On Saturday I presented the second session of my “Design Your Own Shawl” workshop series. I genuinely enjoyed teaching these classes and all the participants seemed to have fun and learn a lot too. Everyone from the first session came back for the second one and nobody cried – so I’m calling…
patterns
Hazel
I finished my lovely orange shawl and have been racking my brain about what to call it. I still have to type up the pattern, but it should have a name. I decided on “Hazel” because the fall of the lace pattern reminds me of catkins. It’s probably a bit hard to…
More Destashing and a Bit of Designing
Long time no post. Sorry about that. Annual leave finished and I had to go back to work. Must buy a lottery ticket one of these days so I can quit work and spend my time swatching and talking to yarn. I’ve spent the last two weeks destashing my knitting magazines, sorting…
Knit Your Native Animals
I love going to op-shops and buying a stack of old knitting patterns. My most recent purchase included patterns from the 1960’s to the 1980’s and while some of the designs are hilarious to me in 2011, some are really stylish. The patterns which currently interest me most are Australiana – featuring…
Liquidambar
After musing about how I can incorporate Autumn into my knitting, I thought “why not just knit a leaf”. So here is a very quick pattern for a little Liquidambar leaf. To make a little Liquidambar leaf that you can use on a hair clip you will need a small amount of 8ply/DK…
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…