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We had a lovely weekend in London and with a few pennies in my pocket, I made a visit to Loop . I came away with yarn mainly for knitting socks. There's some Madelinetosh Sock in Neon Peach, Blue Moon Socks that Rock in Firecracker, a couple of balls of Lang Jawoll Sock yarn for some stranded socks and 2 hanks of Quince and Co Finch in Apricot. They kindly wound one of the Finch for me in the shop, so I could get started while I was in London.  I started a Flax Light by Tin Can Knits . It's a super easy pattern and I whizzed through it. Ravelry project page . I didn't do any modifications as such but I used the Estonian Cast-On at the neck - my tutorial for it is here .  I used TechKnitter's Fake Tubular Cast-Off for the cuffs and the bottom edge. It's a really easy cast-off and gives an interesting finish.  1 x 1 ribbing is not my favourite type of knitting, I really dislike the open knit stitch and I just feel li...