When Mari dropped stitches, I lost count of what pattern repeat I was doing for the gazillionth time and Helen got more and more bored of her second sock...there were some green eyes as Elizabeth sat merrily stitching away at this! 
It might seem more carefree, cheery work than knitting - but you should have seen the crazy, psychedelic chart that went with it. Eye-bleedingly complicated...and the work can take years to complete... (perhaps I'll stick with knitting for now..!)
I'm going to the 'Knitting and Stitching Show' on the 15th September in Birmingham with Mariana! Can't wait!
I'm looking forward to seeing Hélène Soubeyran's exhibition: she says she uses 'biological, geological, pedological inspiration' for her work! Science and wool amalgamations - my favourite!
Hmm, there's an idea? I wonder if I could try and knit my doctoral supervisor a trilobite? It might be possible if it's a nice, smooth one and not like the one on the left! Any ideas?
Sue's uncovered these workshops at the Black Swan Arts in Frome: don't they look fab!! 
I've already been lured in by the ‘Knitting Workshop’ (Saturday 13 October) and ‘Extreme Knitting with Rachel John’ (Saturday 10 November; 10am – 4pm) but the editor in me is desperate to try the ‘Bookbinding with John Jameson’ (Saturday 20 October; 10am – 4pm).
That's got to bring some mid-week cheer!
The knitting group and shop 'I Knit London' (IKL) is hosting the UK's first official Stitch 'n' Bitch Day! Hurray! It's on Saturday 10th November at the Royal National Hotel in London. Read more here! (their website will be regularly updated as things progress!)
Wendy and Victoria Else in Matlock, Derbyshire, have organized a great campaign: 'The Knit a Natty Key Ring'. The idea is for people to make miniature knitted items to be put on key-rings and sold in order to raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. All you need to know is here: Download KnitaNattyKeyRingCampaignInvitation.pdf. I have been moaning on for years about being one size in one shop and a quite different one in another. Online shopping causes head-scratching as I struggle to remember which size I take in what shop. My partner can't ever buy me anything on a whim (nice excuse!) and I have to take a gazillion number of the 
same item into the changing-room in the hope that one of them fits... bleugh.
This must happen to people all over the globe, men and women (although one suspects, as women generally buy more clothes, this situation is more annoying to women than men?).
More irritatingly (to weeds like me), it seems that sizes are generally getting 
larger: it's pretty lucky I like GapKids! And it's also lucky that my employer is relaxed about casual wear - trying to find a formal suit if you're a little person seems to be getting increasingly harder...
Worse, many shops are now stopping the production of their smaller sizes so, unless you've changed in line with the average trend, you're out of clothes!! Monsoon has now officially stopped making their hard-to-find Size 6, which was handy for those, like me, who have noodle arms.
So - it seems that now there may be a Europe-wide standardized system! Hurray! Exact hip, waist and bust measurements would be printed on labels - leading to a more exact science for well-fitting clothes. Read more about it here. Fingers, and coat-hangers, crossed.
The International Craft and Hobby Fair season begins! Looks great - I'm going to the Creative Stitches and Hobbycrafts show in Cardiff (2-4th Nov.) if anyone wants to come along too..!
I've been practising my crazy jigging for weeks now but even that wasn't enough to prepare me for the complication that is: mud. It does hamper a good ole dance somewhat.
The Trowbridge folk festival is a cheery, beery, foot stomping kind of event that takes place (misleadingly) in the beautiful village of Farleigh Hungerford. This year's ran from last Thursday to today.
Thursday evening was lovely but most of us were bracing ourselves for rain. And rain, it did. 
It rained absolutely torrentially on Friday, brightening up to a steady downpour on Saturday, a blink of sunshine on Sunday and a blinding bit of rain this morning. (Although, now my head is peeking out of the festival bubble it seems we fared pretty well compared to some places...)
Due to the really hard efforts of the festival staff the event stayed open and - in fact - seems to add to the enjoyment of many..!
Luckily, John-the-geologist had made sure we were totally prepared so our tent and us stayed pretty dry the whole time...but lots of people had to make do with plastic bags tied in a cunning fashion to act as a waterproof jacket...
