOrh0A7VWde1ZfApdRJ2PAUlvoXGOkxSGiiiB8w0M1Hzy4Sb2TGxnM4vWt6do8ISoLIsrPfNPUz0olUP_6lto_TDAokLN4vc4reMsppYhi1OpTKw2TSbXk-RevA9nu7mjK7bFvWPsauyU8/s720/F3C7CA74-E9BE-4DE0-A4F1-35297F0DF60B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1jUmX3Va49H-JExqiJkbEixeDzpX3N5lZauHSPK4ozZBahSOrh0A7VWde1ZfApdRJ2PAUlvoXGOkxSGiiiB8w0M1Hzy4Sb2TGxnM4vWt6do8ISoLIsrPfNPUz0olUP_6lto_TDAokLN4vc4reMsppYhi1OpTKw2TSbXk-RevA9nu7mjK7bFvWPsauyU8/w640-h640/F3C7CA74-E9BE-4DE0-A4F1-35297F0DF60B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also in the parcel were training prodding sticks for Pip, Squeak and Cam, the youngest of the mice in that home as Mini Archie decided it was time for them to start their prod training. Heaven help Penny is all I can say, she’s going to be prodded into next week!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzo3Cke9PwQsJUYci1w6mGBSnu0Boyar954FrrwfaPqpF33ZcU5II-Yde8uksdmKOlICH-MaIOsAi1A_XXFrmDqNQzTjC9QrxG51IKfd37LdrRFGoKq49cB6ac5sWeLWN2iVi5Mke44K96Gj8Z9bzm1vL4_TjP_4J7wZXwH9XGxKM6qCiQdkmJbZz_TLj/s720/6A4C1B6D-0455-472B-B8DE-997318FBEB37.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzo3Cke9PwQsJUYci1w6mGBSnu0Boyar954FrrwfaPqpF33ZcU5II-Yde8uksdmKOlICH-MaIOsAi1A_XXFrmDqNQzTjC9QrxG51IKfd37LdrRFGoKq49cB6ac5sWeLWN2iVi5Mke44K96Gj8Z9bzm1vL4_TjP_4J7wZXwH9XGxKM6qCiQdkmJbZz_TLj/w640-h640/6A4C1B6D-0455-472B-B8DE-997318FBEB37.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Of course, before the jumpers were wrapped and sent, Mini Archie had to try one on to check it wasn’t actually for him:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjG_OERPdbG1kzFbpRPcJK08kqvNSqU9cSSH81mqFg-F6dhfBy9qMWUsknMxNMT-4Fr-vWMYeSKhPjZk4lgbcuor1nHYUUqrjKCDkPtA7FKEQNIIDx1O_dmWvPG8myfR5WQnrNWxKDyFJ5_K1v0loCXVVqMTP5MoAyqi3mXNFoLqouu1akX-_UFCZYt4KG/s1958/IMG_9513-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjG_OERPdbG1kzFbpRPcJK08kqvNSqU9cSSH81mqFg-F6dhfBy9qMWUsknMxNMT-4Fr-vWMYeSKhPjZk4lgbcuor1nHYUUqrjKCDkPtA7FKEQNIIDx1O_dmWvPG8myfR5WQnrNWxKDyFJ5_K1v0loCXVVqMTP5MoAyqi3mXNFoLqouu1akX-_UFCZYt4KG/w640-h640/IMG_9513-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>And he had a go at auditioning to be the new face of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg3F_V_ZXjw" target="_blank">Scottish Widows</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRG4HuNnzEzwVpoI_RDGGcADQZJujYR7T2W5NccO3g7kJuDfshHOBxVVA6BhGwWRtt8HFpEHmUg4iapYtqz8B_ChFwo_b47FhVixOHgK9elJdUKzgTMySnkbF5LZyJInasWg22nUc61Wao6uzWSu0OJc9WtJIdXfJoOxVBe9H-bMJnoNDVjG40XG8kSx5a/s1958/IMG_9516-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRG4HuNnzEzwVpoI_RDGGcADQZJujYR7T2W5NccO3g7kJuDfshHOBxVVA6BhGwWRtt8HFpEHmUg4iapYtqz8B_ChFwo_b47FhVixOHgK9elJdUKzgTMySnkbF5LZyJInasWg22nUc61Wao6uzWSu0OJc9WtJIdXfJoOxVBe9H-bMJnoNDVjG40XG8kSx5a/w640-h640/IMG_9516-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>And now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes-2023-list-ii.html" target="_blank">Fettling List</a> to update!</p></div>Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-9153552560791007462023-09-30T06:00:00.082+01:002023-09-30T06:00:00.145+01:00Mini Archie’s September Furtle Around The Blogosphere<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hello! This month has been a satisfying sock month. I finished the enormous socks:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJKjkDHZbqt-YN1hLLeaktnnhPVc7H-Tyb1pC-835rDaQPSp-S2woG-tisuSbPvLg04pt780WltrpiK8v0DZTeazi177f-VUnArc0YvMQ6VS4qt3m7RoUtG4PUYGroI_-tMxaq7H87CXpzqKybME0d8YtcH8_oxo6g9jWohp4-c-eSnnm1jgZubIVYjfX/s1958/IMG_9085-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJKjkDHZbqt-YN1hLLeaktnnhPVc7H-Tyb1pC-835rDaQPSp-S2woG-tisuSbPvLg04pt780WltrpiK8v0DZTeazi177f-VUnArc0YvMQ6VS4qt3m7RoUtG4PUYGroI_-tMxaq7H87CXpzqKybME0d8YtcH8_oxo6g9jWohp4-c-eSnnm1jgZubIVYjfX/w640-h640/IMG_9085-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is <a href="https://mothyandthesquid.com/products/summer-lake-merino-nylon-sock-yarn" target="_blank">Summer Lake by Mothy And The Squid</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWli86n-N78TlijTchMmzwTC89-MTvCnj9ibstfxWd4XWF2nbHnONdTsc9zxKgXlqy_ShcyA-gb73BlOCweQZ6s-ZM0GVhCUSg1PV7N0BKlWGhbBLgV1KxN5n6EZqk1hpcnxTYu6RDVC1sJJBVTTugYarcH4OYsUXKxU16IV5CRfSz8iOhH70EBQ-DPuhz/s1958/IMG_9086-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWli86n-N78TlijTchMmzwTC89-MTvCnj9ibstfxWd4XWF2nbHnONdTsc9zxKgXlqy_ShcyA-gb73BlOCweQZ6s-ZM0GVhCUSg1PV7N0BKlWGhbBLgV1KxN5n6EZqk1hpcnxTYu6RDVC1sJJBVTTugYarcH4OYsUXKxU16IV5CRfSz8iOhH70EBQ-DPuhz/w640-h640/IMG_9086-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>To show how enormous they are, I took a photo with the size six socks they were travelling with to their new home:<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAvVRA0mKuEV2cUY-NYVBUFMOT1VTqb2w-0FboujzRLYH0U72ePhNN82h60LkHHmVoPYXK3MZWmKQoecDZek4rqBVLG1QWCAS_e_siifJDcvBSVNx0t_4Sc3GWI2w1QCwof4zlgl4ojWSBUfOduBdy2NKDBSHZeppeEYtU-D5DXEYEBvmcMqbGk21Z7_v/s1958/IMG_9088-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoAvVRA0mKuEV2cUY-NYVBUFMOT1VTqb2w-0FboujzRLYH0U72ePhNN82h60LkHHmVoPYXK3MZWmKQoecDZek4rqBVLG1QWCAS_e_siifJDcvBSVNx0t_4Sc3GWI2w1QCwof4zlgl4ojWSBUfOduBdy2NKDBSHZeppeEYtU-D5DXEYEBvmcMqbGk21Z7_v/w640-h640/IMG_9088-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I’ve blocked the tiny jumper pieces:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucGSs6jjKGW7GFGiQoJyRcW2rhirYD2glaUR94yB9lZNiHijTUEZPhOxsdxd_iRVHR_bGGXaY6_2crhcnvJ-SEQXmx1iLeTS8eZwepTrv4Fbbp_DhFpVmApoqauHG1yfWJxGdy5_mxcsdBTtebEI5usK2RI9qGH-aBywIfOg03Ec6OLq2cnXebx_udqz5/s1958/IMG_1298-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucGSs6jjKGW7GFGiQoJyRcW2rhirYD2glaUR94yB9lZNiHijTUEZPhOxsdxd_iRVHR_bGGXaY6_2crhcnvJ-SEQXmx1iLeTS8eZwepTrv4Fbbp_DhFpVmApoqauHG1yfWJxGdy5_mxcsdBTtebEI5usK2RI9qGH-aBywIfOg03Ec6OLq2cnXebx_udqz5/w480-h640/IMG_1298-compressed.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And now they’re ready for the (dreaded*) sewing up:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgsdfCtQEkTJkxJ-m9Fv0xlrqqkdzz4xBkFM4diHBFYZHKfNbmqPzRrOaKjhhACcSNuaxu_3IFtzKqqE-gqiMxWRk9r5agfhFrz19EC89LnoXVnThd5POmRnXNG3ePp6F8guDnccN6jLVokzWIRBV3qwgwPa0t6r_Y6N68C23y3f_G9t-gZc795_crGRj/s1958/IMG_9410-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1958" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgsdfCtQEkTJkxJ-m9Fv0xlrqqkdzz4xBkFM4diHBFYZHKfNbmqPzRrOaKjhhACcSNuaxu_3IFtzKqqE-gqiMxWRk9r5agfhFrz19EC89LnoXVnThd5POmRnXNG3ePp6F8guDnccN6jLVokzWIRBV3qwgwPa0t6r_Y6N68C23y3f_G9t-gZc795_crGRj/w640-h480/IMG_9410-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>(*I’m hoping that doing three of them back to back will cure me of this dread. The sewing up of the test jumper wasn’t anywhere near as bad as I was expecting so I’m hoping to continue that and cure myself.)</div><div><br /></div><div>I got a fantastic new bag from a friend in California which is the perfect sock knitting bag:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksHiumlfFxNhVasjmtq3afBzmtQHsEDXmXprbi799i03r31FTZd_x8_63Z11PkCatqN6RLAjt6QO7U1egNmBQhsfsqsONCOUY8UpKrEBe_0JiL1MahSeZud3JkADhAq6tob-TTEmZ8DVh00OdUcq9qkNnVarhaXuRgW-p5Fxjw99eHLjSjJIq7LD-D8t_/s1958/IMG_9412-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1958" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksHiumlfFxNhVasjmtq3afBzmtQHsEDXmXprbi799i03r31FTZd_x8_63Z11PkCatqN6RLAjt6QO7U1egNmBQhsfsqsONCOUY8UpKrEBe_0JiL1MahSeZud3JkADhAq6tob-TTEmZ8DVh00OdUcq9qkNnVarhaXuRgW-p5Fxjw99eHLjSjJIq7LD-D8t_/w640-h480/IMG_9412-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjzSS1rsg2FNWDGIGUafU5Bbd7qveFr2Jkv0g_K4gi_jBONKam5WVp7BQV5pzW2hePper2c9jrrs1S6ZhiARVwqfB1ek6K1MtQvuDPtDVXkcQsCkIKKdyx9s9BHQFxCLJn0S5D3nDY-fe1ijzIz30Nm5_KG5TZT2M0aUve6VChk5jZ_1pPTupj2u6QVlm/s1958/IMG_9413-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1958" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjzSS1rsg2FNWDGIGUafU5Bbd7qveFr2Jkv0g_K4gi_jBONKam5WVp7BQV5pzW2hePper2c9jrrs1S6ZhiARVwqfB1ek6K1MtQvuDPtDVXkcQsCkIKKdyx9s9BHQFxCLJn0S5D3nDY-fe1ijzIz30Nm5_KG5TZT2M0aUve6VChk5jZ_1pPTupj2u6QVlm/w640-h480/IMG_9413-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1R4Q63v11laevESKV7JEsL4n5387n0IBYKmQigNgXe22pE-D_0IkwJCghOCKFdeW_kDnS-G0kIiGnYMRbQ_yFzu0bhIryk6rT-4qvHyBQSltLA8XcXDnl_OHNh1hTFGNRiiC9ixTaYc7yQEVg1HsYzf-sMaaJ5MdlH0F04KtdR7Zt0vBkf6xgK6flx4D/s1958/IMG_9414-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1958" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1R4Q63v11laevESKV7JEsL4n5387n0IBYKmQigNgXe22pE-D_0IkwJCghOCKFdeW_kDnS-G0kIiGnYMRbQ_yFzu0bhIryk6rT-4qvHyBQSltLA8XcXDnl_OHNh1hTFGNRiiC9ixTaYc7yQEVg1HsYzf-sMaaJ5MdlH0F04KtdR7Zt0vBkf6xgK6flx4D/w640-h480/IMG_9414-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FSee6nIgfDZWuDRp4d-eepwzjfs333EB6Z4WIQeuf6qGcaQho5uAQWBy2QGiYaMXQTeMn5UCVfAXP1SkA5BfdTJ4e-7015aGLMuNmf9Wby-MYxz4IyVxkKT5Os-p1neT1Ia6mmX7-UN_q_Lij-b8t_KwQ1qHlBjBEq2usjAdJnkwZ_SCEjGzzg7mSETb/s1958/IMG_9415-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1958" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FSee6nIgfDZWuDRp4d-eepwzjfs333EB6Z4WIQeuf6qGcaQho5uAQWBy2QGiYaMXQTeMn5UCVfAXP1SkA5BfdTJ4e-7015aGLMuNmf9Wby-MYxz4IyVxkKT5Os-p1neT1Ia6mmX7-UN_q_Lij-b8t_KwQ1qHlBjBEq2usjAdJnkwZ_SCEjGzzg7mSETb/w640-h480/IMG_9415-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Here’s what it holds with room to spare:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vt7N-75XtnPnN5-pZPc4y4xZkUT-c_QWH-ldOKM8D7179o1i-oJVxIyHKYfClBKpSvKnMW5IeqdAoaXjlkQm1Ykze_DJuje-ZsyV-RfChzqkwImMeSYmUfG0Z5VBX8OpmpU7fWPipMaakI8khsnaISWJUGTuOGhFFZXpCAIGFP52CpkH3FM7_ejYSFS2/s1958/IMG_9416-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vt7N-75XtnPnN5-pZPc4y4xZkUT-c_QWH-ldOKM8D7179o1i-oJVxIyHKYfClBKpSvKnMW5IeqdAoaXjlkQm1Ykze_DJuje-ZsyV-RfChzqkwImMeSYmUfG0Z5VBX8OpmpU7fWPipMaakI8khsnaISWJUGTuOGhFFZXpCAIGFP52CpkH3FM7_ejYSFS2/w480-h640/IMG_9416-compressed.