UPDATE November 2020 – POM POMs are back in stock! At last month’s yarn and craft market in Coburg, my husband Geoff was in charge of the pom-poms on my stall. By the end of the day he’d sold most of the pom-poms and acquired a bit of a fan club. Most…
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Elegant Ribbed Hat
Finally! I’ve written up the first pattern that I created for my destash for charity project – the Elegant Ribbed Hat. My goal was to reduce my yarn stash by knitting for charity – creating a few patterns at the same time. While I want the patterns to be easy enough for most…
Destash for Charity 2
Yesterday I hinted about my plans to “destash for charity” but I didn’t really give much detail. Today I’m happy to share my thoughts in “destash for charity 2”. I went through my yarn stash and pulled out the skeins and balls of yarn that are lovely but just not right for…
Katie Fair Isle Beanie
My latest pattern is finally ready to publish. After a second test knit and some dithering about what to name it I’m pleased to present the Katie Fair Isle Beanie. You may remember back in November 2013, I asked readers to suggest a name for this pattern and offered a free copy…
Help Name this Pattern – and Get a Free Copy!
I had a huge clean up of all my knitting stuff recently and I unearthed six “half-written” patterns and several WIPs. I have decided that these things needed to be sorted out by the end of the year so I I’ve been quite focused on getting the WIPs completed and the patterns…
A New Hat
Autumn is here and I have a lot of 8ply oddballs in my stash. What else to do but make a new fair isle beanie? I love bucket shaped beanies – they work so well on my bucket shaped head. Geoff also has a bucketesque noggin so when I design a new beanie I…