This afternoon I decided to round up all the escaped balls of yarn. You know the ones, they jump out of your stash and set up colonies under the bed, on the coffee table and – in my case – on the piano. There was actually more than is in the picture….
UFO Sighting in Bacchus Marsh
Yes folks, there are UFOs* in Bacchus Marsh. I suspect there is a high-level a cover-up because it hasn’t been on the news or in the paper or anything. I counted 19 of them when I they first appeared, but now there only seem to be 16. I took some photos and…
The Tragic Tale of Big Brown
This time last month, Ysolda blogged about knitting jumpers (or “sweaters” as she put it). She asked for people to contribute stories – good and bad – of their adventures in jumper knitting. I told the sad and sorry tale of Big Brown (previously referred to here as the Giant Brown Man Jumper…
Design Your Own Shawl
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…
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…
Yarn Bomb Your Legs
Yes, it hurt quite a bit actually…