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Aren’t the fabrics wonderful? Thank you, Ramona, I adore it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And I turned this sock lucky dip item:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzBXLjQDFStbEJUiQfDHKZeNQDvAA53wlPZ5g1j74RZtJPAPW1Cf_CJQ8ZGwRcGli3FBvtgknoAQ6Cf6WEXH217SEZ2HLQUb9SfmrA1TX9HkCym5yl2CPGAquo-JH5owU0Mt_Rd7Yc3nWXJK_3kwyP0kr0oFbXG8UOUI0z-n3-baQeLr8ImXfElnkkVNX/s1941/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1712" data-original-width="1941" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzBXLjQDFStbEJUiQfDHKZeNQDvAA53wlPZ5g1j74RZtJPAPW1Cf_CJQ8ZGwRcGli3FBvtgknoAQ6Cf6WEXH217SEZ2HLQUb9SfmrA1TX9HkCym5yl2CPGAquo-JH5owU0Mt_Rd7Yc3nWXJK_3kwyP0kr0oFbXG8UOUI0z-n3-baQeLr8ImXfElnkkVNX/w640-h564/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Into these socks:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgII74kblREvCyWlQbDDnIR-2sSQGktweJlK_zkMqfoWIhaz4WgJc69GRp8HwNJP6NaWFmBs1eDG-mqNMO-1mdIR1h5zRA2LHwvgliGLjEDrr_bILvF7REPXsZAkWGI3PRJKO-cHlRi3Bb2i6OC4KlVSuHoZ_rsC1dGaDJFLj0NHID9WH68QqfE0sToyobH/s1958/IMG_9458-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgII74kblREvCyWlQbDDnIR-2sSQGktweJlK_zkMqfoWIhaz4WgJc69GRp8HwNJP6NaWFmBs1eDG-mqNMO-1mdIR1h5zRA2LHwvgliGLjEDrr_bILvF7REPXsZAkWGI3PRJKO-cHlRi3Bb2i6OC4KlVSuHoZ_rsC1dGaDJFLj0NHID9WH68QqfE0sToyobH/w640-h640/IMG_9458-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div>I had under two grams of the multi-coloured yarn left at the end, which is very nearly almost as good as just having enough left to graft the toe closed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And I’ve wound my next project, dishcloths from this gorgeous cotton dk yarn, I can’t wait!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbItJRSfgjd1tWul4skZjB9XEDdUp23_9zPN9p3QZ_7nfAt3w3Aabg8Ugn2nwql-UHT1bqgxUBTmezTg0X3NDX67DnqfXGTi2_ZkrMSpc5D5vZDMFvoJhx_X8lcwQUMmqzSu0qNh3O9jGPd67WwHl1RjxVzeTWmsfxcT2T5U07NpskDSdQLBkWSiEaZkh/s1958/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1958" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbItJRSfgjd1tWul4skZjB9XEDdUp23_9zPN9p3QZ_7nfAt3w3Aabg8Ugn2nwql-UHT1bqgxUBTmezTg0X3NDX67DnqfXGTi2_ZkrMSpc5D5vZDMFvoJhx_X8lcwQUMmqzSu0qNh3O9jGPd67WwHl1RjxVzeTWmsfxcT2T5U07NpskDSdQLBkWSiEaZkh/w640-h480/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Mini Archie welcomed two new chums who stopped in Durham for a while to visit Penelope Creations and commission a new outfit each:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJiEOuRBChoEtfPHsZrqGFSST8hkn2KJCo5uvBIQa6GfI_AStrKS1povvYEg-k2JQdQlw-JYDv8rDygIo9A5mgcI2F4iZYNS6dHJt8IQ2a8osybGCL5Tl2vLDUm-EfSSTaIFr0a5PGfGAa4Q_fZLukHTkPkMfolOXLI_Gk-uFirU1B7SyfqvWxR5-NyUDO/s1958/IMG_1278-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJiEOuRBChoEtfPHsZrqGFSST8hkn2KJCo5uvBIQa6GfI_AStrKS1povvYEg-k2JQdQlw-JYDv8rDygIo9A5mgcI2F4iZYNS6dHJt8IQ2a8osybGCL5Tl2vLDUm-EfSSTaIFr0a5PGfGAa4Q_fZLukHTkPkMfolOXLI_Gk-uFirU1B7SyfqvWxR5-NyUDO/w480-h640/IMG_1278-compressed.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New chums! Please welcome Harriet (left) and<br />Henrietta Hare (right) *beams* Welcome, chums!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not sure how I squeezed all that into a short month, to be honest!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b>Linking up to the September Furtle </b><br /><br />If you're linking up, please add a link (one per person, please) to your blog post, which could contain: a mosaic of all you've made in the month, something you've made/started/worked on, a goal which you'd like to achieve in the next month (and then in next month's post you can reflect on that goal and set yourself another one - I find this particularly handy if I'm in the midst of a big project and finding the making of hundreds of blocks to be interminable), anything crafty you'd like to share. 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This month has not been a productive month in terms of things for blogging as, among other things, I’ve been sorting my iTunes library on a new-to-me laptop and it wasn’t as straightforward or as quick as I expected. (Is anything ever quick or straightforward with iTunes?)<div><br /></div><div>However, I’ve finished one (enormous) sock:</div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6hh6P6wBnbgD2KN07KUEzdlmdxyfLKrGSzbOyC8nNdlth7R83Wpl81q3tVIae2srfee3u62JMZ8qmSDxDDCEy2D4svIOndDlqdkqDM_ERcF-FNt-znukd-PHHIOR5t-ogDz0vEMmF8AuXa5Xc4EUYhgENJrIxZ8gb8K9Kirxu1nKDfj7a8W0XXcpZuBy/s800/IMG_8888-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6hh6P6wBnbgD2KN07KUEzdlmdxyfLKrGSzbOyC8nNdlth7R83Wpl81q3tVIae2srfee3u62JMZ8qmSDxDDCEy2D4svIOndDlqdkqDM_ERcF-FNt-znukd-PHHIOR5t-ogDz0vEMmF8AuXa5Xc4EUYhgENJrIxZ8gb8K9Kirxu1nKDfj7a8W0XXcpZuBy/w480-h640/IMG_8888-compressed.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And its pair is going well:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr5Su_eVV0oK54VBvir2AfJMT3FfJCzG2QyoUkdtIO-OeeNH2V0lzEGSTZ6ngxdzV04mWQUIxQLvjne2YzprY50clDprfG0-THFRf9zuys_cdotOArmFQiTwXI5cbrwoXz_pZMdqzqnd78ZlaPrlSLc8_-HHvoz9uHuJ0FEokmqmo-ogsOw7FDoZG4sXf/s2036/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2036" data-original-width="1958" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr5Su_eVV0oK54VBvir2AfJMT3FfJCzG2QyoUkdtIO-OeeNH2V0lzEGSTZ6ngxdzV04mWQUIxQLvjne2YzprY50clDprfG0-THFRf9zuys_cdotOArmFQiTwXI5cbrwoXz_pZMdqzqnd78ZlaPrlSLc8_-HHvoz9uHuJ0FEokmqmo-ogsOw7FDoZG4sXf/s600/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div></div><div>Mini Archie has enjoyed matching the sunflowers we’ve grown this year:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1XJHazUOqZsi3uzsaVosTnpPGehta-fsn3VNGIWhyjZzdzchdtiQuUQooOfAgtEE_RQ1X1wGOPHYD8UypwDPDSEcZY_RZqARl-Y5Kjt-gvmyRG4FVgLCOzBWWS5x--MKrwHJ0bc-8bDSWMwHTXkoKTVak_lHWQA8a1stnRjrGuRnmfMn2u8mg7lUrvd7/s1958/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="display: inline; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1468" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1XJHazUOqZsi3uzsaVosTnpPGehta-fsn3VNGIWhyjZzdzchdtiQuUQooOfAgtEE_RQ1X1wGOPHYD8UypwDPDSEcZY_RZqARl-Y5Kjt-gvmyRG4FVgLCOzBWWS5x--MKrwHJ0bc-8bDSWMwHTXkoKTVak_lHWQA8a1stnRjrGuRnmfMn2u8mg7lUrvd7/s600/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I doesn’t know why you is out here enjoying the sunflowers, </span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">you has a Fettling List to be getting on wif *hard stare*</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div></div><div>And that’s me done for the month, short and sweet this time!</div><div><br /><b>Linking up to the August Furtle </b><br /><br />If you're linking up, please add a link (one per person, please) to your blog post, which could contain: a mosaic of all you've made in the month, something you've made/started/worked on, a goal which you'd like to achieve in the next month (and then in next month's post you can reflect on that goal and set yourself another one - I find this particularly handy if I'm in the midst of a big project and finding the making of hundreds of blocks to be interminable), anything crafty you'd like to share. This isn't just for sewing or quilting, but is for all crafts so if you knit, make lace, make clothes, do anything which could come under the heading of 'craft', then please link up. Please visit the link immediately before and after you and leave an encouraging comment, and more if you can manage it - we all know that comments create joy, so let's spread some around. Also, please treat all the linked posts and their authors with respect - I want this to be an inclusive space for all crafters and crafts and all are welcome. If you're not sure if you're welcome or you belong, you do - this is by no means a closed space and if you want to join, then you are most welcome. If you need help linking up, please leave a comment and I will do my best to help. Please add the Furtling button to your blog post: copy the code below and paste it into your blog post - it <i>should</i> then magically appear when you publish your blog post (I'll do my best to help if you have any problems) and it will help people find the Furtling page with all the details of the link up.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align:center"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" /></a></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">To link up, go to the link at the bottom of this page and click on 'link up' (it's a blue button) and then add your link (website URL), a title (this could be your blog name but could also be something interesting to draw people to it (keep it clean!) if you prefer), and your email. This last one doesn't appear on the link (I will have access to it - I won't use it unless there's a problem and I need to contact you) so don't worry that you're about to share your email address with the world (or the handful of people who find this link), you're not! The link will remain open until </span><b style="text-align: left;">10th September</b><span style="text-align: left;">; if you're seeing this post after this date, I'm afraid you can't link up to the August Furtle, but you can link next month if you like.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /></div>
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<a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html"><img alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something</i></div>
