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# Amelia Hodsdon

Copyediting • Proofreading • Technical Editing for Knitting Designers

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- [Just before Christmas, there was some sort of social media thing](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/02/13/just-before-christmas-there-was-some-sort-of-social-media-thing/) - Just before Christmas, there was some sort of social media thing where you had to take a #selfie, but using a toilet roll, which for some reason makes you look like a #moon, particularly if you use a b&w filter. Or maybe my cousin @anne__bee just made it up for a laff... Anyway, she sent
- [Actual flipping #sunshine!! If you sit in a sunny bit, it is warm!!!](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/02/13/actual-flipping-sunshine-if-you-sit-in-a-sunny-bit-it-is-warm/) - Actual flipping #sunshine!! If you sit in a sunny bit, it is warm!!!(Fighting my inner Garfield at this point.) So, this was the post meant for Friday's #yarnlovechallenge on the subject of #oldeststash. Friday ... was a non-school day, with all that entails. Anyway. These cheery shades of @rowanyarns #kidsilkhaze -- looking so much juicier
- [🎵We're wide awake](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/02/11/were-wide-awake-its-good-to-know-youre-ready-and-youre-wide-awake/) - 🎵We're wide awake /It's good to know you're ready and you're wide awake🎵 Saturday-morning-child-based-activity-new-level-brainwave: I have brought a thermos of #coffee. And my Siri cardigan, now with 1.5 arms. It has grown out of the previous project bag and graduated into this roomy #denim beauty (that could describe half my wardrobe, ha!), designed by @gailswindyday
- [I missed a #widn tag!](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/02/09/i-missed-a-widn-tag/) - I missed a #widn tag! @stitchbirdie, aka Lorna Reid, creator of lovely things and designer of the charming sewing pattern in the Old Maiden Aunt book -- have you ordered yours? see the link on @oldmaidenaunt's page -- asked me a couple of nights ago but I missed it, oops. So here's what I'm doing
- [My first #knitting #tools were a pair of brightly coloured straight needles](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/02/09/my-first-knitting-tools-were-a-pair-of-brightly-coloured-straight-needles/) - My first #knitting #tools were a pair of brightly coloured straight ones that @looplondonloves used to stock: made from casein, and very cheery. At some point I started using circulars, and have never gone back. First came the cheap but grey and joyless Pony needles (default John Lewis brand), then Addi, and now my favourites
- [I'll snatch a bit of knitting time from wherever I am](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/02/08/ill-snatch-a-bit-of-knitting-time/) - I'll snatch a bit of knitting time from wherever I am -- buses, trains, waiting rooms -- but here is where I get to really relax into a proper session, once dinner's done, children are stowed away in an appropriate place, and something's on the TV. There is a pair of scissors I. The arm
- [For a fan of #stripes, I have very few knitted ones](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/02/07/for-a-fan-of-stripes/) - For a fan of #stripes, I have very few knitted ones, so here are some #grellow industrial ones from my local tube station, spotted after a cross-town work meeting. Crying out to be turned into #colourwork via @knitsonik's system, surely. Or magicked into a hand-dyed #skein? #wishfulthinking #knitter #notadyer #knittersofinstagram #knitstagram #yarnlovechallenge #urban #harringay #grey
- [Jane "you maniac"* Lithgow](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/02/06/jane-you-maniac-lithgow/) - Jane "you maniac"* Lithgow, fresh from releasing new knitters off into the world, has just asked #widn. In a situation that will surprise no one, I am #knitting, while watching #UniversityChallenge with Mr Words. Random correct answer from me: Johan Cruyff played for Ajax. Most quickly interrupted question by Mr Words: whatever it was that
