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Once upon a time, I was a cool parent.

February 13, 2012 By Jax Blunt Leave a Comment

And I crocheted chain mail. Somewhere in me, the cool parent still exists and needs to be brought out to play.

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That creative challenge…

January 14, 2012 By Jax Blunt 3 Comments

A little while ago I set myself a creative challenge. First of all I had to buy some dpns (double pointed needles) the local charity shop came through there, with three different sets for £2.40. Bargain. So I tried with some handy acrylic yarn. But really I wanted to use something special – like this [...]

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Very sunny beach day.

July 5, 2009 By Jax Blunt Leave a Comment

As we are now close to the beach, it’s rather a draw for small visitors, so a beach trip was in order for Saturday. It took the adults (namely me!) a while to get going, so it was nearly lunchtime by the time we headed out, but we took fruit and water, crisps and sun [...]

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Bamboozled Shrug Thing

February 17, 2007 By Jax Blunt 16 Comments

The title is by Tim The shrug is by me, for Big. It’s based on the bamboozled shrug I linked to a week or so back, and I got it out of the Crochet pattern-a-day calendar. I’m quite chuffed with it – I used the king cole pure baby dk I bought before Christmas. It [...]

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Look!

December 31, 2006 By Jax Blunt 9 Comments

In the sidebar, I did it! Finished the never-ending shawl Only a week late, as Big is already fond of pointing out. Ah well. Got other things to do tonight, like eat and sleep, so I’ll wish you all a very happy new year, and sign off til 2007 eta piccie taken by Small

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