The music made up for weather: Seth Lakeman (who else can jig, sing and play the fiddle simultaneously??); the wonderful Eric Bibb; Kate Rusby (her broad Barnsley accent completely disappears once she starts singing); the lyrical genuises Show of Hands (you can see one of my favourites based on the former Minister of State Kim Howell's comments about folk music here - actually I think this was filmed when I first saw them live a couple of years ago); and this year's surprise, Gareth Pearson: 18 years old and one to keep a beady eye on...this video doesn't do his electrifying live performance justice...
The best bit though was the new wool-shop tent: hurray!
Some HipKnits silk yarn to add to the stash (below) but, for now, I've turned my flea-attention span to socks: more of that soon! 
Shelley Mitchell from PreemiesUK wonders if any of us might be willing to help. PreemiesUK knit and crochet clothing for premature babies and you can help by donating materials, such as buttons and yarns, or knit clothes yourself and donate the finished garment.
The purpose of this charity happens to be close to my heart and I shall certainly be knitting frenetically. Some thirty years ago I was born pre-baked at 27 weeks (see photo on the right), weighting a pitiful 2lbs. (Mum said she thought she'd given birth to a guinea-pig.) My parents were told that I had only a 30% chance of survival and, if I did live, then I would be severely brain-damaged. Cheerily, I did live and seem to be doing just fine!
My brother argues that I must have some kind of brain damage as: (1) I was once willing to do a job that paid only pocket money (but I got to collect fossils for 3 years!! Would do that for free); (2) I will merrily read for a gazillion hours without looking up or breathing; and (3) I find enjoyment from wrapping lengths of yarn around sticks. I suppose he's not wrong...
Helen is knitting socks with this wonderful wool!
50% superwash wool, 25% soysilk, 22.5% cotton, 2.5% chitin. Chitin is a protein found in crustacean shells: the wool is soooooooooo soft. I love the way I can knit with my favourite invertebrates!
It is a little painful on the purse (£12/100g ball) but one ball will knit a pair of socks (425m (463 yards)).
I'm always foaming at the mouth to do the Bristol-London trip and spend 
my pocket money on wool in the Big Smoke: but it seems the feeling is entirely reversibly-mutual! Flibbertygibbet and her gang went to Getknitted in Bristol on a Big Day Out.
Actually, it is good to remember how lucky we are to have a shop with so much stock on our doorsteps! Wool shops seems far and few between. And places like Oxford - where you might expect to find a good haberdashery - don't have wool shops.
Get Knitted have sent me a press release about their WWKIP day:
BRISTOLS LORD MAYOR HELPS CELEBRATE ‘WORLD WIDE KNIT IN PUBLIC DAY’
Saturday, June 9th was ‘World Wide Knit in Public Day’. In Bristol, the ‘Knit and Natter’ knitting club, based at ‘Get Knitting’ on Brislington Hill, was joined by The Lord Mayor, Cllr.Royston Griffey. The Lord Mayor quickly got to grips with needles and yarn! “I am amazed at the range of colours and materials available”, said the Lord Mayor. “What a wonderful emporium for all things knitting ‘Get Knitted’ is. I am delighted that these premises are here in Brislington.” He now joins the growing band of personalities who have taken up knitting! He was presented with a tie knitted by a member of the group that very morning as a reminder of his visit. A basket of flowers was presented for the Lady Mayoress by 7 year old Sunita Morgan, the daughter of the owners of ‘Get Knitted’.
The ‘Knit and Natter’ club meets on the first Saturday of each month. All knitters are welcome to come along for a knit, a natter and a cup of coffee. Anyone who would like to learn to knit is also welcome.
‘Get Knitted’ is probably the largest, specialist retail outlet in the UK for yarn and all things knitting. There is some free parking on Brislington Hill with plenty of free parking behind the shop. Knitting is a growth activity. It provides a sense of achievement and is very calming and relaxing. ‘Get Knitted’ is owned by Sue Morgan and her partner, David Husbands who live locally, and their young daughter attends the local school. “If a non-knitter acts as chauffeur for some one visiting us”, said David Husbands, “they can either sit and enjoy a tea or coffee and read a magazine, or visit the other shops in the parade – possibly get a hair cut, buy a bottle of wine or some flowers, have a snack, get fit, buy some clothes, arrange some investments, place a bet, use the launderette, or pick up a ready cooked meal – without the bother of driving into central Bristol”.
...this is pretty amazing. Googling for something random threw up this equally random item, which has sucked me right in: eco-balls and dryer-balls. I got mine through the post yesterday...
(the whole set is ~£50 from here).