- [Sometimes](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/02/06/sometimes/) - Sometimes, I wonder if having a hobby (that word barely does it justice -- pursuit?) with natural, relentless, #predators is a #mistake. Damn you, #moths. I pack yarn away in airtight tubs, in ziploc bags, surrounded by cedar-scented products and lavender, and still you come. And munch. Is it the glut of opportunities in this
- [🎵Take it easy, take it easy, take it easy/ No need to hurry🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/02/04/🎵take-it-easy-take-it-easy-take-it-easy-no-need-to-hurry🎵/) - 🎵Take it easy, take it easy, take it easy/ No need to hurry🎵 I'm at a Saturday-morning child-based activity, with 30 minutes to spend doing Whatever I Want. Which today is winding the next ball for my Siri cardigan, and writing the post for today's #yarnlovechallenge prompt: #speed. The mechanical charm of swifts and ball-winders
- [I'm playing day 3 of the #yarnlovechallenge with a straight bat](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/02/03/im-playing-day-3-of-the-yarnlovechallenge-with-a-straight-bat/) - I'm playing day 3 of the #yarnlovechallenge with a straight bat: here's what I am #currentlymaking. A #siricardigan by @clara.linnea, using "Pirkanmaan kotityö Paksu pirkkalanka", a worsted-weight pure #wool bought from @midwinteryarns at the #iknitfandango in 2015. The colour is pretty accurate in the pic: a pesto-green that is one of my favourites. Knit from
- [Blue-faced or Bluefaced? Yarn over or yarnover? K tbl or ktbl?](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/02/02/blue-faced-or-bluefaced-yarn-over-or-yarnover-k-tbl-or-ktbl/) - Blue-faced or Bluefaced? Yarn over or yarnover? K tbl or ktbl? The red pen squiggles are the standard #proofreading mark for #closeup; remove the space. While working as a temp at a magazine, doing nothing more challenging than filling up printers and answering calls from advertisers frustrated by mistakes in the ads, something clicked. I
- [🎵Hello, I love you, won't you tell me your name?🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/02/01/🎵hello-i-love-you-wont-you-tell-me-your-name🎵/) - 🎵Hello, I love you, won't you tell me your name?🎵 I've really enjoyed reading other people's #yarnlovechallenge #introductions, so here's mine, list-style. 1. I like lists. 2. My name is Amelia, I'm 38, and come from Cheltenham. But have lived in London since coming here for university. 3. I have 2 children, aka Child 1
- [I'm just settling down to the evening's #knit](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/01/25/im-just-settling-down-to-the-evenings-knit/) - I'm just settling down to the evening's #knit -- there's your answer to #widn, @neuroticpandora. No bunnies here, but some very satisfying jumbo #smocking on this hat by @thesweatercollective. It's called Winter Dusk, and I'm using a skein of @labienaimee, bought at EYF last year. @katherine.lymer was asking people today about how they manage #yarndesire
- [Just back from a morning in my local cafe, #techediting](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/01/24/just-back-from-a-morning-in-my-local-cafe-techediting/) - Just back from a morning in my local cafe, #techediting for @harveyknits (attention all knitters who have a pack of lovely mini-skeins, but not a clue what to do with them: her coming-soon shawl, Zastruga, is designed for you). I also came up with names for @sylvantigeryarn's new base. One is serious, one is absolutely
- [🎵Let's drink a drink a drink/ to hats that are pink are pink are pink🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/01/20/🎵lets-drink-a-drink-a-drink-to-hats-that-are-pink-are-pink-are-pink🎵/) - 🎵Let's drink a drink a drink/ to hats that are pink are pink are pink🎵 The last of the roasted #rhubarb, now in syrup form, is waiting for someone to come home with tonic, and transform it into a Friday-night highlight. My Twitter and IG feeds are full of people planning for the marches tomorrow,
- [You know it will be a good day when ...](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/01/19/you-know-it-will-be-a-good-day-when/) - You know it will be a good day when ... your #sockknitting matches the bus upholstery. Yarn by @sylvie_phileasyarns (colourway is Fjord, rather than Bus Seat), pattern is @louisetilbrookdesigns' Grassguards, bus is the #341 to Angel, where I am meeting a yarn-dyer to fondle and discuss her new yarn base, and brainstorm some brand/marketing ideas.
