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🧶 As Carol King said….

Well, it was her along with a couple of others but here’s what they wrote….

Don’t you know that you can do anything
You can take anything and make it your own
Don’t you know that you can do anything
And you don’t have to do it alone

https://www.caroleking.com/discography/songs/you-can-do-anything

The song is in no way linked to handicrafts and the online community of crafters but the sentiment is the same…….

This week I’m back to filling my charity box with little knitted shirts…

……using a tried and true pattern from
a very old – pre 1972
(because it came with me to Australia)
well used now out of print book

……taking measurements and instructions as a base, making them my own

Like these made over the years

After an altercation with a shopping trolley last week in a very uneven supermarket car park ( my trolley would you believe it….acting like a 3yr old wanting to go where it wanted and not where I wanted it to go) which in turn stressed my spine, things have been very ‘ouch, ouchy, which means retreating (after doing ‘I don’t want to but I need to’ stretches) and not doing anything strenuous – knitting is always a good way to take my mind off other things…..result – two sleeves and one front finished plus the back begun.
So No.1 is nearly finished!

And to keep me company I’ve been contemplating knitting my own boyfriend Spotted on the library shelf this little book just had to come home with me

I could make him short and stocky or short and thin…..I rather fancy my own surfer guy – with his bleached hair and all over tan I think he’d be fun to have around…..but what about a computer geek, now he’d come in handy at times…..and the thought of my own action man has me wondering how high could I fly😊


But really I don’t need to knit one – I’ve got a real live one of my own

1961 – 64yrs yesterday


Unraveled Wednesday . …..Kat’s open house link up – click the (safe) link to see who’s there and what they brought with them

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  3. Congratulations. Even if I could knit I don’t think knitting my own boyfriend would work for me. The knitted version wouldn’t open jars for me – or buy me chocolate.

    I am sorry about your tangle with the trolley and hope you improve quickly.

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  6. I think the knitted shirts are probably more useful than the boyfriend!
    61 years, what a long time. I hope you had a wonderful day.

    I also hope the ouchies soon pass

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  8. 61 years!! That’s an amazing milestone. Congratulations to you both.

    And wonderful knitting. Your knitted garments are amazing too, style and quality and quantity.

    Bravo 🤗🤗😍

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  9. Happy Anniversary! You two look great together. Sorry about the spat with the trolley. It’s always something, as we say. The little knitted shirts are very sweet. How fun that you can knit out of an old familiar pattern book.

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