The idea is to use the eco-balls (right) to replace traditional laundry powder. They're good because: they are reuseable for up to 1000 washes which equates to ~3.5p per wash; there are no harsh chemicals and so no pollution; the rinse cycle can be shortened saving water and electricity; and they will not fade bright colours or damage clothing fibres.
The science is really badly explained on most the websites that I've looked at - sigh. But some better websites, and some grappling around for remnants of Physics GCSE, rustles up this: it seems that dirt is positively charged and the carbonate-filled eco-balls create a negative charge in the water, lifting the dirt away from the fibre. I seem to remember that traditional detergent and soaps are also negatively charged as well, which would seem to fit. Anyway, the science is just for fun: do the blighters actually work?!
Last night's experiment seems to suggest that they are well worth the cash. Allotment clothes (wet Glastonbury style) went in and happy, clean clothes came out! All traces of dirt were gone - except some traces of particularly muddy stains where I'd been trying to tie up my Sweet Peas in the monsoons that we've been having. Nothing was ever going to get them out anyway..!
Dryer-balls were harder to test (they reportedly reduce drying time by 25%): I know that my dryer's not that efficient (as it's a combi) and usually takes aggggggggges but last night it seemed to dry the whole load in 50 minutes...
My pack came with a Magno-ball, which claims to soften water and prevent limescale build-up...no idea how to tell if this works but I whacked it in anyway...
A possible drawback is that the eco-balls can't be dried, and the dryer-balls can't be washed, so you have to do a swap between cycles (but I never leave it on when I'm not in anyway after a dryer fault caused a fire a few years back...).
The only odd thing about these things is that the clothes don't smell of detergent but, given that it makes me sneeze, that's got to be a good thing. Line-dried clothes smell of nothing too...
Oh, and, at the beginning of the wash cycle, there is the faint sound of a tombola taking place while all the balls jiggle about...
*excited squeal!* Look at these knits (below)! Wonderful!
(Don't ask why I was googling for a cupcake scarf..!)
I did find something even more perfect: an edible blend of science, sugar and creativity (right). 
What could be better? More cupcake beauties can be found here!
What a knitting throng we were on Tuesday! Lots of good tips and ideas for us all…
Helen was making the most wonderful shawl (Fiber Trends - Shoalwater Shawl pattern: left) out of beautiful aqua coloured wool (Lorna's lace wool (Helen's Lace in Seaside: right).
There’s a knot in the wool that might hinder Helen's speedy progress but she tells me that there’s a way to make square-topped balls from a hank (see below): this might not help future knot-situations but the wacky wool shape will more than make up for it.
Furthermore, Helen's introduced me to the Denise needles. Merits are: (1) a range of sizes between 3.75-10 mm (extra long cords and large mm needles are available separately); (2) makes circular and/or straight needles; (3) variable lengths from 17” to 58” so they’re suitable for small and large projects; (4) stitch holders included; (5) compact 7” x 8.5” case for easy organization; (6) airline safe and travel friendly; (7) guaranteed for life; and (8) you can buy the whole set for ~£25…
Because you can leave your project on the cords, you can attach the needles to a new cord, knit merrily and return to the old work as and when. Wish I’d heard about these earlier – I have about a squillion 4mm needles because I’m always half-way through projects (and so rarely reaching that happy completion point!).
Would you like square balls of wool (left) and a way to have your thumb back to hold your teacup whilst untangling that hank? If, like Helen and me, you like wood-crafted thingimibobs, centre-pull balls and are fed up of having a digit stuck in a ball of wool until the damn thing's fully wound, then this is the gadget of the day: a Nøstepinde (below). You can purchase them here and get the full instructions here! And, the best thing, you can build a wool-wall with these bricks!
Mari was still battling with her hat…and me with my scarf…mine’s a bit of a cheat really…it looks pretty complicated but it’s just 3 stockinette rows and 1 lace-knit row (Lace Scarf pattern from Debbie Bliss Pure Silk).
Betsan suggested Sian try the 'Simply Knitting' magazine's latest tip for her rainbow hat: insert knitting needle under the first loop of the stitches all along the row below the error. Be sure that you're staying in the same row as you work horizontally across. The loop will be the right half of the stitch on a knit side... The row that you've inserted the needle into will be the one you'll start knitting on after you unravel the yarn. To unravel just remove the working needle, take a deep breath, close your eyes and pull. Ingenious!