- [Lunchbreak parcel-opening treat time!](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/01/18/lunchbreak-parcel-opening-treat-time/) - Lunchbreak parcel-opening treat time! I took part in a stash yarn swap organised by @psychoknitter, and was paired with the charming @sylvie_phileasyarns. Fresh from tropical holidays, she sent me this beautiful sunset skein, plus a lovely pouch -- for chocolate or notions? -- and various local consumables. Thank you, Sylvie! Perfect skein choice. Here in
- [My lovely friend @vinca56 asked #widn](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/01/15/my-lovely-friend-vinca56-asked-widn/) - My lovely friend @vinca56 asked #widn -- how about this for a serene Sunday morning? A candle and everything! Must be the extra hour in bed (thanks, family). There's my #WorstedBoxy, which needs the ends weaving in and sleeves lengthening. And yesterday's project, some #sashiko. My brother (hello @nicholashodsdon!) brought me some kits back from
- [Two wonderfully warm woollies from today's school run](https://www.woollenwords.net/2017/01/14/two-wonderfully-warm-woollies-from-todays-school-run/) - Two wonderfully warm woollies from today's school run, the catwalk des jours. A pair of Simple Chunky Mittens by @tinydinostudios, made for the "Arctic plunge" of December 2012 (my Rav project page says it was -2C in London), from the now defunct Colinette's Graffiti yarn. So warm, and dense as oven gloves. The blanket is
- [🎵I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/12/30/🎵ill-tell-you-what-i-want-what-i-really-really-want/) - 🎵I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want/ I really really really want to knit-a-sock-now🎵 A lovely present from Mr Words that I have been leafing through from under the blanket of seasonal ailments. Luckily this lurgy only involves being cold and weedy rather than anything too woeful, but I'm a whole
- [Briefly, here are my four colours for the #westknitskal2016](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/10/11/briefly-here-are-my-four-colours-for-the-westknitskal2016/) - Briefly, here are my four colours for the #westknitskal2016: pink = @meyabulle's (Vi)laines; yellow = @thewoolkitchen's On Prescription colourway, teal = @sylvie_labellevie's Fjord colourway, and the crazy one is @manosdeluruguay Alegria in Locura Fluo, bought from @knitwithattitude. My previous colour D wasn't working, but after this rejig, the mystery #knitting can resume. Why on earth
- [I find myself in one of those holding zones](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/10/09/i-find-myself-in-one-of-those-holding-zones/) - I find myself in one of those holding zones that #airports like to create, where there is a distinct lack of anything -- oh no, wait, we do have plenty of time on our hands -- particularly chairs. The room is some kind of architectural gall bladder: not entirely necessary, just a bilious backwater in
- [🎵I'm doing my thing/ With tangled yarn-o](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/10/06/im-doing-my-thing-with-tangled-yarn/) - 🎵I'm doing my thing/ With tangled yarn/ I'm in my right place/ Might be a while though🎵 Full report tomorrow. #tangle #untangle #knotaproblem #untanglersofinstagram #christineandthequeens #tilted #myrightplace via Instagram http://ift.tt/2dBRMeu October 06, 2016 at 08:48PM
- [I was going to party like you were 1,999](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/10/06/i-was-going-to-party-like-you-were-1999/) - I was going to party like you were 1,999, but now there are 2,000 people who follow this Instagram account. It feels a bit weird saying "follow me". THANK YOU one and all for doing so. You may know for yourself how peculiarly, and particularly, special online connections are, and being on Instagram has brought
- [What a lunchtime treat!](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/10/06/what-a-lunchtime-trea/) - What a lunchtime treat! Not sure the postman knew what to make of my reaction to this parcel's arrival 😍. It's 100g of a laceweight silk #tangle, via the #KnotaProblem group on Ravelry. There's (k)not much time to get started on it right now -- the designs I'm #techediting today are at the complicated end
- [🎵That's neat/ That's neat/ That's neat/ I really love these foxy feet🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/10/05/thats-neat-thats-neat-thats-neat-i-really-love-these-foxy-feet/) - 🎵That's neat/ That's neat/ That's neat/ I really love these foxy feet🎵 The cold that is going around has re-emerged for a second bout, bringing it with it the chills and the sniffles. And what is the remedy? #Handknitted #socks, new #slippers, and a bright skein of #sockyarn to gaze at between charts. #Yarn is
- [🎵It takes two to make a thing go right🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/10/04/it-takes-two-to-make-a-thing-go-right/) - 🎵It takes two to make a thing go right🎵 True of so many things: tandems, duets, ping-pong -- and sock-knitting. These two lovely yarns are dyed by my friend and fellow #woolhead Helen Reed, aka @thewoolkitchen, and are her Punch Drunk and #Hulk colourways. Can you guess which is which? They will become sample #socks
- [Mayday! Mayday!](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/10/01/mayday-mayday/) - Mayday! Mayday! I have voluntarily brought small children to a gymnastics class, partly in the certain knowledge of a coffee, and possibly a bun, from the cafe -- and THE CAFE HAS GONE. Only 10 minutes have passed and the need has not waned. Does Deliveroo do coffee?? I have knitting: it's the colour of
- [🎵If I said you had a beautiful sock/ Would you hold it against me?🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/30/if-i-said-you-had-a-beautiful-sock-would-you-hold-it-against-me/) - 🎵If I said you had a beautiful sock/ Would you hold it against me?🎵 Little bit of #DollyParton for your #Friday afternoon there. Here is another of the #testknits I've been working on this month, this time for @rosapomar, a designer, shop owner and yarn producer in Portugal. The pattern is called Meias da Tia
