Monthly Archives: February 2013

2013 Knitting Meet-Up – February

Posted on February 23, 2013 by rgoriginals

Today we had our 2nd Knitting Meet-up of the year. We’ve been frequenting Confeitaria Ateneia located downtown Porto.  I’ll leave you with some photos I managed to take during the get together which lasted until after 19.oo this time. Lets … Continue reading →

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Westy’s Besties KAL Project 1 – Kex Scarf

Posted on February 19, 2013 by rgoriginals

In a previous post I mentioned the three WIPs currently on my needles, well here’s a close up of one of them. I love Stephen West’s designs. I’ve made several of his shawl patterns over the years, my favourite one … Continue reading →

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Out and About – Quinta da Quintã

Posted on February 18, 2013 by rgoriginals

This weekend I went down to my parent’s place and on the Saturday afternoon decided to go visit our neighbours and friends at the Quinta da Quintã. It’s a “Rural Tourism” farm where you can come spend some time and … Continue reading →

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Current WIPs

Posted on February 14, 2013 by rgoriginals

So I’ve got three Works In Progress (WIPs) going at the moment. The first one is a jacket in Malabrigo Lace colour Cypress (the colour is really hard to photograph, its a really dark green). I’m doing a braid on … Continue reading →

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La Maison Bisoux – Abuelita Yarns and Wetterhoff

Posted on February 10, 2013 by rgoriginals

Ok, so I promised to talk about the yarns I bought at La Maison Bisoux while in Spain, so here goes. We’ll start off with Abuelita Yarn Merino Silk (60/40). I got two skeins of this yarn and while in Malaga … Continue reading →

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TGCK 2013 – Wish I was Weaving this Cowl

Posted on February 6, 2013 by rgoriginals

A New Year and a New KAL hosted by Liz Abinante. We’re doing another Cowl KAL, however this one will be shorter and with fewer cowls than last year, becuase Liz has a lot on her plate this year. Not being … Continue reading →

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Praça

Posted on February 3, 2013 by rgoriginals

Remember my WIP Praça, well I finished it at the beginning of the year, but it took some time to sew in all the ends, and then I really needed to block it, and I decided to do that this … Continue reading →

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