<div><br /></div><div>Hello! Gosh, this month has felt quite long but there’s been lots of rain and no ridiculously warm weather so I’ve been happy! </div><div><br /></div><div>I finished the socks I’d started last month and this photo does not accurately depict the colour of them - Jillian’s photo of the yarn on her website is the one to look at if you’re wondering what they actually look like.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKFAxZCr3UTf8G6_IB5QI9FFytLSEYQko5THFUQ8igiYk3MTAgz8ukIxdBL3rdRkZA_GGxO2h3I93AZsMN64eRbM_PbQZ6k00KHh3AXGSFLL511WEdlxTc8lkK_8aa8DTjxA-5R1DiniWVh6YknaNeR6fBLyS-_DEtydwtS-TxuAdnPdDIexCaEizMrge/s1958/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKFAxZCr3UTf8G6_IB5QI9FFytLSEYQko5THFUQ8igiYk3MTAgz8ukIxdBL3rdRkZA_GGxO2h3I93AZsMN64eRbM_PbQZ6k00KHh3AXGSFLL511WEdlxTc8lkK_8aa8DTjxA-5R1DiniWVh6YknaNeR6fBLyS-_DEtydwtS-TxuAdnPdDIexCaEizMrge/w640-h640/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is <a href="https://mothyandthesquid.com/products/peacock-sparkle-merino-nylon-sock-yarn" target="_blank">Peacock from Mothy And The Squid</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And I’ve started the pair for her husband:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GcusEsTrD13vEpjcgDkZwbFjv47E6Sih3PB3Gu7kYaK7P7hopusWUfcmvgVOQjyD6SdmaXGFbX-SKY0relGQAVKIhDzuTFb5VTUmn3bW2ee_rqrCXnz72hxe_BlkKhL7K_wsC5KhFpLI9XFrG5fGy2Q21Ml07vDFg7U4cUDA51G1aQSkCJBfvdPtd3AM/s1958/IMG_8529-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GcusEsTrD13vEpjcgDkZwbFjv47E6Sih3PB3Gu7kYaK7P7hopusWUfcmvgVOQjyD6SdmaXGFbX-SKY0relGQAVKIhDzuTFb5VTUmn3bW2ee_rqrCXnz72hxe_BlkKhL7K_wsC5KhFpLI9XFrG5fGy2Q21Ml07vDFg7U4cUDA51G1aQSkCJBfvdPtd3AM/w640-h640/IMG_8529-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is <a href="https://mothyandthesquid.com/products/summer-lake-merino-nylon-sock-yarn" target="_blank">Summer Lake by Mothy And The Squid</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I sewed up the Luna Lapin jumper after a quick demonstration from a friend and I’m pleased to say it went really well. Her two top tips were to split the yarn and just use three (of the seven) plies for sewing up and to use scrap yarn or similar (I used crochet cotton) to tie certain points together rather than using pins (and snip them open as you come to them) which made a huge difference to how easy it was and meant I didn’t get stabbed by any pins either. I must admit that I’m rather pleased with the result:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8e6keCe0ePAJ0VmB9Kry0mJBPc64mfjH--a80SDVmmQS7eozedZZ-HcfwVoevXQZ7baLQhNc_U80874gh2v5b9T1T1IHsoFdgPleNGEdCxiuPaXu8srYkIX8-EQT8p7ELQY3XvFaqERuVzGrQf98By1TvPVMT92Mazj0eje1vqA_3CrcE4g1I_Sxq-mo/s1958/IMG_8102-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8e6keCe0ePAJ0VmB9Kry0mJBPc64mfjH--a80SDVmmQS7eozedZZ-HcfwVoevXQZ7baLQhNc_U80874gh2v5b9T1T1IHsoFdgPleNGEdCxiuPaXu8srYkIX8-EQT8p7ELQY3XvFaqERuVzGrQf98By1TvPVMT92Mazj0eje1vqA_3CrcE4g1I_Sxq-mo/w640-h640/IMG_8102-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is <a href="https://rippingyarns.co/products/hjertegarn-merino-cotton-dk" target="_blank">Hjertegarn merino cotton</a> in shade 3317</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Mini Archie was very keen to try it on but, alas, it drowned him:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Progress Reports<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes.html"><img border="0" data-original-height="1777" data-original-width="1777" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXFqAp6mN9k-sK6oNL0wmV15qHJr3wHALu1lHwhQYvzAQ38vzlTY9_fDq6NRjw2fm8C7VxcrlMVQ6zSJknXEx2nWX65n0wVragS6ln8US3N_AoV2gBOoAOyRUwZh3DwoYToI6XWABv188FiMKyRZ86m06I4txYysLDCy6lglCkcW46RmL0ctfRYf5Kog=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: #fffcfd; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: #212121; font-family: "Crimson Text"; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: #fffcfd; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: #212121; font-family: "Crimson Text"; font-size: 17px;">Hello, and welcome to the halfway point of this year’s Fettle Those Finishes! T</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: #fffcfd; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: #212121; font-family: "Crimson Text"; font-size: 17px;">his is a progress link up so you can reflect on your progress (note that that doesn’t mean just finishes, it means any and all progress on your Fettling List). As I did last year, I’ve written <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes-2023-list-ii.html" target="_blank">a new Fettling List</a> for the second half of the year; I’m yet to find the perfect way to organise my list so I’ve added a table (of sorts) in the hope that I’ll be able to track additions to the list as well as things I’ve ticked off.</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: #fffcfd; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: #212121; font-family: "Crimson Text"; font-size: 17px;"> If you’re new to Fettling, you can absolutely join now, don’t let missing half the year put you off rolling up your sleeves, having a good furtle through your projects and deciding which you want to make progress on by the end of the year. <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes.html" target="_blank">Details of Fettle Those Finishes can be found here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: #fffcfd; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: #212121; font-family: "Crimson Text"; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); color: #212121; font-family: "Crimson Text";">My Progress Report</h2><div>I’ve sorted my <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/01/mini-archies-january-furtle-around.html" target="_blank">sock knitting records</a> so that every person now has their own card with the pattern details on the front and a list of socks I’ve knitted them on the back, and they now <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/02/mini-archies-february-furtle-around.html" target="_blank">live in a lovely tin</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM03Db_rhYf8z6HhqObALVLBHPSA6xJR0Z3LfrF5ly9agr-sTOS4FtU2GR8otEb3Ib1OhQTnPXSgEbYhUyEUz6VIuTfPb63i8auggjpWfdo6xG05PAtG6mHnD0xW73TB5dv5XR9hVB8B8PcibcQeG5hJptupACEWnK2FZcZqjZhhQlN76WS2uy2ns1Td0j/s1946/IMG_8095-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1946" data-original-width="1946" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM03Db_rhYf8z6HhqObALVLBHPSA6xJR0Z3LfrF5ly9agr-sTOS4FtU2GR8otEb3Ib1OhQTnPXSgEbYhUyEUz6VIuTfPb63i8auggjpWfdo6xG05PAtG6mHnD0xW73TB5dv5XR9hVB8B8PcibcQeG5hJptupACEWnK2FZcZqjZhhQlN76WS2uy2ns1Td0j/w640-h640/IMG_8095-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I’ve knitted <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/search/label/socks%202023" target="_blank">fourteen pairs of socks</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVfOm2p5DGlbaS7owOOU7bH2S-Wivpbco98f7SxpYkiUQKR193Cv5VsT0C1oMhqJYghKQCnZ42ACQ7cytZ5Xt0nJuS7Ipv2wx8X8PCxPjwuDmRbOsVRwY2Kdzj22KuM8rFG-abyrfsB1QbkNMM7hD9SSs7jSx4qtxCDsVgYYFrjjPh0MgxnfkJU13w40y/s1946/IMG_8090-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1946" data-original-width="1750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVfOm2p5DGlbaS7owOOU7bH2S-Wivpbco98f7SxpYkiUQKR193Cv5VsT0C1oMhqJYghKQCnZ42ACQ7cytZ5Xt0nJuS7Ipv2wx8X8PCxPjwuDmRbOsVRwY2Kdzj22KuM8rFG-abyrfsB1QbkNMM7hD9SSs7jSx4qtxCDsVgYYFrjjPh0MgxnfkJU13w40y/w576-h640/IMG_8090-compressed.jpeg" width="576" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/05/mini-archies-may-furtle-around.html" target="_blank">Nine dishcloths</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Gosh, it’s been a warm month (although fortunately not as warm or as warm for as long as some parts of the country) so knitting has been somewhat limited. I’ve finished the pair of socks I started last month which used three different <a href="https://www.madebypenguins.co.uk/password" target="_blank">Made By Penguins</a> yarns</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzoBgrQXzMSPKEfX31gBLLvYYeWNCi1agHkIVCw99aF9vZ6iQAxCIDObHPHUMmjZVYp21a9wLKhw6KlVxNyzqY6RcUBQH0Oe_NQUyfRlQM67k2LUBETSOPnttC4QfljmC62JSMTnZISEpRksHNtTCw4SEGfqvXO-SsTO0bhW_AKMiCKi3NzMt_HemGA/s800/IMG_7513-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzoBgrQXzMSPKEfX31gBLLvYYeWNCi1agHkIVCw99aF9vZ6iQAxCIDObHPHUMmjZVYp21a9wLKhw6KlVxNyzqY6RcUBQH0Oe_NQUyfRlQM67k2LUBETSOPnttC4QfljmC62JSMTnZISEpRksHNtTCw4SEGfqvXO-SsTO0bhW_AKMiCKi3NzMt_HemGA/w640-h640/IMG_7513-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8n3cqUK__NBL8_ekoKTZDAjGL3wwhfYVaa1MAnY_dzbUKBUpyOjK1GsEvBZl42Q58bM7Djov398XFjnCwjnbHKFj7Z0BIdpSO4-er5aXegC0xBW2vds5vKCUFEDgow4Tw165YB3KxzfR3HpIslZGJ4GAe9vFAqZeuR28uPx73aok1p2AJmhUScXK_gT8z/s1958/IMG_7743-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8n3cqUK__NBL8_ekoKTZDAjGL3wwhfYVaa1MAnY_dzbUKBUpyOjK1GsEvBZl42Q58bM7Djov398XFjnCwjnbHKFj7Z0BIdpSO4-er5aXegC0xBW2vds5vKCUFEDgow4Tw165YB3KxzfR3HpIslZGJ4GAe9vFAqZeuR28uPx73aok1p2AJmhUScXK_gT8z/w640-h640/IMG_7743-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">And they’re now in the sock drawer waiting for autumn. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrKOdv3UvsvDAWesuQxFSB8-0j7E2YIJGKnGDFifuLgsNB-AlU6VD8H2NLtp1aEs3b3TJB8MIm5-id58YS5QvBl-_Y9j_pSXOv1ZRN5OCXdxsdt1ebgeIA476tD6knXcvvh4BuuHQd78ZmVTZjckK19zC7pZUyvICEWd8Afy0eHAG1Zb8QFsh4Prb5RHh/s1958/IMG_7745-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrKOdv3UvsvDAWesuQxFSB8-0j7E2YIJGKnGDFifuLgsNB-AlU6VD8H2NLtp1aEs3b3TJB8MIm5-id58YS5QvBl-_Y9j_pSXOv1ZRN5OCXdxsdt1ebgeIA476tD6knXcvvh4BuuHQd78ZmVTZjckK19zC7pZUyvICEWd8Afy0eHAG1Zb8QFsh4Prb5RHh/w640-h640/IMG_7745-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This is the non-sparkle pink and the purple.