- [🎵#Yellow, is it me you're looking for?🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/28/yellow-is-it-me-youre-looking-for/) - 🎵#Yellow, is it me you're looking for?🎵 I do knit socks in non-yellow #sockyarn, honest. But #yellowsocks were what kickstarted* this whole #sock journey back in February last year, and have a special place in my heart. Big shout out to @knittingtastic, whose pattern #ReasonsToBeCheerful was given to me by Julia (Alterknitive on Ravelry). Yarn
- [You would not believe the amount of time I spent faffing about](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/26/you-would-not-believe-the-amount-of-time-i-spent-faffing-about/) - You would not believe the amount of time I spent faffing about at my cousin's house on Sunday morning with all my #Yarndale #yarn, trying to make a Y, and then a y. Neither quite showed off all the colours in the same way as this classic yarn-in-a-bag-on-a-patio-table-on-flagstones shot. I've tagged the yarn producers in
- [I had thought I was being possibly a bit niche yesterday](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/25/i-had-thought-i-was-being-possibly-a-bit-niche-yesterday/) - I had thought I was being possibly a bit niche yesterday by waiting a few seconds for the display on the station clock to end 345, but @foxesmakesandbakes and my brother, @nicholashodsdon, pointed out that if I had waited another 47 seconds, it would have been 06:54:32. I salute you both. @gem.davis, while #knitting a
- [Yawn.... Stretch.... Pass me a coffee, please](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/24/yawn-stretch-pass-me-a-coffee-please/) - Yawn.... Stretch.... Pass me a coffee, please.... And my knitting, and a podcast or too, and a pattern to edit, and a banana, and a spare project, and my exhibitor list. Like some other #knitters (hello early-risers @muirandco and @01soupdragon!) I'm off to the #Yarndale wool festival in #Skipton. The train has left #KingsCross, and
- [🎵Sweet Pie o' mine🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/22/sweet-pie-o-mine/) - 🎵Sweet Pie o' mine🎵 Another #FO! Insane amounts of #sock production since July. These are the finished #testknit #socks for @thesweatercollective, who also designed my #FineandDandy socks from last week's post. The yarn for this pair, avid readers may recall, is @travelknitter's BFL Supersock in #Jaipur, which she had sent me as a #tangle. One
- [I've spent the day in the innards of knitting patterns](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/21/ive-spent-the-day-in-the-innards-of-knitting-patterns/) - I've spent the day in the innards of #knitting #patterns: #punctuating tricky instructions, hunting down esoteric but accurate terminology ("pyoo") and looking over samples for a book I'm #techediting. A lovely day. And now it's #coffee time, and #Yarndale planning time. I'll be there on Saturday, meeting people and getting yarn for a shawl (another
- [🎵That's me in the corner/ That's me in the spotlight🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/18/thats-me-in-the-corner-thats-me-in-the-spotlight/) - 🎵That's me in the corner/ That's me in the spotlight🎵 So yesterday we went en masse to a family theatre/circus performance. I packed my #knitting, seeing as I'd reached a section of stocking stitch. Who am I kidding: I always pack my knitting. Anyway, the only spot with enough seats for all 10 of us
- [🎵Sunshine on a rainy day🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/16/sunshine-on-a-rainy-day/) - 🎵Sunshine on a rainy day🎵 Since leaving behind a big office for the freelance life in July, I haven't looked back. However, I have also spent a lot of days alone in the house. So once a week I like to bring my work to a #coffee shop (usually @musicandbeans, my local) and absorb some
- [Welcome to my evening. Black Sheep Ale from Masham](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/15/welcome-to-my-evening-blacksheepale-from-masham/) - Welcome to my evening. #BlackSheepAle from #Masham, #NorthYorkshire, left over from an evening with Canadian cousins on Tuesday. They live in #Toronto, and are staying in #Spitalfields, which they said was a bit of a contrast. And my #beer comes with a side order of #tangle, courtesy of @dont_interrupt_me, who handed it over at the
- [🎵What's that on the #253 to #Clapton?](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/14/whats-that-on-the-253-to-clapton/) - 🎵What's that on the #253 to #Clapton?/ Is it a test knit?/ Is it a test knit?🎵 Why, yes it is, in @thewoolkitchen's Hulk colourway. Sensible #Hulk, stripping off in the heat. The #sock pattern is by @rosapomar, and will be out in October. It involves #Portuguesepurling and #Japanesecharts, and is a bit like trying
- [My day has been a juxtaposition. But everywhere it was hot](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/14/my-day-has-been-a-juxtaposition/) - My day has been a #juxtaposition. But everywhere it was hot. #Harringay school run: sweaty at 8.30 this morning. #Piccadillyline: a involuntary sauna at 9.30. #BurwashManor cafe: reasonably pleasant at 11.30. #Royston train station: an al fresco fan oven at 2.15. #FinsburyPark bus stop: second (grimy) sauna of the day at 3.30. The first picture
- [There Will Be Socks (Part Deux)](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/13/there-will-be-socks-part-deux/) - There Will Be Socks (Part Deux). Thank you very much for all the sock ❤️ and comments on my last post. Great pattern and yarn, eh? Today's #FO is a pair of socks that I had fun #Prismatising at the start of the summer. The yarn is @oldmaidenaunt's merino/nylon/gold stellina mix, in the True Colours
- [There Will Be Socks (Part I)](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/12/there-will-be-socks-part-i/) - There Will Be Socks (Part I). On Wednesday, the 3-month #summersockskal ends, and I realised last night that you despite catching sight of them as #wips, you hadn't seen all my FOs. The tension must be unbearable. So here's a pair of #FineandDandy socks: the pattern is by @thesweatercollective, the yarn is @goldingyarns' Kreutzberg colourway.
