Life 3.0

Hello my lovely readers. It has indeed been quite some time! How has life treated you? I hope well, and that there have been some wonderful knitting moments enjoyed in among all the adventures. It feels like time is passing faster than a shooting star, and life happenings do not appear to be slowing down,...

The sweater and other things

It appears that the last time I posted, I was about to knit this sweater: And as you can see, it is done!  Quite a while ago in fact... I am aware that I have posted about it on Instagram and Facebook, but it seems wrong to have talked about it here, and then not...

Wait…

Oh gosh. Since when did it become December!? Christmas is just around the corner, and there is still so much to do! Isn't it funny how the end of a year provokes a whole range of thoughts around life, deadlines, accomplishments, wishes. In a way, it is a good thing because it gives us a...

The cardigan

In a world of knitter's worst nightmares, the following scenario has to come close to top of the list:  spending hours knitting a garment, laboriously stitching it all together, and then trying it on only to find that it doesn't fit like you wanted it to. I was very conscious of this possibility when I...

Swan River

It appears that I am completely incapable of monogamous knitting at the moment. I "had" to start Swan River this week. It is a pattern from Issue 72 of The Knitter. Time I got some value out of all those magazines that I buy! It is knitted in Maniototo Wool's Luxury Lambswool in 4 ply, which...

Seriously Pretty

For a long time, I have hankered after a pretty, feminine yarn, with the barest hint of blush.  Something that reminded me of the palest cherry blossom scattered over clean white sheets.  I never was able to find that colourway, until Circus Tonic Handmade appeared on the scene. When I saw Hannah's Galah colourway, that beautifully muted...