But the pièce de résistance has to be Peter’s wonderful innovation: tubular knitting on TWO double-pointed needles. And, not only that, it was knitted in intarsia too! Peter was working quite quietly and happily creating what, for all intents and purposes, looked like a thick stockinette square until he turned it inside out and produced: a seamless pouch! With much gasping and clapping from us...wonderful!
Betsan, the organiser of Stitchlinks, recently contacted me with about research being conducted into the healing powers of knitting (something I alluded to here). How great that some people are attempting to provide some robust answers to this!
She says "We’re collecting a large volume of anecdotal evidence via an online questionnaire and need to muster the help of as many knitters, crocheters and cross stitchers as possible. We need to collect thousands of stories which will then be analysed and presented to experts in a number of fields of medicine and psychology. Only first names will be used in the final documentation so no contact details will be passed on to anyone."
They are avidly searching people's input into this research and you can participate by filling out a questionnaire on their site. Here's a link to why their research is important...
I love the makers of Innocent drinks! I love the little bottles with their witty little blurbs, the yummy flavours and the fact the fact they started with so little and now have a squillion-pound turnover (but, given the price of the shakes, it's not that surprising, is it?!). But, best of all, I love their Supergran campaign. Last year more than 220,000 hats went out to see the world - with 50p donated by Innocent for every little hat - that's a lot of money!
This year Rowan has stepped up to help, and they have a great deal for knitting clubs: they will send you ideas for Knit in Public day, free hat patterns and vouchers! (Thanks for the info, Wendy.)
E-mail them at [email protected] or, if you're speedy, you can write to them at: Knitting in Public Day, Rowan Yarns, Green Lane Mill, Holmfirth HD9 2DX. (Please mention Bath S'n'B.)
Innocent even give us funny little knitting tips. I've not knitted a hat yet and figure this is the best way to practice: albeit on a mini-scale...if I use mini-needles too will it feel like a normal-sized hat knitting experience?! :0)
It is World Wide Knit in Public Day on Saturday 9th June!
As if we needed more of an excuse..!
I've missed the deadline to sign up Bath (dammit) but, that day, I will be sitting in a sunny public place knitting merrily. My Oxford knitting buddy, Rachel, will be visiting: if anyone else fancies joining us please drop me an email!
...not, unfortunately, of the crafting variety...but in my whole body. I'm running the Bristol Half Marathon in September (in memory of the friend who was alluded to in my last post) and am trying to train. Given my tea-bag lung capacity and wonky knees this will be a feat indeed for me...
A friend who knows a lot about all-things-sporty watched me run and commented 'try to run with your knees pointing straight ahead'. Eh? How am I not doing that?! Oh dear: says it all really.
Thought I should share this amazing website called Run London. Although it looks Londoncentric this is just an illusion: it seems to cover the whole of the UK. If you put the first part of your postcode into the start point search it will take you to a zoomable map of your area. Then start plotting your route and click on the roads you wish to use to get a distance of that route.
I'm only able to run for an hour at the moment and need to get up to twice that over the next couple of months...ugh. And this allows me to work out landmarks that I need to reach in order to build up slowly...hurray! Less measuring roads in the A-Z map with a piece of string, using map-scales and calculators, with a pencil behind my ear...and more merry clicking from my sofa whilst eating chocolate. Excellent.
Sadly, though, it appears that my regular running route is only 2.6 miles and I'd been telling myself it was more like 4 miles. Sometimes not knowing the truth is easier to bear...dammit.
Not that you'd know, from listening to me knit: the ranting and raving
with fury as I gather up all those dropped stitches and rip inches off my needles (At the last S'n'B meeting I ripped 5 inches of carefully knitted smoke-ring scarf (garrrrh!) Wine please!). But it surely serves other functions. Knitting is a brain-balm: knit and forget...knit, purl, purge. Of late, it's definitely been a way for me to focus attention away from things I'd rather not accept…
Nora of Nori Designs has created a beautiful pattern for Forget-me-Not flowers: all the proceeds go to Breast Cancer Research (the pattern can be purchased through the 'Spring 2007 - embellishments' link from her home-page). Now I can knit, purge and contribute to the scientific understanding of this unrelenting, indiscriminate disease that has cast a recent, dark shadow... (but beware: grief makes for angry knitting...)