- [#Woolworks](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/09/woolworks/) - You can't have missed the many posts on IG and Twitter today hijacking @campaignforwool's #woolworks hashtag. The inspiring @wovemberwool team, who are behind this action (you can read more about them at on the Wovember site), have called for some consciousness-raising, so here's my bit. There are many terrific shopowners, both online and bricks-and-mortar, championing
- [Woke up far too early](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/09/woke-up-far-too-early-watchedlistened-toconsumed-3-lovely-podcasts-nessatownleys-killtocraft-trulymyrtlephotos-and-amyflorences-stranded-finished-off-my-iheartbees-worked-with-anothe/) - Woke up far too early, watched/listened to/consumed 3 lovely podcasts (@nessatownley's #Killtocraft, @trulymyrtlephotos and @amyflorence's #Stranded), finished off my #IHeartBees, worked with another #techeditor on a fiddly pattern thing, and made a very rare in-bed #coffee for Mr Words. I may have peaked too soon... #earlybird #morningperson #positivespinoninsomnia #friday #wooo #todaywillbepoweredbycoffee via Instagram http://ift.tt/2cyuwN3 September
- [🎵It's a stitch-marker line, man🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/07/and-i-need-you-more-than-want-you-and-i-want-you-for-all-time-its-a-stitch-marker-line-man/) - 🎵And I need you more than want you/ And I want you for all time/ It's a stitch-marker line, man🎵 Just a week left until the end of the #summersockskal! Have you had fun? Here is my final pair, @nessatownley's #IHeartBees, knitted in @coopknits #yarn, copied 100% from @eldenwood_craft's lovely pair. It's a light 4ply,
- [🎵You've found that special thing/ You're flying without wings🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/09/05/youve-found-that-special-thing-youre-flying-without-wings/) - 🎵You've found that special thing/ You're flying without wings🎵 How on earth did Westlife get in here, you may ask? Well, can you see that large mountain in the background? Last Thursday morning, my 5yo Child 1 paraglided off it, in the company of a reliable man called Jean-Charles. While that was going on, I
- [From by a wild bit of water, while knitting gloves](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/26/from-by-a-wild-bit-of-water-while-knitting-gloves/) - From by a wild bit of water, while knitting gloves, @amanda_l_jones_52 asked #widn. Well, I am contemplating this item. Not a model of a #skein, but some cheese, bought from our Turkish-flavoured high street. It was labelled "plait cheese". It is not a good addition to salads, it turns out, but I am wondering if
- [🎵Knitter, I'm gonna make you sweat](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/25/🎵knitter-im-gonna-make-you-sweat/) - 🎵Knitter, I'm gonna make you sweat/ Sweat until you can't knit no more🎵* I'd thought 11pm would have been cool enough to finish the cuff on the second sock, but it was not. Particularly with robust #Opal yarn, designed to be cosily hardwearing rather than refreshingly cold. One #sewnbindoff later (so stretchy! So simple!) I
- [What I think about when I think about untangling](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/23/what-i-think-about-when-i-think-about-untangling/) - This wool came from an LYS in Paris, Les Tricoteurs Volants (The Flying Knitters), which is run by Enrico, and crammed full of yarns from the lesser-spotted end of the spectrum. I was there with my friends Rae, Alitzah, Gemma, Mairead, Cinthia and Emma on a day of yarn-based gallivanting that had begun as a
- [Oh dear. Here's a calamity and no mistake](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/22/oh-dear-heres-a-calamity-and-no-mistake/) - Oh dear. Here's a calamity and no mistake. What on earth has happened. A massive (200g) very #woolly #skein has got itself in a #tangle, through careless handling at the crucial tie-snipping moment. What's a girl to do? With #techediting finished for the day, Mr Words not home for an hour and the children away,
- [Holy moly, where's the #knitting?](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/18/holy-moly-wheres-the-knitting/) - Holy moly, where's the #knitting? Tomorrow I am off to Barcelona, for a hen do. I've checked out the airlines' various lists of banned items, and don't want to be fretting/sweating in the security queue, so am leaving the knitting and its knitting needles at home. And instead, crochet! My skills have been dormant for
- [Dear the #Olympics, You are fascinating, inspiring, informative and surprising](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/17/dear-the-olympics-you-are-fascinating-inspiring-informative-and-surprising/) - Dear the #Olympics, You are fascinating, inspiring, informative and surprising. And also your late-night epics are helping me turn #sock #wips into #FOs. Hello #Wendel, designed by General Hogbuffer; available for free on #Ravelry; relentlessly recommended by @psychoknitter; knitted in @yarncarnival wool dyed by Ana (colourway: Beet); bought by Mr Words from @hillcountryweavers in #Austin.
