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		<title>Manx Loghtan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished spinning up some Manx Loghtan ( a rather funny looking sheep as you can see from that link). I bought the fibre from Wingham back in November and started spinning shortly after Christmas.
The fibre smelt quite rural, although that improved greatly after washing the finished yarn   and is quite hairy, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2010/03/11/manx-loghtan/</link>
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		<title>New York</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in the previous post I missed the first half-day of Unravel due to being stuck in the US. This was a bit of a last minute trip, booked only the week before we went out there. Paul was sent out for a work trip, and I went along for the first week [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2010/03/08/new-york/</link>
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		<title>Unravelling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent a fabulous weekend helping out at the Unravel festival of knitting at the Maltings in Farnham. It has wiped me out a bit though, hence why it has taken me til today to sort out my thoughts and photos.
I was helping out with the Surrey Knitting Group, answering people&#8217;s knitting queries, knitting flowers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2010/03/04/unravelling-2/</link>
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		<title>Another project cast on</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think Dawn is a bad influence. No sooner have I read about her casting on a multitude of portable projects, that I find myself following her lead.
The latest project is Haruni, a little shawl.

I am using 3.5mm needles, and my first attempts at spinning laceweight. As you can see I haven&#8217;t got very far [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2010/02/25/another-project-cast-on/</link>
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		<title>Resistance is futile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The jumper has become a bit difficult to haul around, so for the last couple of weeks I have been stuck with no travel knitting. I had been resisting casting on anything new, for fear that it would slow down the jumper progress. The frustration of not having any knitting to take with me has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2010/02/22/resistance-is-futile/</link>
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		<title>New arrivals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The recipients of these two elephants have been born! Polly and Emma were born on Monday. Congratulations Jenny and Chris!
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		<link>http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2010/02/18/new-arrivals/</link>
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		<title>Second sleeve</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The second sleeve is now finished to the armhole.

Here is the view along the top of the sleeve.

And the underneath.

Back to the body now. There are only about 30 rows to go before I join the sleeves into the body and start working on the yoke!
I have a stinking cold today so am hoping that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2010/02/15/second-sleeve/</link>
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		<title>More fibrey aquisitions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[World of Wool had a 10% off everything January sale which I didn&#8217;t quite manage to resist. These lovely goodies arrived last week.
First 200g of 70% Bluefaced leicester, 30% tussah silk.

I am planning to dye this and then experiment with spinning some 3ply for socks I think.
Next 200g of 70% 23 micron merino, 30% tussah [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2010/02/11/more-fibrey-aquisitions/</link>
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		<title>Wool from seaweed (via sheep)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a bid to expand my fibre knowledge I have just received some lovely North Ronaldsay fibre from Scottish Fibres. This is the breed of sheep from North Ronalsay in the Orkney Islands, which lives on the outskirts of the island and eats seaweed. It is a nice soft fibre, although not the smoothest. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2010/02/08/wool-from-seaweed-via-sheep/</link>
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		<title>The last elephant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have finished elephant number ten, the last elephant for a while. No more of my friends are allowed to have children for a while, I am feeling a bit elephanted out.

I used Opal 6ply again. This yarn has a vast number of metres on a 150g ball. I have managed to knit two elephants [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.heatherknits.com/blog/2010/02/04/the-last-elephant/</link>
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