Hello again, No I’m not dead, in gaol or giving up knitting and blogging. I simply lost my mojo. After the Bendigo Sheep Show in July I got really, really sick and it took months to feel better again. I swear my lungs must have come from the seconds bin because they…
Moving House – Again
My knitting time over the next few weeks will be a bit limited – I’m moving house – again. This was just decided today and my head is full of all the things I need to do now. Only a few blocks away this time but it’s still a whole house that needs…
Retro Monday – Traditional Knitting with Wool
Well, I’m back to blogging – although I haven’t yet had a chance to update my online shop. I’ve just been incredibly busy with work, entertaining the cat, cutting my fringe with nail scissors and watching reruns of the Simpsons. You know, all the important stuff. Today I’m going to share with…
What I Bought in Bendigo
I’ve now been back from Bendigo for five days and I’m still sick. Getting better but not much fun to be around. When I got home I just tossed everything into the sunroom and have only now started unpacking, sorting and labelling the yarn that came back home with me. Although I…
Bendigo Sheep Show 2012
The Bendigo Sheep Show was on last weekend. Wool growers, knitters and strange men with coffee vans all congregate at the Bendigo Showgrounds for three days of sheep and wool. Now it’s all over I can recouperate. I mean this literally because I managed to get very sick for the whole three days. Actually, Friday was…
Mushrooms and Shawls
It’s cold and wet and I’m madly preparing for the Bendigo Sheep and Wool Show. I’ve been spending all my time tidying up messy skeins, checking patterns and making hundreds of stitch markers. I still need to get some good photos for my new patterns but it hasn’t stopped raining for what seems…