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPNncTD8qCzrrghVG2XSO7Mhr1i1pfvIUpmB7lTllmMOputkorLw4ExXuBU1L81qFkbzYkrOikPUJcbGjQ5MvrlfQMuiIOgG4TZW9-CeVTFaTCLN3kc1R8vecDKHwWGkAo9wqxd5JKXKFeo2FP5IWbRxTvmi4iXHD7LmkJfubdkKLIA5tzHuv_4H1ZcwC/s1958/IMG_7746-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPNncTD8qCzrrghVG2XSO7Mhr1i1pfvIUpmB7lTllmMOputkorLw4ExXuBU1L81qFkbzYkrOikPUJcbGjQ5MvrlfQMuiIOgG4TZW9-CeVTFaTCLN3kc1R8vecDKHwWGkAo9wqxd5JKXKFeo2FP5IWbRxTvmi4iXHD7LmkJfubdkKLIA5tzHuv_4H1ZcwC/w640-h640/IMG_7746-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>And this is the sparkle pink and purple.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I’ve started a pair of socks for a friend </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj70Yw62xVy8IuR0aJ_ghJljQNkkIpd5jT_D8vi7br1gJ3KUMeM2GYREqNcTMkzN-NIcH0AZHyQsXhTJk1Y9EmKTwDZDzLCS9rVaMvzAK6GBRe1hacpaqDafa4ZVZHtPsifeX66_60Q9sweS7z7bQvY2Bj9J3klFO_UPO_G3ZgRNSJ7hFd2OI0cwf1rOoKX/s1958/IMG_8071-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj70Yw62xVy8IuR0aJ_ghJljQNkkIpd5jT_D8vi7br1gJ3KUMeM2GYREqNcTMkzN-NIcH0AZHyQsXhTJk1Y9EmKTwDZDzLCS9rVaMvzAK6GBRe1hacpaqDafa4ZVZHtPsifeX66_60Q9sweS7z7bQvY2Bj9J3klFO_UPO_G3ZgRNSJ7hFd2OI0cwf1rOoKX/w640-h640/IMG_8071-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is <a href="https://mothyandthesquid.com/products/peacock-sparkle-merino-nylon-sock-yarn" target="_blank">Peacock from Mothy And The Squid</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>And the first test Luna Lapin jumper is ready for sewing up. This is going to be sent to <a href="http://www.widdisons.co.uk/textiles/stitches.html" target="_blank">Miss Lizzie</a>’s house for some of her chums to try on to check they’re happy with the fit. They’ll then send their order through, apparently. (Needless to say, this has all been arranged by Mini Archie.)</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvyaxpirmRWAgngWO-f85dbeohoCaOajyHbUavr1YKe5S_A0CmPoZnCs-PXkEFll18yTIvjl-ktDAugTijFDlZYvB7YuXYFx7SQIyDETAeosU7mjwyF8m-TwbR295XqlGGQGBHVR2zXy4WQbcL1sb24YHuzsKnjB6X-fibufcgakRAiHwGQO6qFYTSKYA/s1958/IMG_8074-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvyaxpirmRWAgngWO-f85dbeohoCaOajyHbUavr1YKe5S_A0CmPoZnCs-PXkEFll18yTIvjl-ktDAugTijFDlZYvB7YuXYFx7SQIyDETAeosU7mjwyF8m-TwbR295XqlGGQGBHVR2zXy4WQbcL1sb24YHuzsKnjB6X-fibufcgakRAiHwGQO6qFYTSKYA/w640-h640/IMG_8074-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And, months ahead of schedule, I’ve finished my Advent trees! I used <a href="https://knittedhome.com/product/drops-alpaca-yarn/" target="_blank">Drops Alpaca</a> in Dark Green, Green Grass, and Olive and got the number buttons <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1014737382/wooden-advent-number-buttons-1-25-get" target="_blank">here</a>. The pattern is my own (and was adapted for each tree depending on, well, whim) but I can write it up if anyone would like it, just say. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjhBALyUeyPYz8q6yKogkPdmFGGa9ilf0ssan5uELLbMbR4Wz9C4xYLb4bad-tpP35kd2jhcmGcPSVG3kHw3VEpVjBcN06rvCNDJHzu0kvTW5fgLG2N4yqo5qq8n5dE3wYTxqw4F151GGteOLIJcR0JIHMO1tedwMPchGJz3GG1bzEILqBpOmjWsB061n/s2022/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="2022" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjhBALyUeyPYz8q6yKogkPdmFGGa9ilf0ssan5uELLbMbR4Wz9C4xYLb4bad-tpP35kd2jhcmGcPSVG3kHw3VEpVjBcN06rvCNDJHzu0kvTW5fgLG2N4yqo5qq8n5dE3wYTxqw4F151GGteOLIJcR0JIHMO1tedwMPchGJz3GG1bzEILqBpOmjWsB061n/w640-h288/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>That’s another two projects ticked off my <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes-2023-list.html" target="_blank">Fettling List</a> and as it’s the halfway point of the year, it means it’s time for a Fettle Those Finishes progress report which will be published tomorrow. I will be making a new list for the second half of the year (unfortunately, it will have a lot of the same things on it as the one it is replacing) so if you want to do that and add it to your report, feel free. Equally, if you want to stick to the same list, that’s also fine - do what works for you.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYeSvRFrUcLYfHMrVglvSehTVXb1O4_AabAlpExdyv80f2a7KhQ3U0a00s7i3YsWexe_vtteMTxU4SawoGE6wCPhr2JqQEikOfAutbLXX2RwOJEM0h4LDGGO4rT_0gGl675yW76fR1bp3_N39kSt7GbGXBeoeNIefDBLvLKwsdQC4WdQTeap9jPQgopua/s2005/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="941" data-original-width="2005" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYeSvRFrUcLYfHMrVglvSehTVXb1O4_AabAlpExdyv80f2a7KhQ3U0a00s7i3YsWexe_vtteMTxU4SawoGE6wCPhr2JqQEikOfAutbLXX2RwOJEM0h4LDGGO4rT_0gGl675yW76fR1bp3_N39kSt7GbGXBeoeNIefDBLvLKwsdQC4WdQTeap9jPQgopua/w640-h300/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I is a giant!</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b>Linking up to the June Furtle </b><br /><br />If you're linking up, please add a link (one per person, please) to your blog post, which could contain: a mosaic of all you've made in the month, something you've made/started/worked on, a goal which you'd like to achieve in the next month (and then in next month's post you can reflect on that goal and set yourself another one - I find this particularly handy if I'm in the midst of a big project and finding the making of hundreds of blocks to be interminable), anything crafty you'd like to share. This isn't just for sewing or quilting, but is for all crafts so if you knit, make lace, make clothes, do anything which could come under the heading of 'craft', then please link up. Please visit the link immediately before and after you and leave an encouraging comment, and more if you can manage it - we all know that comments create joy, so let's spread some around. Also, please treat all the linked posts and their authors with respect - I want this to be an inclusive space for all crafters and crafts and all are welcome. If you're not sure if you're welcome or you belong, you do - this is by no means a closed space and if you want to join, then you are most welcome. If you need help linking up, please leave a comment and I will do my best to help. 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<!--end InLinkz code--><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-3060854584290978792023-05-31T06:00:00.009+01:002023-05-31T06:00:00.149+01:00Mini Archie’s May Furtle Around The Blogosphere <div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something</i></div><div><br /></div>This month, I’ve done a bit of different knitting: dishcloths and tiny faffy things!<div><br /></div><div>A friend sent me these balls of cotton yarn as she didn’t need them:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisro5DRJGyvz50x7Kr-Tx64SnLAQyahHFGT3ASAYtlR8paO0SONcSZorYrtucecy0i8G_Xqkrkw-hL5ev_y7RNJS9_zAoClHCbBNEILi_JTCKt4wUH3GIPtUpJNj5l3yM5gYEPxihOnwT-ofZ12T4KEpJnha8CnTC2XeL6RrQB4sm-wyG7GV6JGcDmEw/s1958/19285AB3-2084-47DF-8EFA-1229D03E3C5D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisro5DRJGyvz50x7Kr-Tx64SnLAQyahHFGT3ASAYtlR8paO0SONcSZorYrtucecy0i8G_Xqkrkw-hL5ev_y7RNJS9_zAoClHCbBNEILi_JTCKt4wUH3GIPtUpJNj5l3yM5gYEPxihOnwT-ofZ12T4KEpJnha8CnTC2XeL6RrQB4sm-wyG7GV6JGcDmEw/w640-h640/19285AB3-2084-47DF-8EFA-1229D03E3C5D.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And I turned them into dishcloths: <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFmTZAh2nYioXOo4RjOWDCreIiRfQ6bH6BEP1PUIKJ6m7Kg2Dbt8W6YBYavhTAOIFGCHasVlKC4vMZTjUe6Lywi2zw5arD7KGPX6TjhujRzOznEAzCV9q_ghMpyuY2K4bEaHOpqZM-iOnoGUigYb2PLwu_MZFc_jVbPyGNhrcC3LlGaAFeDqi8_s4FQ/s1958/IMG_0218-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFmTZAh2nYioXOo4RjOWDCreIiRfQ6bH6BEP1PUIKJ6m7Kg2Dbt8W6YBYavhTAOIFGCHasVlKC4vMZTjUe6Lywi2zw5arD7KGPX6TjhujRzOznEAzCV9q_ghMpyuY2K4bEaHOpqZM-iOnoGUigYb2PLwu_MZFc_jVbPyGNhrcC3LlGaAFeDqi8_s4FQ/w640-h640/IMG_0218-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She also sent me this little knitting kit which I thought I’d knit in the round rather than flat:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicu1IHVOegXs-Q1V-Mjz7ulc7qAGfdieqyyweIoD66AtXsFbYzyeBxSDTE9ZSEpwfGS_kYZUAVwLHKpLHvfK33o5PH9yOiELTC5ji2dTvxQsWm31mpQQ1MkycHRjYI06nTG_MQJsow51qwIPpPde_tcj5J1RoXIqbToBk9ZCaZRZmg39d1XOvQbl3N4A/s1958/FDD1D028-E832-4261-96A1-8699827402E0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicu1IHVOegXs-Q1V-Mjz7ulc7qAGfdieqyyweIoD66AtXsFbYzyeBxSDTE9ZSEpwfGS_kYZUAVwLHKpLHvfK33o5PH9yOiELTC5ji2dTvxQsWm31mpQQ1MkycHRjYI06nTG_MQJsow51qwIPpPde_tcj5J1RoXIqbToBk9ZCaZRZmg39d1XOvQbl3N4A/w640-h640/FDD1D028-E832-4261-96A1-8699827402E0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For some reason, when I came to start, I followed the instructions and knitted it flat and then had the detested task of sewing it up. This is him with a head, legs and arms and as I said to a (different) friend, unless he’s very very cute, I will not be using the spare yarn to make him a chum.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhliU74xPX8iXoMS81H_wm_Vnr592UCc8uVnorjfGB4x1Bqzx8S_Ow8Y7ltVwjXmyCYcn7Pm9oM_Y4M75c8WmnW8MADOJjIo4Zimyp3c0TVqMzmLt3KV-2NQgS_QKJuOnYAaNWR7KClI-T47fx247lKPnnxLt4ESTd2ODOn3N0Mx1vSjpaLY0N3wk6H2w/s1536/830C6701-F9C4-4FD3-81E0-2D7F7FD57E52-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="864" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhliU74xPX8iXoMS81H_wm_Vnr592UCc8uVnorjfGB4x1Bqzx8S_Ow8Y7ltVwjXmyCYcn7Pm9oM_Y4M75c8WmnW8MADOJjIo4Zimyp3c0TVqMzmLt3KV-2NQgS_QKJuOnYAaNWR7KClI-T47fx247lKPnnxLt4ESTd2ODOn3N0Mx1vSjpaLY0N3wk6H2w/w360-h640/830C6701-F9C4-4FD3-81E0-2D7F7FD57E52-compressed.