I think these are my favourite “me-made” socks (so far) I bought two balls of Grignasco Strong print yarn, 75% wool, made in Italy. Totally love these colours here. They make me think of an old Master oil painting, of…
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Charcoal baggy beret
So I had a discussion with a few friends about the washing your-hair-on-every-third-day-instead-of-every-second experiment; and the general consensus is that you have to persist for at least six weeks in order for results to show (you can tell I’m a…
Evening outfit, inspired by Christian Lacroix
This is an outfit I made for evening wear a couple of years ago. It’s been a wonderful one for when we have some winter function and the weather is really cold as I can pop on a thermal underneath…
Lounge room curtains, 2
This is the second set of curtains in our lounge room, opposite the other pair here. As this window faces the street I made these curtains first, the other set was made a little further down the track, er OK…
Caramel “loopy” scarf
I made this scarf a few years ago, not really sure now how many. Originally I had done a class at Ivy and Maude, and was so inspired I went on to make dozens of these. Well, maybe a few…
Cute patchwork skirt for a little girl
It is my youngest niece’s birthday tomorrow and I wanted to make her a frivolous and girly little skirt because she is luckily still little enough to love pretty dress-up clothes. A dress I had made her for a previous…
Going to the game
Once again, soccer Mum mode… today I lucked out, got myself a nice sheltered spot sitting in the sun and managed to knit continuously throughout the game; bonus!! Yeah, I can finally knit without having to watch what my hands…
Pattern Magic; page 50
I skipped ahead a few patterns to get to this jumper because I totally wanted to wear it this winter!! This is of course drafted from Pattern Magic. by Nakamichi Tomoko. This is an amazing top pattern for two reasons;…
