I’m knitting a sample of my Holgate Beanie hat for a shop at the moment. I asked if they wanted a specific colour and was told than anything except blue would be fine. I’m really into orange at the moment, so I’ve selected a combination of colours I can best describe as…
Archives for May 2011
Stitch’n’Bitch at Morris and Sons
Every Thursday night from 5pm to 7pm is Stitch’n’Bitch at Morris and Sons in Melbourne. I work until 6pm every day so by the time I get there I usually do a lot more catching up than knitting. Oh well, once I win twenty million in the lottery I’ll be able to…
Holgate Beanie
Whenever I write a hat pattern I always knit it at least twice. I don’t want to be publishing patterns with errors in them if I can possibly help it. I always welcome feedback but would prefer people didn’t have to go to the trouble of letting me know that my products…
If you only buy one stitch dictionary….
If you only buy one stitch dictionary there is something very wrong with you. Stitch dictionaries are the best reading ever. I read them in bed but then again, maybe that’s just me. I have a decent sized collection and I’m finding that as my collection grows more of the patterns are…
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…
Autumn Palette
In the 1980’s when I was a schoolgirl, I had a fairly erratic relationship with colour. I wanted to be Madonna or Cyndi Lauper when I grew up. Edgy fashion meant wearing flourescent green socks with your school uniform. There was a lot of bright pink, stark white and pale denim. As the decade continued, some…