Three days into the new year and I’m already planning my dyeing schedule for next Christmas. I lost momentum last year after three different versions of the ‘flu, so I’m excited to be back into dyeing and knitting. I missed having the energy to dye new yarn or to make anything more…
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Handknitters Guild Market 2017
Last Sunday, 21 May, I had a stall at the Handknitters Guild Market in Coburg which is my favourite yarn event. Ok, so it could be argued that the Bendigo Sheep Show is the Victorian yarny highlight of the year, but I’m going to vote for the Handknitters Guild Market for four…
Ashburn KAL – Rookie Mistakes
Last night I cast off my Ashburn Shawl! There are still lots of ends to sew in and I need to block it, but the knitting part is finished. After a hectic week of dyeing, re-skeining and twisting up skeins, AND putting in a few hours each day on the shawl, my…
Merino Pearl Sock Yarn
After being so busy with last weekend’s yarn market I’ve finally found a few moments to update the online shop. Today I added two colours in a new yarn base called Merino Pearl Sock Yarn as well as a few new skeins of the classic Champagne Sock. Merino Pearl is 75% Merino…
Knitted Sock bunting
I’m doing it again – teaching people how to knit socks. I will be teaching sock knitting classes again at Morris and Sons (Melbourne) in September and October. Click here for class times and details. Rather than have people embark on knitting an adult-sized sock, students make little child sized 8ply socks in two,…
Not Quite Christmas Stockings
Over the past six months I made six pairs of socks. I get a bit obsessed with socks for a few months each year, and this year the obsession lasted longer than usual. My sock binges always start the same way – I teach a series of sock knitting classes and think “socks are awesome…