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Knitting Update: Knit for Victory and the 3 Hour Sweater

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Recently I have been knitting a couple of things in my spare time which I hope to be able to finish and add to my wardrobe in the not-too-distant future. I have made a start on a cardigan for Knit For Victory (at the time of writing I haven't got around to adding...

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Vintage Journey

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Recently Joanna of Dividing Vintage Moments invited her readers to write about ten items that inspire their vintage journey, as part of a lovely giveaway which you can enter up until December 4th. I have written a couple of times before about things which inspire me and give me new ideas in all...

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Outfit: On Thursdays We Wear Retro

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Cardigan -  Tesco | T-shirt - Primark | Skirt - Matalan Tights - Primark | Shoes - Tesco  On Thursday the week before last I had to go to a postgraduate skills workshop at university. This sort of outfit is fairly typical of what I wear when I have to go to something...

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Mad About Plaid Roundup

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Thank you to everyone who participated in the plaid fashion link-up I co-hosted this week with Jamie of Chatterblossom! I was so pleased to see people joining in and showing off their lovely checks, tartans and ginghams. As promised, here are a few of my favourite outfits that were shared during the linkup:...

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Vintage Derby: Sheena Holland Vintage

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[via] Although there isn't much by way of vintage shopping where I live, there are two vintage shops in town that I am aware of and that I visit when I can. One of these shops is the lovely Sheena Holland Vintage which opened up about two years ago. The shop sells a...

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Plaid Linkup

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[via] If you've visited my blog before, you may have noticed that I really enjoy clothes with a nice plaid pattern, or 'check', as I generally call it. Tartan and gingham are good in my book too - there's something so sweet and timeless about the pattern that really draws me in. Recently...

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Outfit: Thank you, Thing.

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For my Hallowe'en costume this year I decided on a character from one of my favourite television programmes, can you guess who? Although we don't really celebrate Hallowe'en here in the same way that it's celebrated in America, it has gained a certain level of popularity and I have been to parties and...

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