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Day 20: cosy
Throwback to last summer and the wonderful week I spent on retreat in Norway with @squamlove Into The Mystic.
Our cabin was called ‘Koselig’ which is ‘cosy’ in Norwegian. And for me, those days and evenings spent quietly making, whilst chatting and laughing with a bunch of women, most of whom were strangers before we arrived, were the definition of cosy. Warm, comfortable and nurturing. @florathief @lghemphill @kzstevens @2acorns @vabarb26 and not pictured @dancingbeastie. And all the other fabulous ITM women of course! @prideofmice @elizabethduvivier @summerkiser @cory.clementine @flowersnrwindow @sepiaandglitter .
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#fiberuary #fiberuarychallenge #cosy #koselig #gratitude
I’m delighted to share this for @bristolcloth :
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Day 15: hands
You won’t find many pictures of my hands on these squares but here they are, funny thumbs and all!
The medical term for them is brachydactyly type D and they are also called racket thumbs, club thumbs, hammer thumbs and murderer’s thumbs (!). 1-3 % of the population have them and they are transmitted in an autosomal dominant condition. They were the first thing my husband checked for when we had our babies 😂. I used to be so embarrassed by them when I was a kid and remember hiding them under my communion book at church in case the vicar laughed! ( they never did)
But on a positive note, I inherited them from my dad and both he and his sister had them and were pretty creative. So I’d like to think that maybe they are linked to creativity and that is why they persist in the gene pool. Biology lecture over, back to the knitting.
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#fiberurary #fiberuarychallenge #day15 #hands #handknitting
