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The Knitted Existentialist
I’d always thought that success was a showy affair. Life is meaningful, but I picked up on the idea that I’d find “meaning”. The difference is subtle. I’ve always wanted to be an artist. It’s a...
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Free Pattern: Dominant Dog Cowl
I’m in the middle of writing a bigger post, so in the meantime I thought I’d put out a pattern I’ve been holding onto for a while. It’s a simple knit which makes a feature of common tension issues and...
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Free Pattern: Victorian Cat Hatred
I’ve had a mad burst of creativity and I’m surrounded by sketches and pitches and swatches. Whilst that sounds like a great thing to blog about, it’s not. My ideas are small and vulnerable and hungry....
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Gardens (Why I’ve Been Quiet)
When I put on glitter and partial nudity, I touch something mystical. There is an angel of parties, a face of God that appears when I know the crowd is watching me dance. Being too poor to leave the...
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Gardens II
Things are so different. I’m writing this without any sense of urgency at all. Really just because I wanted to have a different face out to the world. I am happy now. Really happy. My garden is...
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Barking, A Love Letter
I didn’t move to Barking because I loved Barking. I moved to Barking because I was in a strop with my old landlord and I couldn’t afford a better post-code. I’ve lived here for two years now. Barking...
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Review: Kate Tempest, Sunday 3rd August, Camp Bestival
Before I was a knitwear designer (journalist, dancer, flight-attendant, forester etc. etc) I was a poet. Did you know? I went and got half a degree in Creative Writing and filled notebooks with densely...
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Is it time for gay men to talk about our own rape culture? (TW: Sexual Assault)
I like to go out. I like to dance. I like to wear glitter and put my hands over my head and flirt with men. It does my body good to feel strong, and it does my mind good to feel pretty, to feel...
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Some thoughts on charity-crafting and the media:
There is news story doing the rounds at the moment. Lillian Weber is 99 years old, and she has made almost 900 dresses for African girls. It’s been reported by Huffpo, and the Independent, as well as...
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New Things, New Places
Hello darlings, thank you all for following this blog for the last few years. I’ve had a blast. But it’s time for new things. Knitting, I’ve decided, isn’t quite enough for me any more. I do lots of...
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