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  It always tickles me when I get these mega yarn balls 😅 A4 envelope for scale. This is for a reversible mosaic #crochet blanket. Which as you can imagine is a YARN EATING MONSTER.

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  Waffling on… #crochet

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  Here’s my attempt at a reel showing the Jarre Jumper Journey 😅 While I did the grafting, my son deserves the credit for managing to create such a recognisable yoke pattern to fit the 12 x 29 stitch dimensions of the repeat ☺️ #knitting #music

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  One for all my nerds

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  I forgot that Schiphol Airport had that awesome “Real Time” clock. It’s really striking in real life.

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  Delighted to say that The Big Guy From France loved the custom Jarre Jumper I knitted. I told him my son designed it and I knitted it and he was very impressed. So much so, that he sent his crew after me to interview me about it 😅 They recorded it, not sure for where or when.

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  I just bought this overlay mosaic #crochet pattern from Ravelry, and I can’t tell you how happy I am that it automatically comes with left-handed instructions ☺️ Little things like this make such a huge difference, as usually most crochet pattern designers assume you’re right-handed. Link: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/highland-hamish-mosaic-blanket

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  Good old Twonks.

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  Truth is, when I’m wearing socks that I knitted and I’m covered with a blanket I crocheted, it reminds me why I love both those crafts so much. Making something people can use is the best! #knitting #crochet

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  He’s been like this for hours 🙄 #dogs #greyhounds #crochet #autumn

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  I’m now finally back to my one #knitting, one #crochet monogamous ways, having briefly had five things at a go during one stupid period 😅 So, time to focus on finishing this Legend of #zelda scarf. It’s a beast of a project but I think it’ll look superb once finished. Onwards! #nintendo

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  In the alternate reality I’m currently living in, #finishorfrogalong is still running, so today I finished #knitting these socks. Yarn is Regia Tutti Frutti Papaya. I’m still trying to find a heel pattern I like, these were made with a German short row boomerang heel, which I’m not a fan of because it was full of gaps I had to sew up at the end. My next heel experiment will be a pair for my wife using the famous Fish Lips Kiss Heel.

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  Exciting! Jean-Michel Jarre’s groundbreaking Oxygene turns 50 this year, and to celebrate its birthday a Dolby Atmos remaster is being released on the 20th of November! Part 1 is available to listen to now on Apple Music and, by golly, this works really, really well spatially! #music https://music.apple.com/gb/album/oxyg%C3%A8ne-50th-anniversary-remastered-edition/6816011429

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  When I went back to Baghdad in 2024, a friend gifted me a handmade candelabra for some reason 😅 It’s been sat in our living room empty since then. The other day, my wife decided to get some LED candles for it. I’ve never seen these before, but they look so realistic it’s a bit freaky. They even gently flicker too! She picked the colours to match the very first crochet blanket I made, which is why she’s the best wife if you ask me 😅 BONUS: that framed flower was picked and dried and framed by...

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  I think I might have a #lamy #safari #fountainpen problem 😅

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  I didn’t plan it but the yarn pattern on these socks has lined up perfectly. Very satisfying ☺️ #knitting

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  Way before TED talks made slide-less presentations popular, I realised that no one cares about slides so whenever I’ve had to present or teach or whatever, I never use slides. It also forces the audience to actually look at you and listen 😅

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  It’s that time of the year where one can wear the socks and use the blankets one made. 😍 🍂 #knitting #crochet

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  I still think the #AtariST had the greatest mouse design! It was the king from 1985 until 2000, where it was only beaten 15 years later by the original Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical.

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  #SilentSunday

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  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’ve always found nine inch circular #knitting needles to be hilariously endearing 😂

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  No matter how many times I see them, I always find empty hospital corridors to be very haunting.

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  Not gonna lie, the new iOS 27 photo cleanup options are finally worth while. They were shit before this. Slow though. This video is twice the actual speed. #apple #ios27

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  Decided to cast on the second sock in this pair. I made the first one ages ago to test a heel pattern, but didn’t make the second one as I had other priority stuff to make. I wonder if I can finish it before the end of #finishorfrogalong… #knitting

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  Slightly cheat-y #finishorfrogalong because I started this yesterday and finished it today 😅 I’ve been wearing my #crochet lanyard at work this week and so far I’ve had to make two of them for colleagues 😅 Genuinely considering selling these now, at work and online, I’m told £10 is a reasonable price.

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  I don’t know why but I’m very proud of this single #crochet swatch 😅

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  Good morning and please allow me to introduce my new, favourite mug 😍

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  This morning’s dog walk music, ironically 😔😔😔

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  Wow. This BYTE Magazine visual archive is stunning. It’s every single page, from the cover of the first issue to the back page of the last, fully zoomable and readable. Oh and fully searchable too! Stunning. I still remember the January 1982 issue that a friend had, it was announcing the new IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER… https://byte.tsundoku.io/ #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #PC #bytemagazine #byte

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  Right then, for the first time this year I’m gonna join in with #FinishOrFrogAlong, because for the first time I’ve broken my cardinal monogamy rule of one #knitting and one #crochet WIP at a time, because reasons! So here’s what’s in progress and what the plan is, clockwise from the top left: 1\ a german short row heel sock. This was cast on because my wife dared me to and I should’ve known better 😅 Anyway, I finished one sock and said I won’t do the other until everything else is finished!...