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Maths teacher, lapsed mathematician, fibre arts fiend (knitting, spinning, crochet and thinking about weaving), cyclist and papercrafter. [bridged from https://mathstodon.xyz/@karenshancock on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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This was a fun tutorial to follow. #Painting

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New socks. #knitting

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

Have started 2025 by trying to do as much of the Guardian Cryptic Crossword as I can each day. This is currently taking hours, so not sure I'll have time to continue this once I get back to work...

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Today has not gone according to plan. The weekly trip upstairs to do my neighbours online shop turned into a pharmacy trip because she had run out of medication but hadn't done anything about it. Karma means I'll have a neighbour like me when I'm 91, right?

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Photos of some of my 2024 projects. Yearly total was (I didn't take photos of all of them!): Adult tops: 2 Baby cardigans: 2 Gnomes: 6 Cacti: 2 Trainer socks: 4 pairs Long socks pairs: 9.5 pairs (ask my sister about the lost sock!) Hats: 1 Gloves: 1 pair Birds: 5 #knitting 🧶

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Last knit of 2024 complete. #knitting 🧶

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Merry Christmas. Wishing you and yours a peaceful day. (Christmas socks not quite finished in time this year!)

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And making new larger fabric bags (or in this case almost a sack) for my nephew's present. (It's been ages since I've got my sewing machine out. Only French seams and a drawstring channel, but good fun make nonetheless. #HandmadeChristmas

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Final handmade gift making. #handmadecards #HandmadeChristmas

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Now I'm prepared to start thinking about Christmas.

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A morning of painting for family Christmas cards. #handmadecards

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Starting the holidays with a trip to the postbox.

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They are done. 40 handmade cards. Minus the one I posted to Australia. #HandmadeChristmas #HandmadeCards

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It's growing #knitting

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[Mystery Sock Along spoiler.] Advent mystery sock along is progressing nicely. #knitting

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I'm certainly losing the will to make Christmas cards this year... Decorations with gift tags attached works just as well, right? #HandmadeChristmas

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Anyone else over committed on "advent" activities? Trying decide the level of importance of the ones I want to do.

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

My niece asked for a female gnome in Christmas tree fancy dress. Did I hit the brief?😂 #knitting

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Christmas knitting continues. On to decorations now. #knitting

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If you have an hour to spare. This is a good read.

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Christmas gloves complete. Conductive thread added to the finger and thumb on the right hand to help with phone usage in the colder weather. #knitting

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Christmas card making us going slow this year. I'm upto 23, I usually make 40. I might be crochet snowflakes with gift tags attached this year for the majority. 😂

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One glove done - I'm still not much of a fan of knitting fingers... #knitting

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In #MathsToday we explored quadratic inequalities by first sketching graphs and then looking at the inequalities and the regions that satisfied them. With apologies for the inconsistent highlighting. #mtbos

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In other news (mainly I just need to vent). My elderly neighbour who I've been visiting weekly to do an online shop for, for 7 years, has finally ceased to be able to write me a list. So now I have to peer in the larder, fridge, freezer to decide what food I think she needs for the next 7 days.

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They are finished. #handknitsocks #knitting

submitted 115 days ago • 2 comments

Christmas gloves underway. #knitting

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@icecolbeveridge I forgotten you were around on Friday when I was casting the gloves on, so until about 5 minutes ago (when I remembered) I've been silently amazed at your 72 stitches statement earlier today! 🤣

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Home from an excellent weekend at @BigMathsJam. So great to see folks. #BigMathsJam

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At #BigMathsJam tonight @fennekLyra learnt to spin. Here's the crochet result of her handspun yarn.

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Roadtripping to #BigMathsJam, I stopped at a friend's and she took me here yesterday... Oh my it was wonderful! https://frameworkknittersmuseum.org.uk/

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Papercrafters. What's your preferred glue. I've been using Distress Collage Medium for a few years but it's expensive and hard to source in the UK. Any recommendations for other liquid matt adhesives? #papercrafting #papercraft

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Well that's a turn up for the weather... Opened curtains, made coffee, found crossword and then had to close curtains again because it was too sunny. 😀