Author Archives: Nicola Turner
- 14th December 2020
Gild the Gingerbread
It's been a frustrating few days the weather has been grim, grey and gloomy and my current knitting project isn't working out. Knitted Christmas present production has slowed up. An afternoon of baking seemed a quicker way of making a …
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- 29th June 2020
A Slice of Paradise
Here's another of our wool show cake tin standbys, this one definitely has a retro feel. I'm not entirely sure where this recipe came from it may have been from a copy of Woman's Realm or Woman's Weekly, well thumbed …
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- 10th June 2020
Decorated Sock Blockers
What to do in lockdown when the garden has been weeded to within an inch of its life and you've done as much housework as you consider necessary? Well over the last year we've accumulated a small pile of bunny …
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- 27th March 2020
Blocking Your Knits and Crochet Too
You've spent weeks on a project, stayed up late to finish the last few rows and are excited to wear your heroic knitted or crocheted efforts. All the faff of blocking just seems one step too far, but it's amazing …
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