fraxknits’ blog Vox 2010-01-02T17:05:49Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d41426c4116a47/ A life in stitches Fresh from the Oven - Stollen tag:vox.com,2009-12-28:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470123f18e6a6c860f 2009-12-28T17:10:26Z 2010-01-02T17:05:49Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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This is my first official challenge from the Fresh from the Oven Blog and it was a very festive stollen recipe. The recipe is here on Jules' blog which I have been stalking for some time and it is based on a Simon Rimmer recipe/ I cracked on wit...

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]]> Stash Enhancement... tag:vox.com,2009-12-13:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470123f187a45b860f 2009-12-13T15:58:07Z 2009-12-13T15:58:07Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I have failed to blog about a new stash enhancement that happen some time ago in the Socktopus closing down sale: Firstly some Sheepaints in Tiger Eye. I love the colours of Sheepaints but considering that the base is a fairly cheap nylon and woo...

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]]> Rocing almond the Christmas Tree? tag:vox.com,2009-12-13:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470123ddc8ea3a860b 2009-12-13T15:50:48Z 2009-12-18T14:22:48Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Apologies for the terrible pun! Yesterday my sister came over and we did some Christmas cooking together. We made Stollen (more of that when I post about the Fresh from the Oven challenge on the 28th!) and Almond Roca. A found this recipe for A...

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]]> Christmas Socks Gift Giving tag:vox.com,2009-12-07:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470123ddef6015860d 2009-12-07T19:18:08Z 2009-12-16T00:17:11Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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So none of the people who I am giving socks to this year read this blog which means I can put them all in the entry for posterity before I give them out… Apologies before I start for the picture quality - in Winter it is hard to get the decent...

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]]> Knitting out the Bad Things tag:vox.com,2009-12-07:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470123ddef5f91860d 2009-12-07T19:13:03Z 2009-12-07T19:13:03Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Recently I had some unsettling things happen. Nothing terrible just something which unsettled me a great deal for a couple of weeks. Almost as soon as I happened I found some Tide Pooling STR on Ravelry for sale in lightweight. I loved this col...

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]]> On the needles tag:vox.com,2009-12-07:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470123f1857d25860f 2009-12-07T19:10:50Z 2009-12-07T19:10:50Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Currently I am knitting J another pair of Orange Socks - I am using the Saxony Pattern (72 stitches on 2.5mm needles) and some great merino cashmere sock yarn from Cariad Yarns in this fabulous bright colour. I am getting a bit of laddering on th...

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]]> Back to Bread Basics tag:vox.com,2009-12-07:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470123dddbb1a2860c 2009-12-07T19:08:02Z 2009-12-07T19:08:02Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I am finally ready to admit something - 3 years after I first noticed the problem, our breadmaker really is just broken now. The only thing it is useful for is occasionally making pizza dough or pitta dough. Everything else - even wholemeal dou...

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]]> Holey Soley tag:vox.com,2009-12-03:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470123ddc52920860b 2009-12-03T08:36:14Z 2009-12-03T08:36:14Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Not long ago I made a rash statement about how hard I wear my socks "and they never get holes in them". Well clearly this hubris in the face of the knitting gods would not go unpunished and within 2 months 4 pairs of socks had developed holes! T...

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]]> What is on the needles ? tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470123ddcca1d7860d 2009-09-20T08:40:11Z 2009-09-29T17:40:52Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Elegant Ribbed Stockings Coriolis Socks

I know, posts are like buses around here... Well I just wanted to do a final post to write about what I am currently knitting. Firstly I am knitting the Elegant Ribbed Stockings by Ann Budd from Favourite Socks (still on my odyssey to knit every...

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]]> 4th Plinth tag:vox.com,2009-09-20:asset-6a00d41426c4116a470123ddcca0da860d 2009-09-20T08:26:17Z 2009-09-20T08:26:17Z fraxknits http://fraxknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Brenda Dayne Knitting on the Plinth

Most people in the UK will probably know about this already but In Trafalgar Square in London there are plinths with statues on them and the 4th Plinth is empty. Various things have filled it over the years and for this summer the great artist An...

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