No New 2013 – The Verdict
This year, 2013, my new years resolution was to not buy any new clothes for the year – I could buy from the op shop or I could make it, but I couldn’t shop ready to wear. To be perfectly honest, I...
View ArticleMarion Cardigan Progress
After my success with the Miette Cardigan, I decided to start another cardigan knitting project – I missed having something to occupy my hands. For practicality reasons, it had to be black. I wear a...
View Article2014 Goals
Happy New Year! Hope you had a good one. I spent my New Years Eve babysitting a whole bunch of little kids while their parents partied. NYE has never really been my thing and I’m certainly not one to...
View ArticleMarion Cardigan
I’m so excited to have finished my Marion Cardigan! I knit this up using an 8ply wool-alpaca blend and 6mm needles. Despite my swatches turning out absolutely perfectly on gauge, the cardigan is too...
View ArticleWhite Miette Beginnings
This was the very first article of clothing I knit. I don’t tend to count it though, as I never actually looked at the pattern, just followed the verbal instructions Gran gave me. It’s a beautiful...
View ArticleLaura’s Guide to Knitting Needles
I’m getting my craft nerd on today! When I first started knitting, I got very confused about which needles to use when. The Miette Cardigan from Andi Satterlund was my first ‘real’ knit and I was...
View ArticleThe Waves Pullover
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I loved this sweater the moment I saw it! It’s the A Cropped Sweater For Winter from Andi Satterlund, available through Tuts+. I’ve been saving it to knit while listening...
View ArticleWhite Miette
This is my completed White Miette cardigan – once again the Miette cardigan pattern from the ever fabulous Andi Satterlund. It was amazing to see how much I’ve learned since my first “proper” knitting...
View ArticleOAL: Chuck
Alrighty! Here we have my knitted piece for the Outfit Along. The idea of the Outfit Along is that you sew and knit two pieces that go together. I’m using the official sewalong pattern for the dress...
View ArticleKnitted Christmas Awesome (In Progress)
Last Christmas, I decided I wanted a nativity set. I’m not quite sure where this admittedly random idea came from, but there it was. I didn’t want a store-bought version, I wanted it to be homemade....
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