Earlier this year I made The Gift – a baby cardigan for a friend expecting a baby. I”m not being overly dramatic by calling it “The Gift” – that’s actually the name of the pattern. I made this in May for a “mystery baby” – a baby whose gender is a secret…
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A Cat Sweater for Claudia-Rose
A few months ago one of my colleagues, Daniel, asked me if I’d knit a cat sweater for his sphynx Claudia-Rose. I usually avoid knitting for people who just ask out of the blue, but I’d seen pictures of Claudia-Rose before and she looked like she could do with some knitwear. Another…
Finished Owls Jumper
I finished my Owls jumper about a week ago and I’m pretty pleased with it. It makes me happy to be finished because it’s a very warm jumper and the weather has been freezing lately. Even the rain freezes solid in Gordon. Ok, so it’s hail, but it makes me think that…
Owls for Winter
Now I live in a “pretty cold for Australia” climate I’ve started to appreciate a type of knitwear that I’ve never been a fan of in the past – the “chunky” jumper. I usually like my jumpers to be made out of 4ply, 5ply or 8ply yarn. I’ve been known to go as far as…
See My Vest!
I know it’s been a while since I posted, but I have been very focused on finishing a particular item. With only three items to go in my quest to rid Bacchus Marsh of its troublesome UFOs, I launched into some “real” knitting. A proper garment and not just a scarf of…
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…