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#bookofhapsalong progress and prizes

with fewer than two weeks before the end of the competitive element of the KAL, I thought I would share some prizes!

episode 63 – a little bit of balance

We could all do with a big of balance at the moment, couldn’t we? With so much up in the air at the moment and so much of the skewed in the world at large – I aim for us to have a wee bit of balance over here in our little corner! I have got a meaningful knit story for you, (which was recovered from the big laptop death!) last year I spoke to Joanna Mouatt about two pairs of mittens her late Grannie made for her. There is also a Tale of the WIPs of Dooooom – cos balance! – Book of Hapsalong and more!

yarn review: The Border Mill Alpaca Silk

If you listened to the last episode of the podcast, you will have heard me talk about the new yarn from The Border Mill, Aplaca Silk. Come in and have a wee look at it!

episode 62 – The Border Mill

Welcome back to the podcast after a lovely wee break. I am jumping straight back into the action with a really wonderful tour of The Border Mill.

HAP-py bags!

You may remember when I was talking about future plans that I hinted at some exciting collaborations….

KnitBritish Survey – What’s to come

One of the things I wanted to do with the survey was to put forward a few of the ideas and suggestions I have received from you over the last wee while and gauge opinion on them. You may remember that my word for 2016 is momentum and it was with that in mind that I set out some of your suggestions.

KnitBritish Survey Feedback

Thank you so very much to all of you who took part in the KnitBritish survey – I am very appreciative of the time you took to do it and the feedback you gave me. Let’s have look at a sample of the feedback.

#BookofHapsalong – Which hap?

The one thing that most of you know is that you want to knit ALL the haps in Kate Davies’ The Book of Haps. Deciding on which one to cast on first is the tricky thing and then the next question is, which yarn?!