Last week I finished up one of the most enjoyable projects I’ve knit for a while – the Planina Wrap. Planina Wrap is a pattern by Shara Lambeth and it’s available on Ravelry for $4.00. Shara designed this to work with a yarn advent calendar, but it’s a perfect stashbuster too. I…
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2018 Yarn and Craft Market
There are exactly four weeks until the Victorian Handknitters Guild 2018 Yarn and Craft Market! Last year was fantastic but frantic. Geoff was sick, so I didn’t have an offsider to help me schlep all my stuff to Coburg and back, and to take over when I needed a coffee and a…
Pink Peppercorn
A very quick post about a new yarn base and colour that I’ve just added to the shop. Pink Peppercorn is a soft pink with splashes of lichen, mustard and raspberry. It also has a handful of blue and orange flecks. I don’t often keep a skein of yarn from my dyeing…
Destash for Charity
I’ve decided that this month I’m going to “destash for charity”. Ok, so the month is half over, but my yarn stash is nowhere near as big as it once was. So my March destash plans are entirely achievable. (No, that’s not my stash in the picture below – I’m not that austere!) In…
What’s on the needles – June 2015
I’ve decided to do a little update this week and show you what I’m currently working on. I’m still rearranging my craft room to get everything sorted and stored effectively, and part of this sorting involved frogging a lot of projects that I’d lost interest in. As a result, I only have…
Yarn from Hobart
Two weeks ago I was in Hobart for work. I usually go to Hobart every 6 weeks or so and I really enjoy being there. When I go to Hobart I always seem to go shopping. It might have something to do with the Hobart office being almost next door to a…