- [From their holidays in eastern France and southern England](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/16/from-their-holidays-in-eastern-france-and-southern-england/) - From their holidays in eastern France and southern England, @fromcinthia and @thewoolkitchen asked #widn. After a day of #techediting (hats, socks, and planning for big projects), I have half an hour before #childretrievaltime, and thought I'd assess the state of my #summersockskal #wips. From top left: the second of a pair of vanilla #socks in
- [🎵I woke up early this morning / I don't think y'all heard me🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/15/i-woke-up-early-this-morning-i-dont-think-yall-heard-me/) - 🎵I woke up early this morning / I don't think y'all heard me🎵 A quiet hour before everyone else is up -- particularly on such a gorgeous, crisp summer's morn -- can feel like a total indulgence. And today it's a birthday present to myself. Next treat: two-colour #brioche in the round, and later ice-skating
- [Woohoo! This meetup has been planned for a while](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/13/woohoo-this-meetup-has-been-planned-for-a-while/) - Woohoo! This meetup has been planned for a while, and was hatched in the lovely bosom of the Summer Socks KAL group on Ravelry, home of anything to do with the #summersockskal. This sock-based (it's true) KAL was dreamt up by @psychoknitter, began on June 15 (or was it 14th? It has been a blur)
- [Annnnd back in the Big Smoke](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/11/annnnd-back-in-the-big-smoke/) - Annnnd back in the Big Smoke. A #pint and a #pair in #Tottenham yesterday evening with @thewoolkitchen -- have you seen her new labels? So pro -- one of the few days this summer that we are in the same city at once. Beer got in the way of extensive #woolhead plans, but I wrote
- [A Well-Spent #Retirement, or The Immaculate Lawn of My Lover's Mother's Lover](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/09/a-well-spent-retirement-or-the-immaculate-lawn-of-my-lovers-mothers-lover/) - A Well-Spent #Retirement, or The Immaculate Lawn of My Lover's Mother's Lover. That second one sounds like a #magicalrealism novel. #summerholiday #intheNORTH #yorkshire #porkpiesforlunch #andgardentomatoes #andgardenraspberries #blueshoes #andpinkfingers via Instagram http://ift.tt/2b5DZi9 August 09, 2016 at 03:41PM
- [Postcard from the top (pretty much) of Malham Cove](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/07/postcard-from-the-top-pretty-much-of-malham-cove/) - Postcard from the top (pretty much) of Malham Cove, where there is a top-notch limestone pavement (not pictured). What are pictured are a not-quite-knee-length pair of #socks in @westyorkshirespinners #BlueTit colourway, from the Signature #sockyarn range. Yes, my trousers were rolled this high the whole way. My outspoken grandma delights in my "bonny" (her word)
- [Unexpected treat on a stop in #Clapham, North Yorkshire](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/06/unexpected-treat-on-a-stop-in-clapham-north-yorkshire/) - Unexpected treat on a stop in #Clapham, North Yorkshire -- just off the #A65, transport fans -- where Mr Words once went on a character-building school holiday that ended in not exactly a rescue, more of a retrieval. Anyway, we stopped there briefly, and saw this beauty of a #woolshop, @becksideyarns. Two floors of all
- [Five more hours of passengerhood](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/03/five-more-hours-of-passengerhood/) - Five more hours of passengerhood left today, and this ball of The #Cryptozoologist Unicorn Sock yarn, which I think was part of a @yantantetherayarns dye club in March last year. Or maybe the year before. The colourway is Lichen Licked, with flecks of mustardy lichen among the oxidised copper. One of my art & design
- [Reception at the end of the garden!](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/05/reception-at-the-end-of-the-garden/) - Reception at the end of the garden! Big blue #Cumbrian skies, and the tiny start of a #sock, in coordinating blue & white, with a dash of #yellow, added by an enthusiastically painting child in the vicinity. The yellow will vanish in the wash, but until then it can hang out while the toe gains
- [Fridays are Child 2 days](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/01/fridays-are-child-2-days/) - Fridays are Child 2 days. Less discussion of suitably invisible decreases, and high-twist BFL v merino/nylon blends, more on the difference between bird poo and fox poo, when earth becomes mud, and why three-year-olds don't need #coffee. There's only one more year of this before she starts school, and I will miss it like billy-o*.
