These socks were such fun to make. The pattern is Snowy Toes, and I used Eden Cottage Yarns Hayton 4ply (found at Gorgeous Yarns) in three shades of pink: Blossom (main colour), Wild Raspberry (the paler of the two deeper pinks), and Clematis. Full details here.
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Flora Shedden: Gatherings: recipes for feasts great and small
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Marilyn Brown: Scotland's Lost Gardens: From the Garden of Eden to the Stewart Palaces
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Monty Don: The Jewel Garden: A Story of Despair and Redemption
Leslie Geddes-Brown: Chelsea: The Greatest Flower Show on Earth (RHS)
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Humphrey Carpenter: Secret Gardens: A Study of the Golden Age of Children's Literature
Linda Lear: Beatrix Potter: The extraordinary life of a Victorian genius
James Rebanks: The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District
Ann Morgan: Reading the World: Confessions of a Literary Explorer
Alexander McCall Smith: A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh
2014
Vita Sackville-West & Sarah Raven: Vita Sackville-West's Sissinghurst: The Creation of a Garden
Philip Walling: Counting Sheep: A Celebration of the Pastoral Heritage of Britain
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Matthew Dennison: Behind the Mask: The Life of Vita Sackville-West
Kevin Crossley-Holland: The Hidden Roads: A Memoir of Childhood
Robert Louis Stevenson: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
2013
Stewart MacKay: The Angel of Charleston: Grace Higgens, Housekeeper to the Bloomsbury Group
Caroline Zoob: Virginia Woolf's Garden: The Story of the Garden at Monk's House
Carolyne Larrington & Diane Purkiss: Magical Tales: Myth, Legend and Enchantment in Children's Books
Gyles Brandreth: The 7 Secrets of Happiness: An Optimist's Journey
Joan Bodger: How the Heather Looks: A Joyous Journey to the British Sources of Children's Books
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Robert Macfarlane: Mountains of the Mind: a History of a Fascination
2012
Alexander McCall Smith: Trains and Lovers: The Heart's Journey
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2011
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Robertson Davies: The Cornish Trilogy - Vol. I: The Rebel Angels
David Allen: Getting Things Done: How to Achieve Stress-free Productivity
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Robert Sackville-West: Inheritance: The Story of Knole and the Sackvilles
Edmund de Waal: The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
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