Join me for a knitalong! I’m about to cast on the Ashburn Shawl by Melanie Berg.
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Victory!
I finally finished my Knit for Victory cape and I’m really happy with it. I actually finished it before Christmas and I was miserable about it. Unblocked it looked horrible and I wasn’t convinced that blocking would help. I decided to block this by hand washing and then spinning out all of…
Knit for Victory!
I love the idea of a knit-along, but I’ve usually got so many knitting projects in progress that committing to knitting with a deadline is just not realistic. But things have changed, and now I’m down to my last UFO – once it’s off the needles I’ll be without an active project!…
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…
Extreme Makeover
Blocking is magic. It turns an ugly, crumpled UFO into art. This is the UFO I’m happiest about finishing so far. When you saw it last it looked like this. But yesterday I decided to finish it. So I got stuck in and knitted up two more balls of the lovely greenish/mustard Merino Totem…
Design Your Own Shawl Class
Huzzah! It’s finally locked in and I can tell you all about the classes I’m teaching in November at Morris and Sons in Melbourne. If you are available on November 12 AND November 19 and you want to learn how to turn your favourite stitch into a complete pattern for a triangular…