Hilariously I started out this morning dressing with a view to wearing my suit jacket I’ve been talking about. But it didn’t look as good over this dress as well as I’d envisioned in my head, and a few discarded…
Flowerpatch socks
Knitted to use up the leftovers of this colourful wool, and also using some Patonyle’s sock wool in airforce blue; the colours on these socks remind me of a springtime flower bed against a stormy blue sky. Such a pretty…
Splitting up a suit
Challenging myself to wear everything in my wardrobe: I’m still coming across old winter skirts that have seen more fashionable days, but are still perfectly good. Today’s is another one. Do you remember this skirt? I had got a lot…
Bedroom curtains
Here are the curtains I made for our master bedroom. Oh, I did warn you that most of my curtains were simply boring rectangles… so I hope expectations haven’t been raised too high… I expect my curtains to be simple…
Pacific Blue shirt
Today is my youngest’s birthday! And as his shirt collection is sparse and he has about as much enthusiasm for clothes shopping as many of us reserve for root canal treatment I decided to surprise him with a new addition…
Ambrosial hoodie
Today I am wearing my newest cardigan, knitted last September. As is my usual bad habit I didn’t use a pattern but just made it up as I went along. This one has two different sized knitted-in pockets on the…
Bush jumpers
Today I have for you two bush jumpers… (btw, the above title is supposed to be a play on words as here in Australia a “jumper” is what in the US is referred to as a “sweater”… I’ve lived over…
Hot pink and khaki in the bush…
I knitted this mossy green scarf about eight years ago. It was a wool kit from Ivy and Maude, composed of an eclectic range of different yarns. Perfect for keeping the neck warm on a winter weekend away at my…
