Piedwarbler
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Book posts, knitting, and nature. Most of my posts are boring and some are of hedgehog emergencies 🦔🪴🐛
Book posts, knitting, and nature. Most of my posts are boring and some are of hedgehog emergencies 🦔🪴🐛
Thanks for the sympathy which is much appreciated. Can’t believe I didn’t think!! I’ve started again on the second half. Hopefully got it the right way round now!
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thanks for the sympathy which is much appreciated. Can’t believe I didn’t think!! I’ve started again on the second half. Hopefully got it the right way round now!
Too funny. 😭I’ve come within 15 rows of finishing the dark coloured scarf to realise I’ve gone off in the wrong direction and I’ve had to frog that entire half of the scarf. Which is what comes of not reading the pattern carefully having knitted one and thinking I know what I’m doing. 🧶
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Too funny. 😭I’ve come within 15 rows of finishing the dark coloured scarf to realise I’ve gone off in the wrong direction and I’ve had to frog that entire half of the scarf. Which is what comes of not reading the pattern carefully having knitted one and thinking I know what I’m doing. 🧶
A friend is looking for someone to finish this knitting project that her mum was doing when she passed away. It’s a poncho. I thought it was just the neck, but actually it’s only half done and the whole back needs to match this, and then a big cowl neck. I think it’s beyond my skill level 🧶…
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
A friend is looking for someone to finish this knitting project that her mum was doing when she passed away. It’s a poncho. I thought it was just the neck, but actually it’s only half done and the whole back needs to match this, and then a big cowl neck. I think it’s beyond my skill level 🧶…
Reading group read this month is The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Reading group read this month is The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant
I’m reading The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant, by Kate Nunn for my reading group read this month.
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I’m reading The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant, by Kate Nunn for my reading group read this month.
It was pretty amazing. We got to go inside the glacier itself. It’s shrinking fast. 😥
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It was pretty amazing. We got to go inside the glacier itself. It’s shrinking fast. 😥
It is near the Rhône Glacier, and it is as smooth as can be, as the glacier passed over it.
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
It is near the Rhône Glacier, and it is as smooth as can be, as the glacier passed over it.
Stuck on this one. #hiddenbooksgame Stars… circling … Christmas tree… stumped. 😆
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Stuck on this one. #hiddenbooksgame Stars… circling … Christmas tree… stumped. 😆
Current WIP - well - it’s three scarves. One is a Rowan (cerise one ball shawl) one is a Louisa Harding Strickmich! In a multi coloured yarn, and one is a mohair and glittery thread held together Sophie scarf in a Rico yarn. These are all Christmas gifts I think. 🧶#showmeyourknits
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Current WIP - well - it’s three scarves. One is a Rowan (cerise one ball shawl) one is a Louisa Harding Strickmich! In a multi coloured yarn, and one is a mohair and glittery thread held together Sophie scarf in a Rico yarn. These are all Christmas gifts I think. 🧶#showmeyourknits
I hear Lady Gaga has been reading this, and I adored Thin Places, anyway I’ve just got a copy of Cacophony of Bone by Kerri ní Dochartaigh who writes beautifully and poetically
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I hear Lady Gaga has been reading this, and I adored Thin Places, anyway I’ve just got a copy of Cacophony of Bone by Kerri ní Dochartaigh who writes beautifully and poetically
Wonderful book. I’m lost in these stories of ancient history. I wouldn’t have known about this book but for my Toppings subscription- they always choose well!
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Wonderful book. I’m lost in these stories of ancient history. I wouldn’t have known about this book but for my Toppings subscription- they always choose well!
Started a new Sophie scarf for day 5 of knitting challenge (for variety’s sake) which is mohair held with a strand of sparkly cotton. 🧶
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Started a new Sophie scarf for day 5 of knitting challenge (for variety’s sake) which is mohair held with a strand of sparkly cotton. 🧶
Day 4 of knitting challenge 🧶
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Day 4 of knitting challenge 🧶
Day 3 of knitting for the Dementia UK November knitting challenge. 🧶
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Day 3 of knitting for the Dementia UK November knitting challenge. 🧶
Day 2 knitting done for November knitting challenge for Dementia UK 🧶
November 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Day 2 knitting done for November knitting challenge for Dementia UK 🧶
I’m knitting for Dementia UK and today is day 1! 🧶
November 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I’m knitting for Dementia UK and today is day 1! 🧶
Remember “out in the day is not okay” - hedgehogs can wake during winter and search for food. They are especially vulnerable at this time to infection and starvation. Please keep an eye out for them. 🩷
October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Remember “out in the day is not okay” - hedgehogs can wake during winter and search for food. They are especially vulnerable at this time to infection and starvation. Please keep an eye out for them. 🩷
Glorious weather in the park this afternoon
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Glorious weather in the park this afternoon
Sollom Lock today. See the rainbow on the left through the branches
October 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Sollom Lock today. See the rainbow on the left through the branches
I’ve been playing yarn chicken all afternoon - phew! 😥 Just made it. Strickmich! scarf complete. 🧶 Knitting
October 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I’ve been playing yarn chicken all afternoon - phew! 😥 Just made it. Strickmich! scarf complete. 🧶 Knitting
7pm in Portugal. Someone has already bagged their sunbeds for tomorrow. Is this a record?
October 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
7pm in Portugal. Someone has already bagged their sunbeds for tomorrow. Is this a record?
Bought some yarn today in Olhão 🧶🧶 but what to knit? I got three 100g skeins.
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Bought some yarn today in Olhão 🧶🧶 but what to knit? I got three 100g skeins.
Background for Love, by Helen Wolff. It’s about a woman in 1930s Europe, trying to find a way of living.
October 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Background for Love, by Helen Wolff. It’s about a woman in 1930s Europe, trying to find a way of living.
Lovely holiday reading - a woman takes a cottage in Saint-Tropez for her own for three months.
October 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Lovely holiday reading - a woman takes a cottage in Saint-Tropez for her own for three months.