The Coburg Yarn Market is all over for another year! On Sunday 13 May I got up early to set up shop at the Victorian Handknitters Guild Yarn and Craft Market at Coburg Town Hall. I had a very brief chance to look at some of the other stalls before the…
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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…
Knit in Public Day 2017
The second Saturday of every June is World Wide Knit in Public Day! Over the last week, my favourite yarn shops and knitting charities have been announcing their plans for the day. I’m disappointed that I have to attend a couple of boring appointments that cant be put off instead of getting…
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…
Knitting in Public
I spend two hours commuting each day on the Ballarat VLine train. Although that’s two hours I’d rather spend at home, I make the most of it and use this time to knit and listen to podcasts. During the week it’s often the only knitting time I get, so I don’t really see it…
Goodies from the Buttonmania Vintage Button Sale
Why just buy buttons when you can buy “buttons of the moment”? A few days ago I went to Buttonmania’s annual vintage button sale during my lunch break and spent an hour sorting through thousands of buttons with my colleagues Grace, Jill and Nicole. Not only were there buttons on their original…