Any knitted in memory of loved ones will be worn by Dorret Conway (of Knit Knack) on June 17th Edinburgh when she walks the Edinburgh Moonwalk. Send your flowers to: Noni Flower Appeal, PO Box 1052, Preston, Lancashire, UK PR1 0XS.
I'm off to buy the pattern...and knit like a lunatic.
POSTSCRIPT 17/05/07: Get Knitted at Bristol is now selling the flower pattern online here and in the store.
How great is it to throw things in a heap and leave them...and have them turn into something useful?
I wouldn't actually know: nine months of dedicated composting has produced only a gloopy mess with flies galore and the occasional rat. Damn. I’ve been carefully cutting up paper and grass to try and balance the ‘green’ items with ‘brown’…but have yet to notice a transformation (took me months to work out that green grass is categorized as 'brown'!). Not to dampen the composting-spirits…but now I understand why there are entire books written on the topic of 'how to compost'. Hopefully the warm weather will help create wonderful earthy compost…
An Italian gourmet deli food-shop is just under our noses... I was lucky enough to discover it last year when I started my job close by. It trades under 'La Bottega' (Unit 6, Brassmill Enterprise Centre, Bath, BA1 3JN, 01225 317044, map here). Lots of cheeses, meats, olives, wines, pastas, rice, oils: the list goes on. And - at Christmas - they sell the most delicious and best-value Panettone you'll see this side of the Alps.
A beady eye is needed to find it though: there is a shop sign above the door but, other than that, it just looks like a warehouse...
It's not often that I'm gleeful on a rainy day - but today is different!
Aside from the fact that my allotment is dying of thirst, I now have one of these...isn't she beautiful! I've been avidly searching for a bucket hat that isn't designed with a golfer in mind for months and then I discovered Orla Kiely... Now I can breathe a sigh of relief. Good old eBay.
What was the best, most life-altering thing you brought last year? Is it very sad that mine is lots and lots of holes joined together with string? It's small enough to scrunch into my pocket when empty, doesn't give you sore hands even when rammed full, carrys lots and (the best bit) leaves your home and the environs plastic-bag free. Admittedly, 2 little old ladies were chuckling at them the other day (oh, the irony) but I hold my stringy neck up high.
Yippeee! Gabriella Knight has her new Spring/Summer collection out! Not only is it gorgeous but, I am reliably informed, she works in the Bath area. So we can look pretty and be supporting local business!
What is it about buttons and beads that make our eyes go funny? For all intents and purposes, they are just blobs of wood, resin or glass. I blame my addition on marbles. If you're hooked on swapping spherical glass, with paper strips inside, at the age of four what can you expect later in life? Evolution in action. Sigh. An expensive habit, this.
Jessie's Button Box is far, far superior than mine...but I did manage to incorporate a little of her collection into mine own a couple of weeks ago. 50 years from now we might be equal...
P.S., but the best thing: I discovered some fossilized walrus-tooth buttons. Talk about combining your favourite things!
I am a paradoxical lace knitter, I'm afraid. The patterns are so lovely to knit and the creations are gorgeous to gaze at...but the idea of wearing a shawl? Well, as much as I love Jane Austen, I just can't bring myself to don one. Anyway, even if they didn't seem so olde worlde, they just look bad on me. I haven't yet developed that art of sweeping them casually around the shoulders.
So, I end up loving the knitting of them but am never sure what to do with the end-results... But this garment? I love it and I'll wear it! I've got this lovely wool to play with: Hand Maiden's Sea Silk. Eunny's knitted it beautifully, with some alterations. (It's just a shame it's too hot to wear it for months! Hey-ho.)
Get Knitted is now stocking Amy Butler fabrics! Now we can pop over to Bristol and stroke them before we take the plunge and buy! It's so much nicer to buy things in a shop than squinting at a computer screen, isn't it?
Look what Sue's found! 
Mmmmm - the mouth waters.
AND as an added bonus, anyone who buys enough yarn to make 'Annabelle' can have the pattern for free. Hurray! (Just email them when you're placing your order and they'll send you a copy.)
(I really wish they showed a little of each of the yarns knitted up though - my eyes go all funny when I try and imagine what they'll look like as socks!)
I was lent a lovely wee book by a colleague (thanks Sally!) called 'Traditional Knitting' by the Good Housekeeping Institute from the glorious 1980s. It's got some fabulous stitches in there: Christmas trees, viking boats, llamas, seaweed, turtle tracks...