- [And now, bonne nuit](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/01/and-now-bonne-nuit/) - And now, bonne nuit. Tomorrow I shall play with the new lovely things and read all your comments. Thank you for coming along on the #grandknitout --here's to the next one! The #4plycooperative began with four of us, but like a good bit of ribbing, it stretches to fit. Eight #knitters today -- will you
- [🎵Reasons to be cheerful: a #yellow #foot🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/01/🎵reasons-to-be-cheerful-a-yellow-foot🎵/) - 🎵Reasons to be cheerful: a #yellow #foot🎵 #justmysize #4plycooperativeontour #grandknitout #paris #laststopinparis #ahahahaha #marieetbenoit #grey #yellow #grellow #yellowisitmeyourelookingfor #readeriboughtit via Instagram http://ift.tt/2aghT71 July 28, 2016 at 04:47PM
- [Other colour yarns are available...](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/01/other-colour-yarns-are-available/) - Other colour yarns are available... Outside @labienaimee, with Aimee herself and @julieknitsinparis, designer of the #CosmicDandy that all three of us are sporting. Can you see how excited I am? Can you? #grandknitout #4plycooperativeontour #onesizefitsall via Instagram http://ift.tt/2ayhdj2 July 28, 2016 at 12:34PM
- [🎵People all over the world/ Join hands](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/01/🎵people-all-over-the-world-join-hands/) - 🎵People all over the world/ Join hands/ Start a #knitlove train, love train🎵 @vinca56, @little__greygirl and I have #coffee, #yarn, a #banana, and a lovely train journey ahead of us. And if that weren't enough, we will then meet up with @ofblithespirit, @psychoknitter, @fromcinthia @boudoirstitches and @little_emmab, and commence the LYS-visiting (first stop @labienaimee and
- [Standing on rickety garden furniture in the name of #FOtography](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/01/standing-on-rickety-garden-furniture-in-the-name-of-fotography/) - Standing on rickety garden furniture in the name of #FOtography. I would have been nearer an edge, but was about to go pick up children from last days, so thought it best to preserve limbs. Yarn is @thewoolkitchen's Day at the Beach colourway (her Etsy shop is closed for a week, but I've got a
- [🎵Oh I do like to be [packing for for a holiday] beside the seaside🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/08/01/🎵oh-i-do-like-to-be-packing-for-for-a-holiday-beside-the-seaside🎵/) - 🎵Oh I do like to be [packing for for a holiday] beside the seaside🎵 Clothes? 2 x rainy, 2 x sunny. A coat, sandals, sunglasses and an umbrella. Rucksack full of oatcakes, apples and children's magazines. Children's clothes, plus spare pants. And spare spare pants. Emergency Spirograph. Oh, and the really important kit: the knitting.
- [Nearly too hot to knit](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/07/20/nearly-too-hot-to-knit/)
- ['Twas the night of the heatwave](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/07/20/twas-the-night-of-the-heatwave-and-all-through-the-house/) - 'Twas the night of the heatwave, and all through the house, not a creature was sleeping -- not even the mouse. The smalls have been persuaded upstairs with armfuls of books, Mr Words is somewhere out there in the city heat, and I am footling about with knitting in the garden. It was too hot
- [🎵Diddle-oo-doo, diddle-oo-doo-doo / It's the final countdown🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/07/14/new-ig-post-🎵diddle-oo-doo-diddle-oo-doo-doo-its-the-final-countdown🎵-so-here-i-am-outside-the-place-that-has-employed-me-for-13-years-to-write-headlines-maintain-linguis/) - 🎵Diddle-oo-doo, diddle-oo-doo-doo / It's the final countdown🎵 So here I am, outside the place that has employed me for 13 years to write headlines, maintain linguistic standards, and change all instances of "Dr Who" to Doctor Who. It's my last day today -- henceforth I will be a freelancer, wielding my lance freely, in the
- [The #knittylove is strong](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/07/13/new-ig-post-the-knittylove-is-strong-at-wildandwoollyshops-knit-night-this-evening-so-many-people-all-so-different-knitting-all-sorts-of-things-but-i-am-rather-pleased-to-be-sitting-next-to/) - The #knittylove is strong at @wildandwoollyshop's knit night this evening. So many people, all so different, knitting all sorts of things -- but I am rather pleased to be sitting next to Margareta, and her stripey #rainbows. Knit nights: just the tonic. #knitter #pimmsdrinker #sockknitter And the #TravellingSock is doing the rounds (boom boom)! from
