Quinces are my favourite fruit. They grow on an elegant, sculptural tree, they look beautiful in a fruit bowl and fill the kitchen with their delicate scent – like roses and apples and powder and grass. Apart from being beautiful to have around, they also make the most amazing jam. More accurately, it’s a…
Basic Knitted Flower
Somtimes the simplest trims are the best. When I made a Camomile Lawn Tea Cosy for my friend and colleague Lorraine, I decided to go for a simpler flower than the camomile flowers on the original. They looked great (apologies for the poor quality photos) and were a nice way to vary the pattern…
Welcome to the Little Yellow Cat
Hello again to everyone who followed me on beautifulstring.com. Thank you for following me here and for putting up with the lack of activity on the old site while I got this one up and running. Little Yellow Cat is named after my, well, my little yellow cat. His name is Cobey…
New Pattern – Starflower Beret
My first “not for free” pattern has just been added to both this blog and Ravelry. To purchase, you can either go to the “Pattern Shop” menu or you can download from Ravelry. I’ve set the price at $4 Australian. The Dandelion Beret which I made available for free was downloaded over…
The Results Are In…
…and I scored a bit of a fail. Well – sort of. Here is the story behind the samples. Australian Country Spinners is a yarn manufacturer that produces the Cleckheaton, Patons (Australia) and Panda brands. They also import Rowan into Australia and they now own Shepherd which is a NZ brand. Last…
So Much Knitting!
I’ve done so much knitting, embroidery and crochet over the past week that all I can think about is…. well, what I want to design and knit next really. Yep, obsessed. I just have to add a lace edging to a baby cardigan and I’m all done with this collection of samples…