I liked the look of the strawberry stitch and thought I'd have a bash...but halfway through I was regretting my choice: it had a bobbly, yuk, organic feel about it. I felt like I was knitting intestines. Bleugh.
But, persevere I did. I took Eunny's blocking advice and glumly finished the work, sticking in the pins with extra force.
And, then, in the morning look what was waiting for me:
Mmmm! The recipient is to be a supervisor of my Zoology project all those years ago at Edinburgh Uni (which initiated my future fascination in pesky trilobites): and, if you squint a little, can you also see a mass of trilobites in this pattern? Ah, the Knitting Gods were smiling.
YAY! My Get Knitted order has been delivered!! Oooo, be still my shaking hands! Good job they put sugary sweeties in the tissue paper to help steady them! I was lucky enough to get Debbie Bliss Maya 100% wool in my favourite colour: 
And, what's more, it was on offer! Only £6 for a hefty hank! Hurray!
Other wonders were this pattern book (below left) and pure silk (below right):
The patterns look lovely. I've not yet tackled a full garment...and this curved edge jacket is top of my list. But I'm not sure I can afford to make it just yet! (9 balls of silk at £6.50/ea is a steep price to pay for something I might mess up!). A word of warning: muppet here tried to convert the hank to ball, created a migraine-inducing muddle, and the eschewing untangling caused the silk to look a little tired. Booooo.
Ooo, and a couple of hanks of this divine wool (Colinette Cadenza in Slate; right). I'm thinking socks when I've more knitting-courage. These lovely colours should give me some help me find the nerve... 
Look at this brooch and bangle:
Aren't they gorgeous?! And for only a tenner... Australian designer Liana Kabel will send them to the UK for a few extra pennies - but, beware, she only makes a few of each piece so once it's been brought it's gone...
Do you ever sometimes want to knit something but are stumped for ideas? Do you ever run out of people to give knits to? Well, here's your solution. Happy knitting!
...is Martha Negley's fabrics for Rowan. Her designs are wonderful! I popped into Liberty whilst in London with work last week and treated myself to these beauties:
Do they make you feel hungry, too? I'm making a 3/4 circle skirt with each of them (Simplicity 4546) - but will need some practice first!
I did look in at the Liberty fabrics too - to give myself a heady rush of delight - but at £19.99 sq.m. the adrenaline quickly dissipated. Perhaps if I was a twig with a love of pencil skirts then the bank could just about handle it but - as a girl with hips and a fondness for full skirts - this fabric purchase is just going to have to wait...
The details been released for this year's Wonderwool Wales event! It looks fantastic! I am looking forward to the pom-pom race! (Is it possible to make 30 pom-poms in 30 minutes?)
...food and wool! The makers of the Shaun the Sheep movie are sponsoring a PicKnit!
If you're very quick you could knit up a drumstick...but if you're stuck for ideas, how about some tofu or a chocolate bar?
I found these websites here last year when I was looking for free knitting patterns. I couldn't quite believe the food category - and now it looks like it might serve a purpose! (A prime example of not throwing something out incase you might need it one day...). More scary though was THIS! Bleugh. Can you imagine if it rained!!! ;0)
Here's a pattern for a Easter chick Creme-Egg holder, courtesy of my boyfriend's mum (thanks Joyce!).
This should knit up well with 4-ply but if you're going to use fluffy wool or ostrich wool then you'll need to check it sits nicely on its egg before having a knitting frenzy and ending up with Mini-Egg holders (I speak from experience). (...but Creme-Eggs are surely smaller than they were, aren't they? Even though Cadburys claim that we have just grown!)
(1) Cast on 22 stitches; (2) Knit 3 rows; (3) Increase 1 stitch on each row until you have 38 stitches; (4) Knit 2 rows; (5) Cast-off 12 stitches; (6) Knit 14 (15 stitches now on right-hand needle; (7) Cast-off remaining 12 stitches, cut off long tail of wool; (8) Pull tail of wool through loop of last stitch, pull tightly to secure; (9) Re-join wool and knit 6 rows of 12 stitches remaining on left-hand needle; (10) Knit two stitches together six times until 6 stitches remain; (11) Cut long tail of wool (~50 cms) and pull through six stitches with large-eyed needle; (12) Sew up seams; (13) Sew on boggle-eyes and felt beak; and (14) Stuff head with cotton-wool and body with a Creme-Egg. A chick is born - hurrah!
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