- [🎵And if one day I should become / A singer with a Spanish bum🎵](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/07/13/new-ig-post-🎵and-if-one-day-i-should-become-a-singer-with-a-spanish-bum🎵-on-my-way-to-the-wildandwoollyshop-late-night-knitty-lock-in-aka-knit-night-with-a-bit-of-light-re/) - 🎵And if one day I should become / A singer with a Spanish bum🎵 On my way to the @wildandwoollyshop late-night knitty lock-in (aka knit night), with a bit of light reading. What to start with? An illustrated spread on "cults" (The Steve, The Trendies, The Psychobilly, The Punk, The Casual)? A "down-to-earth guide to
- [Just a little one...](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/07/13/just-a-little-one-here-is-my-wednesday-wip-ruth_crafts-kittiwake-socks-knitting-up-so-prettily-in-oldmaidenaunts-new-true-colours-gorgeousness-i-hope-there-is-an-android-version-of-the/) - Here is my Wednesday #wip, @ruth_crafts' #Kittiwake #socks, knitting up so prettily in @oldmaidenaunt's new True Colours gorgeousness. I hope there is an Android version of the #Prisma app soon, but it could have an adverse effect on the economy; apologies to anyone else who has got sucked in... #prismaapp #prismaaddict #knitter #sockknitter #summersockskal #sockknittersofinstagram
- [Welcome to the Wonder-House](https://www.woollenwords.net/2015/07/03/hello-world/) - Hello, you should be aware that any content on this site is likely to stem from my extreme interest in words and wool, particularly how to use them, and how to share this love with other people. Future blogposts will tell you a bit more of my story, and will include my Instagram posts. Which
- [The Knitsterhood of the Travelling Sock: the story so far](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/07/19/the-knitsterhood-of-the-travelling-sock-the-story-so-far/) - The Knitsterhood of the Travelling Sock: the story so far. Born on 15 June in @wildandwoollyshop to celebrate the start of the #summersockskal, this month-old #sockling has visited friends in Nottingham and Birmingham, and is now 50 rows high. It will develop its very first heel! This is likely to happen in #Paris on the
- [On the train from Birmingham to #Yarningham](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/07/16/new-ig-post-on-the-train-from-birmingham-to-yarningham-a-woman-crossed-the-aisle-literally-to-semi-whisper-bournville-that-nearest-station-based-password-sorted-we-established-some-fact/) - On the train from Birmingham to #Yarningham, a woman crossed the aisle -- literally -- to semi-whisper "Bournville?" That nearest-station-based password sorted, we established some facts (she prefers blue to orange, wouldn't call herself a knitter, and had got out of the house for the day so a fence that she didn't agree with could
- [#Yarningham #cake. More later](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/07/16/new-ig-post-yarningham-cake-more-later-words-and-cake-and-wool-knitter-cakeeater-itreallyisgreen-lornabakes-allgonenow/) - #Yarningham #cake. More later. #Words and cake. And #wool. #knitter #cakeeater #itreallyisgreen #lornabakes #allgonenow from Instagram
- [Ah, what a lovely shade of faux-wood](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/07/16/new-ig-post-ah-what-a-lovely-shade-of-faux-wood-this-virgin-trains-table-is-im-off-to-yarningham-today-a-bit-bleary-eyed-and-minus-my-notions-pouch-aargh-but-in-possession-of-coffee-knitti/) - Ah, what a lovely shade of faux-wood this Virgin Trains table is. I'm off to #Yarningham today, a bit bleary-eyed and minus my notions pouch, aargh, but in possession of #coffee, #knitting and the #TravellingSock, which had a jaunt round @ofblithespirit's hood, then popped up at @wildandwoollyshop on Wednesday, where more rows were added by
- [The really quite super @psychoknitter](https://www.woollenwords.net/2016/07/15/new-ig-post-the-really-quite-super-psychoknitter-asked-me-and-my-4plycooperative-comrades-widn-aside-from-still-being-overwhelmed-by-all-the-lovely-kind-supportive-messages-on-yesterdays-post/) - The really quite super @psychoknitter asked me and my #4plycooperative comrades #widn. Aside from still being overwhelmed by all the lovely, kind, supportive messages on yesterday's post -- I am going to print them out, and keep them for confidence-boosting -- what I'm doing right now is entering the final phase of hangover: planning for

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