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was even more determined once I’d spent what felt like hours faffing with his ears to get them where they looked nice (and re knitted one of them as the pattern has them made identically but I felt that looked wrong so I pulled one out and knit it in the mirror image of the other one):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ms737wGUrzRDB-KSg00ElybCIs177jl9IBrE_u2c_RwrlAjwuWE-NzqKS3zBVD3SutsMyM6VSC2GSFJGi4xYjBVoClrhjN7PweEBQ8sBbgoDZnGLGq5GXtiX2R6VsOw_uTOJo5sVfvpROpqF0d0FV6MmloUlEF98wfRkJejNXF5_mtbG5Rm8Z0ej7Q/s1920/9D4AD6BF-F884-4982-8CB4-4830453BFF1B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ms737wGUrzRDB-KSg00ElybCIs177jl9IBrE_u2c_RwrlAjwuWE-NzqKS3zBVD3SutsMyM6VSC2GSFJGi4xYjBVoClrhjN7PweEBQ8sBbgoDZnGLGq5GXtiX2R6VsOw_uTOJo5sVfvpROpqF0d0FV6MmloUlEF98wfRkJejNXF5_mtbG5Rm8Z0ej7Q/w360-h640/9D4AD6BF-F884-4982-8CB4-4830453BFF1B.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">And then he got his face and, oh bother, he really was very very cute.</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0taeyJ62x4Jn-5037Bso0nQFKcnctPHyiYMab45YBjGrLu4Aq9_SMM4JRSF-c65Kyd6769S2b7EzOoDMxQHjaqYXKjT1Ii_0zuAfnmPUUtrfDtzKHLqtRFOKMmxtPTrL5GOsby72Az9BBM6GDG9bbUQKPlOj57PW3V5osx7aJMdbpv42w87NmbGE0Fw/s1536/C6B6273A-9F7A-4D5A-9E73-ACED4F1447CA-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="864" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0taeyJ62x4Jn-5037Bso0nQFKcnctPHyiYMab45YBjGrLu4Aq9_SMM4JRSF-c65Kyd6769S2b7EzOoDMxQHjaqYXKjT1Ii_0zuAfnmPUUtrfDtzKHLqtRFOKMmxtPTrL5GOsby72Az9BBM6GDG9bbUQKPlOj57PW3V5osx7aJMdbpv42w87NmbGE0Fw/w360-h640/C6B6273A-9F7A-4D5A-9E73-ACED4F1447CA-compressed.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I started on his chum (still somehow, despite the hours it took me to go from casting off body one to finishing chum one, forgetting that knitting in the round would have been better) but there wasn’t enough blue yarn so he had to have a stripy jumper. And there was something wrong because he was oddly high waisted:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOCLDHHuPl_aNo5prSEn_1cWcT2QmM1Svn3qie_5OQLNh0ffu-W3N5lvOZZNw9KdGERHyK6WbopJ8UeWspBwoYFcK6HBbRnGK2651dk42EdK092tLKPsOH69GerHDGgs6ewKg_KG52GewFeDJHU9gJX7iGgCv5DVo-Y-wNN-kYUvrFFxK6YdUKB1Z5A/s1920/9E3314E1-BCB5-40C0-89B7-18E4558F388E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOCLDHHuPl_aNo5prSEn_1cWcT2QmM1Svn3qie_5OQLNh0ffu-W3N5lvOZZNw9KdGERHyK6WbopJ8UeWspBwoYFcK6HBbRnGK2651dk42EdK092tLKPsOH69GerHDGgs6ewKg_KG52GewFeDJHU9gJX7iGgCv5DVo-Y-wNN-kYUvrFFxK6YdUKB1Z5A/w360-h640/9E3314E1-BCB5-40C0-89B7-18E4558F388E.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Fortunately, it was just that I’d sewn his legs too high up rather than there being an issue with the jumper (which was what I feared), so some (tense) unpicking and snipping of leg yarn and he looked a lot better.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWsGPfxVCW666ZxKBa_j9RSy8mY7XMST_4SZYrJS44X1TssBrCau_3Ntg1sbWf-qktdyhGnct9-75XBy3Hm8ZoglI48hOvgif47h65LDAm9KzMvuNyk7rRZ6unYFAhZ0X_nDLeF8EE1ZoSTT5UKcYmUSSJHg-2Xt6iQTBjY_Cij2DylvA1bQuvOfUsg/s1958/IMG_0239-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitWsGPfxVCW666ZxKBa_j9RSy8mY7XMST_4SZYrJS44X1TssBrCau_3Ntg1sbWf-qktdyhGnct9-75XBy3Hm8ZoglI48hOvgif47h65LDAm9KzMvuNyk7rRZ6unYFAhZ0X_nDLeF8EE1ZoSTT5UKcYmUSSJHg-2Xt6iQTBjY_Cij2DylvA1bQuvOfUsg/w480-h640/IMG_0239-compressed.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">After a bit more faffing, they were both finished:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtJJH_XNvOgnjQ3qxPUIlaS_VPMh85yQlenbsdW0F0PP8Hy6eQzbdABHxn5WvHtiimwgUiJjHu_NUwIyb8q0vWYG459_UmoRURwoMuuckyTRaHFHIgmgjVGIdwsYZH2zt3-RJuf94vQnFeUA7v1nILbV1v4jLxPwnxxr-dbo4F8AbzLYwZT2fbiiVEA/s1958/IMG_0241-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-y2XpQikZkJY9hDQ4qy5rEgUS8Nv9Dn2O1VlhweiCw2MDKU9hNNk-ySekbTTmzLIzkLbfgS2v2FU8P26NCK80jCrJQlq4bp7GPLvNnAtjbEM65igXmqstvVMo96vQXJh_KSmAyASOimjdQoKCzxI0pAK0GENN4ORY7Db5d1BcpuxTgrjBQQhnYEivlw/w640-h640/IMG_7510-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That’s two more things from <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes-2023-list.html" target="_blank">my Fettling List</a> now fettled!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Once they were finished, I settled down with some scrappy sock knitting using these leftovers/mini skeins from <a href="https://www.madebypenguins.co.uk/password" target="_blank">Made By Penguins</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzoBgrQXzMSPKEfX31gBLLvYYeWNCi1agHkIVCw99aF9vZ6iQAxCIDObHPHUMmjZVYp21a9wLKhw6KlVxNyzqY6RcUBQH0Oe_NQUyfRlQM67k2LUBETSOPnttC4QfljmC62JSMTnZISEpRksHNtTCw4SEGfqvXO-SsTO0bhW_AKMiCKi3NzMt_HemGA/s1958/IMG_7513-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzoBgrQXzMSPKEfX31gBLLvYYeWNCi1agHkIVCw99aF9vZ6iQAxCIDObHPHUMmjZVYp21a9wLKhw6KlVxNyzqY6RcUBQH0Oe_NQUyfRlQM67k2LUBETSOPnttC4QfljmC62JSMTnZISEpRksHNtTCw4SEGfqvXO-SsTO0bhW_AKMiCKi3NzMt_HemGA/w640-h640/IMG_7513-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The plan was to use the two pinks at the bottom for contrast and also some as one yarn in the <a href="https://www.actechniques.co.uk/tutorials-1" target="_blank">helical knitting</a> with the purple/grey/pink as the other and then swap to the other two yarns while keeping the purple/grey/pink for as long as it lasted. So, when the smaller ball of pink ran out, I added in the pale grey and pink yarn and got this far:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqzPQO2HA76vRMpk_gpPf9w9z42QRrfZjHj7jSLt2uS1NDuyI0LIHSXa850bLhTsnDJV7_WNaFPEJFv79ekxs8QSW8UNrEdRNUn8kfYQqVuEMuSn93emo1vqTZi7pX7meGtrxsXERKNkXgBthltn0qv1oZzTtBBq8tiYI0NAspQ56_JmU-7LVvLjIhQ/s2036/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2036" data-original-width="1728" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqzPQO2HA76vRMpk_gpPf9w9z42QRrfZjHj7jSLt2uS1NDuyI0LIHSXa850bLhTsnDJV7_WNaFPEJFv79ekxs8QSW8UNrEdRNUn8kfYQqVuEMuSn93emo1vqTZi7pX7meGtrxsXERKNkXgBthltn0qv1oZzTtBBq8tiYI0NAspQ56_JmU-7LVvLjIhQ/w544-h640/FullSizeRender-compressed.jpeg" width="544" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">before deciding I wasn’t keen (it looks better in the photo than it did in person) and pulling them back to where I’d added the pale grey and using the other ball of the same pink. They now look like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-9YV9-4a7grDC3KwVBM6XjPrFVOoPvcKcsKgIwYNvmtuclMN5IOs0dQAdMegUOJuLLjy6oDrMT8c5mIHtzvwdVfHjJCUWnZFQGuob0_FmLKGeQfwRgTjKrPxA8c9rK2o6yZzEMPcgk1ESLlxDOOFv9YkFvXpSaRZwkjRdORuDONLRtUkjGC_N9r1Uw/s1958/IMG_7676-compressed.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-9YV9-4a7grDC3KwVBM6XjPrFVOoPvcKcsKgIwYNvmtuclMN5IOs0dQAdMegUOJuLLjy6oDrMT8c5mIHtzvwdVfHjJCUWnZFQGuob0_FmLKGeQfwRgTjKrPxA8c9rK2o6yZzEMPcgk1ESLlxDOOFv9YkFvXpSaRZwkjRdORuDONLRtUkjGC_N9r1Uw/w640-h640/IMG_7676-compressed.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mini Archie is enjoying the sunshine and finding bits of the garden where he matches the flowers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-av9mXav_yi5y5_lIdPa0zTQ6RQUiJdFQcHxuTWaOHN6K4_B4CVhL4ty1KlikcGL_hynw8-aB5HLEg4E2-fp1yprXJIsbhELgrvv3y4Ot5-TEn-X1Ml1sZMmEV7ZqWtbbY7-oXOPhwrT7BCM7i86YKvNpeJbyfHESfqQ_J0dGeFlSFeqLLIvclwEe7w/s1958/IMG_7680-compressed.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-av9mXav_yi5y5_lIdPa0zTQ6RQUiJdFQcHxuTWaOHN6K4_B4CVhL4ty1KlikcGL_hynw8-aB5HLEg4E2-fp1yprXJIsbhELgrvv3y4Ot5-TEn-X1Ml1sZMmEV7ZqWtbbY7-oXOPhwrT7BCM7i86YKvNpeJbyfHESfqQ_J0dGeFlSFeqLLIvclwEe7w/w480-h640/IMG_7680-compressed.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Linking up to the May Furtle </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />If you're linking up, please add a link (one per person, please) to your blog post, which could contain: a mosaic of all you've made in the month, something you've made/started/worked on, a goal which you'd like to achieve in the next month (and then in next month's post you can reflect on that goal and set yourself another one - I find this particularly handy if I'm in the midst of a big project and finding the making of hundreds of blocks to be interminable), anything crafty you'd like to share. 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<!--end InLinkz code-->Archie The Wonder Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348256617269963755noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300074371992363435.post-16073954537759300262023-04-30T06:00:00.026+01:002023-06-05T16:33:23.780+01:00Mini Archie’s April Furtle Around The Blogosphere<div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something</i></div><div><br /></div>Hello! Just a quick post from me today and mainly photos (or that’s the plan as I type).<div><br /></div><div>I finished the socks I started last month using the <a href="https://www.actechniques.co.uk/tutorials-1" target="_blank">helical knitting technique</a>, which I definitely love and is really easy, a rainbow ombré yarn and a solid navy (Opal Navy 9930):<br /><div>
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I had enough of the rainbow yarn left to make a second pair. Not enough for fully-striped socks so I went for striped feet:<br />
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(The second foot did have to be pulled out when I got about two-thirds along as the purple just wasn’t changing shade. I took about 4g out of the ball and started again and I’m very glad I did.)</div><div><br /></div><div>Here’s their family photo:<br />
