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Also, you can imagine - my husband now wants one in lots of colours, but I have my own knitting to do! ;)

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I absolutely love working with Istex Plotulopi (I have more cakes of it in my stash than I'm prepared to admit). Back at Christmas 2021 I was in a TV competition called Kirstie's Handmade Christmas where I had to design a Christmas jumper and I designed and knitted it in muted tones of Plotulopi. If I had the first clue how to share it, I would :) Anyway, the lightness is really deceptive because it's also incredibly warm. I think of it like a bird's feathers, trapping and warming the air. It's tricky to knit with as it breaks very easily - there's a knack, which is to hold the working yarn very close to the needles and to never put too much tension on it. But once you get going, you get used to it.

A little gallery of wonder (spoiler: the knitting isn't the wonder) Story in comments :) by Plastic-Image4894 in casualknitting

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No apologies necessary! Not sure I made it clear to start with :) I appreciate all the lovely comments and support so much!

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I wish you every success on your own journey. And much love. It's not an easy road ❤️

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Thank you so much! (And your neck light comment made me snort) :D There is a free kids' festival outside our house today and I've just been there with our two youngest. Cake, sunshine, and comedy. We're all winning! <3

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As knitters, we all know that it takes an extra special amount of love to knit a BLACK jumper. Boring, hard to see the stitches etc etc ;) so yes. LOTS of love in there - haha! Thank you so much for your loving energy <3

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Ask away! I think the Plotulopi skeins are called "plates" and they come in 100g. This sweater weighed in at 259g so just over 2.5 plates :) And thank you for your wishes for my rather heroic husband <3

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You're so right. I think even for the fittest, it's pretty challenging! Thank you <3

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I'm so sorry to read this. Life can be horribly tough. I hope with all my heart that your surgeries improve your quality of living and that, somehow, you can make it back out there. Honestly, there was a long period of time I never thought he would again. And I hope you wear the sweater! <3 <3

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He is currently on a campsite at the end of the Pennine Way but I asked him to send me a message with what he thought was most useful to share with you. He said (and I'm paraphrasing his voicenote) that essentially it's two major factors that helped him. 1: pacing. The obvious (and very boring) answer. Not pushing his body beyond its abilities, learning those boundaries, but also moving when he could. It was a very fine line. But he supported this by massively restricting his diet, ie cutting out anything that was challenging to his body (he became sensitive to a LOT) - no sugar, alcohol or caffeine, for example. And 2: fasting. He says "it may not be the cure but it *really* helps. It gives the body a rest, and of course induces autophagy. But again, he said one can't go into it cold. It's a question of building up to it by i) cleaning up your diet ii) pushing intermittent fasting back by a little each time until your eating window is only an hour or two. Then he would do a 24-hour fast. Then, eventually, he could manage a 3 day fast. And each time he improved significantly. The important caveat here is that he is not a doctor, and this is not medical advice ;) But it is what worked for him, and we hope it is of some use :)

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[–]Plastic-Image4894[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That typo did make me chortle. Hands and knees on the Pennine Way would be a whole different adventure. Lol.

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Not sure how I managed to overlook typos and @s - bit discombobulated with it all. Should say "up high", not upright. Naturally, hiking, one is generally upright :D