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Guest - Aislinn Dyestuff Citizen Science.
09 October 2026
This is a great project. I look forward to the results. Thanks for letting us know.
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09 October 2026
Looks delicious!
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18 September 2026
Hi Rachel, I have looked for more photos of you, but that was not very successful. I found a link on...
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15 September 2026
That lozenge pattern element is not a photograph, but a scan. So it should be to scale. But I pinned...
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15 September 2026
I was not referring to Rachel's reconstruction (is the reconstruction you refer to the one photograp...
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Hah. Blocking.

Now, finally, after hanging out for a while, they have been soaked and patted in form and stuck with pins:

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My very first sweater. Once it's dry, I get to sew it together (exciting!) and then I'll get to find me some nice buttons for it. Yay!

(It's Vignette, modified a bit regarding the fit.)
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Heather on Tuesday, 14 February 2017 18:00

Go on, where did you get that mat? And what does the cat think of it?

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Go on, where did you get that mat? And what does the cat think of it?
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Katrin on Tuesday, 14 February 2017 18:12

That mat is the typical playmat, from the typical source - a drugstore, actually, which also has lots of other stuff these days. And as incredible as it sounds, the cat has not yet sat on it! But then, with the fine weather today, she has spent most of the time outside...

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That mat is the typical playmat, from the typical source - a drugstore, actually, which also has lots of other stuff these days. And as incredible as it sounds, the cat has not yet sat on it! But then, with the fine weather today, she has spent most of the time outside...
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Harma on Tuesday, 14 February 2017 23:26

As soon as I saw this,my thirst thought was, she also didn't spend money on those expensive official blocking mats. My second thought was wow, in Germany they have them with letters, not just numbers. ;^D

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As soon as I saw this,my thirst thought was, she also didn't spend money on those expensive official blocking mats. My second thought was wow, in Germany they have them with letters, not just numbers. ;^D
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Susie on Friday, 03 March 2017 07:45

I'd love to see a photo of the finished sweater. Very impressive! And a great idea for blocking.

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I'd love to see a photo of the finished sweater. Very impressive! And a great idea for blocking.
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Katrin on Monday, 06 March 2017 12:01

You will get to see one... as soon as it is actually finished. Yes, I'm slow! I have done the last bits of seaming together yesterday, and there are a few last ends to weave in. And then I need buttons...

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You will get to see one... as soon as it is actually finished. Yes, I'm slow! I have done the last bits of seaming together yesterday, and there are a few last ends to weave in. And then I need buttons...
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