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<div>So that’s something else ticked off my <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes-2023-list.html" target="_blank">Fettling List</a>! (Although I do seem to keep adding (little) things to it so I’m not sure it’s actually getting any shorter. Must try harder…)</div><div><br /></div>Speaking of adding things to the Fettling List, I’ve knitted a pair for a friend in this gorgeous zebra yarn (by <a href="https://birdstreetyarn.com/collections/all" target="_blank">Birdstreet yarn</a> called ‘Out With A BANG!’):<br />
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They’re proving quite hard to photograph (for me, at least) so here’s a close up:<br />
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Mini Archie is, as ever, keeping me on task:<br />
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<div><br /><b>Linking up to the April Furtle </b><br /><br />If you're linking up, please add a link (one per person, please) to your blog post, which could contain: a mosaic of all you've made in the month, something you've made/started/worked on, a goal which you'd like to achieve in the next month (and then in next month's post you can reflect on that goal and set yourself another one - I find this particularly handy if I'm in the midst of a big project and finding the making of hundreds of blocks to be interminable), anything crafty you'd like to share. This isn't just for sewing or quilting, but is for all crafts so if you knit, make lace, make clothes, do anything which could come under the heading of 'craft', then please link up. Please visit the link immediately before and after you and leave an encouraging comment, and more if you can manage it - we all know that comments create joy, so let's spread some around. Also, please treat all the linked posts and their authors with respect - I want this to be an inclusive space for all crafters and crafts and all are welcome. If you're not sure if you're welcome or you belong, you do - this is by no means a closed space and if you want to join, then you are most welcome. If you need help linking up, please leave a comment and I will do my best to help. Please add the Furtling button to your blog post: copy the code below and paste it into your blog post - it <i>should</i> then magically appear when you publish your blog post (I'll do my best to help if you have any problems) and it will help people find the Furtling page with all the details of the link up.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align:center"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" /></a></p></div><br />To link up, go to the link at the bottom of this page and click on 'link up' (it's a blue button) and then add your link (website URL), a title (this could be your blog name but could also be something interesting to draw people to it (keep it clean!) if you prefer), and your email. This last one doesn't appear on the link (I will have access to it - I won't use it unless there's a problem and I need to contact you) so don't worry that you're about to share your email address with the world (or the handful of people who find this link), you're not! The link will remain open until <b>10th May</b>; if you're seeing this post after this date, I'm afraid you can't link up to the April Furtle, but you can link next month if you like.<br /><br /><b>ETA: <a href="https://espritpatch.blogspot.com/2023/05/april-furtle.html" target="_blank">Celine missed the link up so find her Furtle post here.</a></b><br /><!--start InLinkz code-->
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<a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html"><img alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something</i></div>
<div><br /></div><div>Hello! This month has been a month of a bit more sleeping (hooray!) but still lots of sock knitting. The socks I started in January have been finished:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xLJ-kDNSYuTBfgcp-N_6I61HdGQU_1gn168NErfucN1sVXGTGrEjOxwwJT5XrQXEI0eewcRQTmyJOwL0vPd4Y9iVv86nOAVQDB0i4ECmmC5x2GNj9k9tZfcMEwpeOWKrflJhdWjANgiVIODcWu4SFTVRnw24enoau3IcOFmeU1YuuW47BDiuKDSJDA/s1958/B5760252-2F50-479D-BE52-44CB38F3DA02.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xLJ-kDNSYuTBfgcp-N_6I61HdGQU_1gn168NErfucN1sVXGTGrEjOxwwJT5XrQXEI0eewcRQTmyJOwL0vPd4Y9iVv86nOAVQDB0i4ECmmC5x2GNj9k9tZfcMEwpeOWKrflJhdWjANgiVIODcWu4SFTVRnw24enoau3IcOFmeU1YuuW47BDiuKDSJDA/w480-h640/B5760252-2F50-479D-BE52-44CB38F3DA02.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here’s what I started with (plus Opal Navy Blue):</div><div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCTIWu9KSx8fhiR2OMzRi6EFLwfupjHYrM2_hMrsoDk-lvn-xHgZoK4B229LVKumyKEmj1CF0SPzHZSD39kL92nYrjHIFjrXCxsJllRPtGt0iOAP7uUaKnT9kKEh-7_uITGIoGBiQm6gJc0i9avEQ784NaHuj02rcpk3UvFjj4os_9eGGc2rIQH3nHg/s1958/3B9A409B-646D-4F40-9ACF-04FC6ACEF95E.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCTIWu9KSx8fhiR2OMzRi6EFLwfupjHYrM2_hMrsoDk-lvn-xHgZoK4B229LVKumyKEmj1CF0SPzHZSD39kL92nYrjHIFjrXCxsJllRPtGt0iOAP7uUaKnT9kKEh-7_uITGIoGBiQm6gJc0i9avEQ784NaHuj02rcpk3UvFjj4os_9eGGc2rIQH3nHg/w640-h640/3B9A409B-646D-4F40-9ACF-04FC6ACEF95E.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is three different Regia leftovers plus a mini skein (top right) by <a href="https://vickibrowndesigns.com/" target="_blank">Vicki Brown Designs</a> <br />which was a present from a friend </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>And here’s how much was left:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGE8o3ME0suzKONnxdNt4OlxOrLa_iom4MNZ5-zGqO8euKY6osVTL-9Ljvkc1QgQRBbovX0NsiiyNy_9l7f844n713kgIY7oGiqsBiTQmLxiNrt0P3cMlNNXzmmGJKbUeWccQC3a69Rhc8zf2TPshxnKVxAtmAtxVSkVsDg5U4MEWrdYnhC44nhfPGmg/s1958/DCD86F33-3C0F-419F-8A7D-F41F98BF0F7C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGE8o3ME0suzKONnxdNt4OlxOrLa_iom4MNZ5-zGqO8euKY6osVTL-9Ljvkc1QgQRBbovX0NsiiyNy_9l7f844n713kgIY7oGiqsBiTQmLxiNrt0P3cMlNNXzmmGJKbUeWccQC3a69Rhc8zf2TPshxnKVxAtmAtxVSkVsDg5U4MEWrdYnhC44nhfPGmg/w480-h640/DCD86F33-3C0F-419F-8A7D-F41F98BF0F7C.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I’m quite happy with how much I managed to use in the making of the socks. Not as satisfied as if I’d used every last metre, but almost.<div><br /></div><div>I started another pair of scrappy socks using these leftovers, two of which are from a friend’s leftovers box:</div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73GGB2skplLCQFj62KoZxlLlyMvLW8puYBk2MdEoSbu4dD85O8kzAO_RJKsuxSIqr2CLdlu735K0_fUv_ylVcmc26YHUiIIZIy11w7IwXuoyAc15UFWhC9pvXlwCTl4Rt3MT3ZiO7SHCsDpfQ0N_pFnhf5X16t6CmlxlJGqzRt_SwhTg8kDYkVA8Qiw/s1958/97B1E2A4-516D-4A34-ABC4-8EE5D8CE871D.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73GGB2skplLCQFj62KoZxlLlyMvLW8puYBk2MdEoSbu4dD85O8kzAO_RJKsuxSIqr2CLdlu735K0_fUv_ylVcmc26YHUiIIZIy11w7IwXuoyAc15UFWhC9pvXlwCTl4Rt3MT3ZiO7SHCsDpfQ0N_pFnhf5X16t6CmlxlJGqzRt_SwhTg8kDYkVA8Qiw/w480-h640/97B1E2A4-516D-4A34-ABC4-8EE5D8CE871D.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The orange yarn is ‘Rusting’ and the dark green is ‘Into The Forest’ and <br />are both by <a href="https://mothyandthesquid.com/" target="_blank">Mothy And The Squid</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>As the green doesn’t have any nylon content, I just used it in the legs: it wouldn't wear very well on the heels or feet and I’m not spending all that time knitting socks only to be darning them a few months later.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gnht5hDmNBk12pHkXObL8l1fLggOVO5PzoMq8tLHfssTKOKK2Z2pWo0mdvDHevRmKHohPj1VzATjH_GRSmGv8_Af7s1Kv38wc6H5JiNWT8OoasKq0Rvas58qH9AelcXEgCmTFxnObGv4OFjtw-8HaYgSDU25r54684KHjUseJY0xiMwTs8A0CEpYbA/s1958/6323694C-9C72-4009-B24F-AC9CB2B0A0C5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gnht5hDmNBk12pHkXObL8l1fLggOVO5PzoMq8tLHfssTKOKK2Z2pWo0mdvDHevRmKHohPj1VzATjH_GRSmGv8_Af7s1Kv38wc6H5JiNWT8OoasKq0Rvas58qH9AelcXEgCmTFxnObGv4OFjtw-8HaYgSDU25r54684KHjUseJY0xiMwTs8A0CEpYbA/w640-h640/6323694C-9C72-4009-B24F-AC9CB2B0A0C5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I didn’t want even stripes on the feet so knitted them helically - this is where you knit with two (or more) yarns at once and one chases the other round the needles so you sort of knit two rounds at a time, one on top of the other. It sounds complicated but is actually really easy and would be perfect for things like jumpers where you’re knitting with hand dyed yarn and are advised to alternate skeins so as not to end up with a tide mark where you’ve started a new skein. <a href="https://www.actechniques.co.uk/tutorials-1" target="_blank">Find a really good tutorial here</a> and fast forward to about the three minute mark to see how it works.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PFD7XQrZha8m-W-7npXCzszfaDvHTQXNsdb1ZYfRydJLJ9UvuCx_5sM_Q1KrNnqc_aALzeI0Ys4Y9EuZzBfHpYlBmXKR8PFlHwSn-dexu7-h13utzrzNylTcp3hrRNwUq3Z4G4Mmh-a-n3D2Sxtl3tn2hldn19WQarApoCPz-6WQsWbrVzSMaN1Anw/s1958/19183BC7-5835-49F1-8B5C-4A5F2517AC33.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PFD7XQrZha8m-W-7npXCzszfaDvHTQXNsdb1ZYfRydJLJ9UvuCx_5sM_Q1KrNnqc_aALzeI0Ys4Y9EuZzBfHpYlBmXKR8PFlHwSn-dexu7-h13utzrzNylTcp3hrRNwUq3Z4G4Mmh-a-n3D2Sxtl3tn2hldn19WQarApoCPz-6WQsWbrVzSMaN1Anw/w640-h640/19183BC7-5835-49F1-8B5C-4A5F2517AC33.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>I ended up running out of the dark green yarn before the orange (which I knew would happen as I didn’t have as much of it) and ran out of the orange before the end of the toe, which was annoying. Fortunately, the same friend who gave me the orange and light green also gave me some lovely red which worked well so these socks have red noses. They gave me a little fright when I washed them this week as they grew considerably. Fortunately, they ungrew after a night in the airing cupboard. </div><div><br /></div><div>Then I made another pair (of course I did - I promise I still love sewing, it’s just that I’m not well enough to do any machine sewing at the moment and don’t have any hand piecing prepped, so sock knitting it is) which were a lovely easy knit after two scrappy pairs.</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKzpumYR0GJofCJqBLu9J3_qqVG9ZZ7XRW07raaJQMukK-nFjOKlqm-SAKMTu6jIEvXF4Rhk4Z7fsOV80XgJlmOtSPl8taVYuReJlQ0zygU-hLxJTopz2Oq3H_P60Xpck_QZ-impBOHKGt1WYcIMfOtUf3Iol6JcudqoAFhRynGS5pKSIwkTEjaGVww/s1958/08B1A0F9-7A46-4FE1-BEFC-562AB7346AB0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKzpumYR0GJofCJqBLu9J3_qqVG9ZZ7XRW07raaJQMukK-nFjOKlqm-SAKMTu6jIEvXF4Rhk4Z7fsOV80XgJlmOtSPl8taVYuReJlQ0zygU-hLxJTopz2Oq3H_P60Xpck_QZ-impBOHKGt1WYcIMfOtUf3Iol6JcudqoAFhRynGS5pKSIwkTEjaGVww/w480-h640/08B1A0F9-7A46-4FE1-BEFC-562AB7346AB0.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is a OOAK (One Of A Kind) by <a href="https://www.madebypenguins.co.uk/" target="_blank">Made By Penguins </a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So that’s three more finishes fettled - my <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes-2023-list.html" target="_blank">Fettle Those Finishes list</a> is looking a little shorter, but only in the knitting section.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And I’ve started (yet) another pair, this time the whole of the leg and foot are knitted helically as this is a great way to eke out a special ball of sock yarn into a pair of socks. The ball I’m using weighed 49.31g and as this sock used just 12.99g of the rainbow yarn, I’m hoping I’ll eke it into two pairs, although the second set won’t be exactly like these as there’s not enough for that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here’s the rainbow ball:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLzdysc8WK1aVT2-4S2eOmw1ukz9rLEtJEo04hwaijbJpUPJtjA2a1_PDHGICWaMfzcv4XRVNazHtssagvQ5bizhcR10v2SRgEr_7JAihsZ9LAvMsPRDghnu9Mwct-SnrPb8Qzj9aJkZU6JTFGgTZvtznzbHoQbKJyD_Cfgud0EbhjgHOzh8NG5oMSw/s1986/F7750265-905C-4F81-9674-9CDC22501681.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1986" data-original-width="1986" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLzdysc8WK1aVT2-4S2eOmw1ukz9rLEtJEo04hwaijbJpUPJtjA2a1_PDHGICWaMfzcv4XRVNazHtssagvQ5bizhcR10v2SRgEr_7JAihsZ9LAvMsPRDghnu9Mwct-SnrPb8Qzj9aJkZU6JTFGgTZvtznzbHoQbKJyD_Cfgud0EbhjgHOzh8NG5oMSw/w640-h640/F7750265-905C-4F81-9674-9CDC22501681.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here’s the first sock in the pair:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHea2aU7EHDNH5Ha2zDkSSps_LoGV8mlWrnwLFSXEozEEw921YhxEBDmG-15NHXWquCsIU-BfdHLssBUNmJ3TTaDXpvQIrKnYdhEb3PPQWUtM0xH7n_z_S-WqBvwUSbKVWDD3Hj9XybYyk8wodkKnRIpjH2SzlKheeX68kN4XPu_XLGE0JoJ7C6zeLsA/s1958/C385B066-1886-4914-B2FD-CD45F33BDCE4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHea2aU7EHDNH5Ha2zDkSSps_LoGV8mlWrnwLFSXEozEEw921YhxEBDmG-15NHXWquCsIU-BfdHLssBUNmJ3TTaDXpvQIrKnYdhEb3PPQWUtM0xH7n_z_S-WqBvwUSbKVWDD3Hj9XybYyk8wodkKnRIpjH2SzlKheeX68kN4XPu_XLGE0JoJ7C6zeLsA/w480-h640/C385B066-1886-4914-B2FD-CD45F33BDCE4.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mini Archie has been out finding signs of spring and he didn’t have to look very far at all:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgRuvaE5ob9VxR6-aQTtCk_A8OQJDex5ysdd8LTr2bly_hw3zEtvnVkYzsv16UmDmXjeQXVAS9RZMxxHhWs5S_5_oVBA1-VUjY5uvyHScMqd7BP8HNRCtKBF1y_IeYSu3_j_uf4CeBWMrDpSy0HjikYK3MjNRvQuKVIaWuAcCGdGSodOQ-lk0ZHTp0g/s1958/47C7CDDA-3BD9-4AC7-90BD-2A9AFB14B3DA.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgRuvaE5ob9VxR6-aQTtCk_A8OQJDex5ysdd8LTr2bly_hw3zEtvnVkYzsv16UmDmXjeQXVAS9RZMxxHhWs5S_5_oVBA1-VUjY5uvyHScMqd7BP8HNRCtKBF1y_IeYSu3_j_uf4CeBWMrDpSy0HjikYK3MjNRvQuKVIaWuAcCGdGSodOQ-lk0ZHTp0g/w640-h640/47C7CDDA-3BD9-4AC7-90BD-2A9AFB14B3DA.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really does look spiffing in/near yellow *modest face*</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5T2PlhnN_9IN258v5ddg9dbB2y6QBV-WjNrQGREvsdH1z6_5gamDqaJPpkcGbegz1H6yQIyJq9iN38J1ALijWxHIv3W_hAfqn1Gp0YCdUKSmjGwwgrFUvX_D0A52cyOCFrcra8b2veKZBzMfCHwRoF27Z5OvCTHMr1ThwQAnQFLsB4zCa11ggCg0Tw/s1958/ADAF87A1-02D8-45C5-B217-F2F67EC384AC.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5T2PlhnN_9IN258v5ddg9dbB2y6QBV-WjNrQGREvsdH1z6_5gamDqaJPpkcGbegz1H6yQIyJq9iN38J1ALijWxHIv3W_hAfqn1Gp0YCdUKSmjGwwgrFUvX_D0A52cyOCFrcra8b2veKZBzMfCHwRoF27Z5OvCTHMr1ThwQAnQFLsB4zCa11ggCg0Tw/w640-h640/ADAF87A1-02D8-45C5-B217-F2F67EC384AC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> And I looks equally as spiffing in fiery orangey red, especially when Up High</td></tr></tbody></table><div></div><br />
I hope you’ve all had a good month, I’m looking forward to seeing what you’ve been up to.</div><div><br /></div><div><br />
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<a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html"><img alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Furtle (v): to have a rummage or delve into the contents of something</i></div>
<div><br /></div><div>This month has definitely been a knitting (and very little sleep) month. And a faffing-with-code-to-try-to-get-an-older-post/newer-post-link-on-each-post month. While I’ve managed it, it’s not where I wanted it to be but I think perhaps I should quit while I’m ahead and before I make an unforced irreversible error. Or give up and just not bother with it at all? Any thoughts?</div><div><br /></div><div>Hours after the January Furtle was published, the tin for my knitting record cards tin arrived and I love it!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WnMOlwWukQhiOvew-6AMpO5yuHLgsV85g47PI8PCv3YBfw-IPtaKBTYHVygHEW_u2VicASt15H0dvJrbPZwfE5JZr3SYP6rlAydQ19eriFUp6oVyktgPGicGgLU7a92Bq5KoJycsdLYFLdlS_iBO3qBaRJNBFwJvVGw_zu-k2OdvD3LwQGow93mCGA/s1988/6E565A79-9057-4625-BA53-E63B0B477847.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1988" data-original-width="1756" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WnMOlwWukQhiOvew-6AMpO5yuHLgsV85g47PI8PCv3YBfw-IPtaKBTYHVygHEW_u2VicASt15H0dvJrbPZwfE5JZr3SYP6rlAydQ19eriFUp6oVyktgPGicGgLU7a92Bq5KoJycsdLYFLdlS_iBO3qBaRJNBFwJvVGw_zu-k2OdvD3LwQGow93mCGA/w566-h640/6E565A79-9057-4625-BA53-E63B0B477847.jpeg" width="566" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>From <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/WhirlingWorld" target="_blank">Whirling World</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Isn’t this better than a pile of tatty scraps of paper?! (And there’s room in there for a pen, too!) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DLglmQZColozb6frB21Op1taOP1aVsh0f_ZXKoNUhIi2z_2Wt8HmvPtqZ0069TTBZijVTsVPxyeZ6i2w7LvXrCQvOBqLnjSm1HLT81WC_Z59bzRpG3BDlmJLj73-ELaTyrz6J_FZFOyKUdT5KW8BqfbN9s-xPnjEaLCpxTlrpQZkadc399-78dqVVQ/s1923/4111E0D3-98EF-435C-8CC3-7A5BBD759750.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="1923" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DLglmQZColozb6frB21Op1taOP1aVsh0f_ZXKoNUhIi2z_2Wt8HmvPtqZ0069TTBZijVTsVPxyeZ6i2w7LvXrCQvOBqLnjSm1HLT81WC_Z59bzRpG3BDlmJLj73-ELaTyrz6J_FZFOyKUdT5KW8BqfbN9s-xPnjEaLCpxTlrpQZkadc399-78dqVVQ/w640-h462/4111E0D3-98EF-435C-8CC3-7A5BBD759750.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I made some progress on the socks I started last month, which have experienced some pulling back at one point as I wasn’t happy with just doing straight bands of different yarns. I’m now doing some of yarn A, then a small bit of yarn B, a small bit of yarn A, a large bit of yarn B, a small bit of yarn C, a small bit of yarn B, a large bit of yarn C, etc. etc. in an attempt to weave them together and I think it’s working:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-AJJCNQcEP2spQ3HWMuaSc-9ZsLyb_CsZ6a0EPU-Pns1ungHGYTpc-IRslso4lPZ8dj1DES9K9Wfi6OYdaMGiS17La2I6bS_59VYUgL0v8fTplNj-3rUqa3TDhHkgA_JVamP74GQNJKbCyH1-nCbPwaqTiZzNkx9NCtUoRw7nVf7ovvyHdYeyC8cHw/s1958/96FCE7DE-8B59-4D13-9F1E-F7331E3B04DD.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-AJJCNQcEP2spQ3HWMuaSc-9ZsLyb_CsZ6a0EPU-Pns1ungHGYTpc-IRslso4lPZ8dj1DES9K9Wfi6OYdaMGiS17La2I6bS_59VYUgL0v8fTplNj-3rUqa3TDhHkgA_JVamP74GQNJKbCyH1-nCbPwaqTiZzNkx9NCtUoRw7nVf7ovvyHdYeyC8cHw/w640-h640/96FCE7DE-8B59-4D13-9F1E-F7331E3B04DD.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I’m definitely happier than the last time I was at this point with them, which is reassuring.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Then, just as I was happy with how the scrappy socks were working, some yarn arrived to knit into socks for a friend and I did something I never do: I abandoned the scrappy socks and set to work as I felt she needed some woolly comfort:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9wC7xgjUTpMDVB-U6DxaC8_n3rImqC28WMjCZf53jPJgC-J5FihtCWuSKIKpXb7AXxbjVXts8rI44QkPLxzvF5KbcNUpdBEDqMPUiC5DlO6ck9WtxxoSoHssLEkKOU4aO5LHCoG_OmgTrY-2u635cU1WBjrrPHF4xILiaXgWR28bU2fxHknVHcKJcQ/s1958/AB61352F-511F-4169-B5CA-BADD5C24136C.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9wC7xgjUTpMDVB-U6DxaC8_n3rImqC28WMjCZf53jPJgC-J5FihtCWuSKIKpXb7AXxbjVXts8rI44QkPLxzvF5KbcNUpdBEDqMPUiC5DlO6ck9WtxxoSoHssLEkKOU4aO5LHCoG_OmgTrY-2u635cU1WBjrrPHF4xILiaXgWR28bU2fxHknVHcKJcQ/w640-h640/AB61352F-511F-4169-B5CA-BADD5C24136C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is Pina Colada from <a href="https://www.madebypenguins.co.uk/products/mystery-colourway" target="_blank">Made By Penguins’ mystery skein sale</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlT7BjxIME6uy-ljhY2J6GvJyop1lWao7HdqDq5vQKdl3EWuJabja2VIJQeaYYszdmcXy3nqKyJYZhIwH6bz9zJcfQ-RUqhw6vhiWB2B1gOJHV5PPxygwpwB8lhMLI4_n33hGfNsTMQfDP_UzKl1I5d2b3URfgNCQZUCp42xTy3Vk5qycgcH2-VWmlLw/s1958/F5478145-EF4A-4984-9452-262E3995A9E9.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlT7BjxIME6uy-ljhY2J6GvJyop1lWao7HdqDq5vQKdl3EWuJabja2VIJQeaYYszdmcXy3nqKyJYZhIwH6bz9zJcfQ-RUqhw6vhiWB2B1gOJHV5PPxygwpwB8lhMLI4_n33hGfNsTMQfDP_UzKl1I5d2b3URfgNCQZUCp42xTy3Vk5qycgcH2-VWmlLw/w640-h640/F5478145-EF4A-4984-9452-262E3995A9E9.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is Fruity Tella from <a href="https://www.madebypenguins.co.uk/products/mystery-colourway" target="_blank">Made By Penguins’ mystery skein sale</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I then knitted four Advent trees (I’m knitting two trees for every pair of socks I finish to keep me on track for finishing them in time for Advent); this photo includes two from January which didn’t have their photo taken for the previous Furtle for some reason and then the trees I knitted after the socks I’ll show you in a moment. They all need felting at some point when I’m up to it:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNisJ0s2EYfW6haXj_K1Sa3ShKGjhR9zC_BvRfVVm-oa9oZUD2iyvdDhW6QEE9avcpHpykc9XSBoMcJy0BGQEOCPqVzoUxKNTnd63X8gc2u7KNnZ_hWwSpbyD6lDMYzqDU1rh77m2tTkP8hK4Gb48X1wbLXi8a4EVkf1WMSrA4IguV3I7FDW45sOXvng/s1961/52D6BF39-7FF2-49B0-AE21-894484AF51D2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="1961" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNisJ0s2EYfW6haXj_K1Sa3ShKGjhR9zC_BvRfVVm-oa9oZUD2iyvdDhW6QEE9avcpHpykc9XSBoMcJy0BGQEOCPqVzoUxKNTnd63X8gc2u7KNnZ_hWwSpbyD6lDMYzqDU1rh77m2tTkP8hK4Gb48X1wbLXi8a4EVkf1WMSrA4IguV3I7FDW45sOXvng/w640-h152/52D6BF39-7FF2-49B0-AE21-894484AF51D2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Then more yarn for other friends arrived so I knitted two pairs of socks for a different friend:<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOWpXft3DmmCFEP-34fRUFHndozAtjh4uT1_OEmMDwjhe5vqosEMsCujLx_6Ue5-txHnKZx5_huRYAy-aTjxs8lB0RLtc-c4Oc6N6YVxZZ20gdgKmS5tuG0EmOxbu7lQJSZoO5zwly0zlVFaPzaWJpLaByVg5AI1MD7j1s9ag7yKuznuFWj7DHh9Zvw/s1958/F9F1BFD1-309F-4D56-A082-A2B752B37101.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOWpXft3DmmCFEP-34fRUFHndozAtjh4uT1_OEmMDwjhe5vqosEMsCujLx_6Ue5-txHnKZx5_huRYAy-aTjxs8lB0RLtc-c4Oc6N6YVxZZ20gdgKmS5tuG0EmOxbu7lQJSZoO5zwly0zlVFaPzaWJpLaByVg5AI1MD7j1s9ag7yKuznuFWj7DHh9Zvw/w640-h640/F9F1BFD1-309F-4D56-A082-A2B752B37101.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is Opal 5194</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pGjeNzqGrD4eXXEmrL6vwfYXl4uSet-4fTKQQQkcoRsHlgm-ybYbG7WtBFn9j-gGAzY6PSzcJKcsl_qp4x0Exs1tyLGbJXSWxp0DUk6ryQBRrYWm-aUsiI5myOLeTL8vpFd8q0p7iq_jGV81PFCDfNS80O54FJllIweo307onkD3cQuEFCrxTFyAdg/s1958/6BD08CA5-4096-48F5-8567-B350D94B0841.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pGjeNzqGrD4eXXEmrL6vwfYXl4uSet-4fTKQQQkcoRsHlgm-ybYbG7WtBFn9j-gGAzY6PSzcJKcsl_qp4x0Exs1tyLGbJXSWxp0DUk6ryQBRrYWm-aUsiI5myOLeTL8vpFd8q0p7iq_jGV81PFCDfNS80O54FJllIweo307onkD3cQuEFCrxTFyAdg/w640-h640/6BD08CA5-4096-48F5-8567-B350D94B0841.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is King Cole Zig Zag 4811 (awful, awful yarn which knocked hell out of my hands. Never again.)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">And, finally, a pair of socks for a different different friend:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8WCM5OZYfHP3I0X9Dl7eXKfmXTkzVUnSnWb2C8l88-bALy88s4J8vcOIA4xAfyDuF_6lco5lV0KYhw92AMhGDRdjdlUZw_GZA2nhnVBE__0BOlF8uUu8xgitq9JnDiiq_rnZwHe1y8UR5KrdivuPFMFBcSAKNZyfrctIyGfA9p2nuFDR9BCVtLUzh6A/s1958/62D1949E-7573-4C63-9B2C-5CF9638ED309.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8WCM5OZYfHP3I0X9Dl7eXKfmXTkzVUnSnWb2C8l88-bALy88s4J8vcOIA4xAfyDuF_6lco5lV0KYhw92AMhGDRdjdlUZw_GZA2nhnVBE__0BOlF8uUu8xgitq9JnDiiq_rnZwHe1y8UR5KrdivuPFMFBcSAKNZyfrctIyGfA9p2nuFDR9BCVtLUzh6A/w640-h640/62D1949E-7573-4C63-9B2C-5CF9638ED309.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Yarn is from <a href="https://www.madebypenguins.co.uk/products/mystery-colourway" target="_blank">Made By Penguin’s mystery skein sale</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">And then I circled back to knit the six trees owed after these three pairs. I’ve now knitted twenty trees but only felted eight so I’m suspending tree knitting until I’ve caught up with the felting in order to see them as a group and judge which sizes/shades are needed for the final (eek!) four trees.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Mini Archie is making sure I keep to task and don’t deviate from my <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/fettle-those-finishes-2023-list.html" target="_blank">Fettling List</a>, although I think he’s hoping I do more than knit socks and trees at some point this year.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhv4UcVpo22ny089mX6Z2ixcJSqsMfKgQ8000_W-BCvXyG8lO1h6DEKruv5dfw9nErh8fq_FJkPlxtBX16bTdBVNCw2POk1ZIGvksfphnH6PE2AuXuanEh8pC-EnpPgrQ9z9uaV10WU3UPLuBuHezUZP03qwWieEOj-qrEyKjedqqT0ZSIg-QNUL1BJg/s1958/59492A6A-C250-4740-9BE3-6E01BD4F9863.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1958" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhv4UcVpo22ny089mX6Z2ixcJSqsMfKgQ8000_W-BCvXyG8lO1h6DEKruv5dfw9nErh8fq_FJkPlxtBX16bTdBVNCw2POk1ZIGvksfphnH6PE2AuXuanEh8pC-EnpPgrQ9z9uaV10WU3UPLuBuHezUZP03qwWieEOj-qrEyKjedqqT0ZSIg-QNUL1BJg/w640-h640/59492A6A-C250-4740-9BE3-6E01BD4F9863.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I is allowed outside to enjoy the winter sunshine and go on A Moss Hunt, you isn’t.<br /> Back inside wif you to crack on wif Fettling *firm face*</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Just in case you haven’t joined and want to, today (28th February) is your last chance to join us in fettling some finishes, <a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/2023/01/fettle-those-finishes-2023.html" target="_blank">follow this link to the blog post to link up your list</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<b>Linking up to the February Furtle </b><br />
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If you're linking up, please add a link (one per person, please) to your blog post, which could contain: a mosaic of all you've made in the month, something you've made/started/worked on, a goal which you'd like to achieve in the next month (and then in next month's post you can reflect on that goal and set yourself another one - I find this particularly handy if I'm in the midst of a big project and finding the making of hundreds of blocks to be interminable), anything crafty you'd like to share. This isn't just for sewing or quilting, but is for all crafts so if you knit, make lace, make clothes, do anything which could come under the heading of 'craft', then please link up. Please visit the link immediately before and after you and leave an encouraging comment, and more if you can manage it - we all know that comments create joy, so let's spread some around. Also, please treat all the linked posts and their authors with respect - I want this to be an inclusive space for all crafters and crafts and all are welcome. If you're not sure if you're welcome or you belong, you do - this is by no means a closed space and if you want to join, then you are most welcome. If you need help linking up, please leave a comment and I will do my best to help. Please add the Furtling button to your blog post: copy the code below and paste it into your blog post - it <i>should</i> then magically appear when you publish your blog post (I'll do my best to help if you have any problems) and it will help people find the Furtling page with all the details of the link up.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align:center"><a href="https://archiethewonderdog.blogspot.com/p/furtling.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXDD7-BYr5nXJtGn7HIFUcDUZfLGBTpazWKP8TCUWdkA6zd2285lbJX4aoMug6QyKDdxtxA-njWnhvf0GugU-An4z5lTFcqmYnae0Gb68FR0ZmydWYETGSa2oF1NeQDMVNwZBnUHTpsD7/s200/textgram_1548790799.png" alt="Archie The Wonder Dog" /></a></p></div>
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To link up, go to the link at the bottom of this page and click on 'link up' (it's a blue button) and then add your link (website URL), a title (this could be your blog name but could also be something interesting to draw people to it (keep it clean!) if you prefer), and your email. This last one doesn't appear on the link (I will have access to it - I won't use it unless there's a problem and I need to contact you) so don't worry that you're about to share your email address with the world (or the handful of people who find this link), you're not! The link will remain open until <b>10th March; </b>if you're seeing this post after this date, I'm afraid you can't link up to the February Furtle, but you can link next month if you like.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Dawny missed the link up, <a href="http://dawnyk.blogspot.com/2023/03/february-2023-furtle-fettle-those.html" target="_blank">please visit her Furtle post and leave a comment</a>. Thank you.</div>
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