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Books, book art, bookbinding, paper craft, paper making, box making, journaling, design, print & patterns, textiles, origami, art events – the blog of a bookbindery. Design?DNA:…

Cricket and a bit of Knitting

I made something!

Look!

Next Knitting Project

I have borrowed this book from Dianne at Spinners and Handweavers.

Spinning and Knitting

I’ve been slack on the spinning and knitting front lately because I needed to spin up some more yarn for the jumper and had more fun things to do, like make a quilt. So tonight I…

I Can Do Anything Now I've Climbed the Sock Mountain

First ever sock complete!!! I even successfully kitchenered the toe, how cool is that? I had to refer to the net (see link below)for the ankle shaping because I didn’t quite get…

A Scarf For my Sister

Scarf knitted lengthways in the Diamond Mesh lace pattern from A Treasury of Knitting Patterns. It is very meshy but also very soft, knitted from some superfine merino that I…

A Welcome Cocktail Hour

I blocked the lace this afternoon and safety pinned the ‘arms’ up so I could judge its suitablity as a shrug: I am thinking that it will work AND I wont have to knit cuffs since…

Orange Lace Crossroads

I could probably make this into a reasonable length scarf with the remaining yarn in this ball and the other (smaller) skein I spun, but the idea of converting this into a shrug…

A FO and some photos

I finished some more knitting this week. Another One Skein Wonder but putting a wider rib around the edge and put a wide rib on the sleeves instead of moss stitch. I used Noro,…

Another Finished

Pattern: One Skein Wonder from Glampyre Yarn: My handspun, hand dyed merino, very soft. I dyed the top, spun it up and navajo plyed. I was delighted to find it knit to gauge.…

Kiri - Finished

Kiri Shawl – FINISHED!! Pattern: Kiri (12 repeats of chart 2) from All Tangled Up Needles: 5mm Circs. I used a 7mm straight needle to cast off. Finished size: I haven’t measured,…

Nearly There

Kiri is finished and blocking. No full shot photos til then, but here’s a glamour shot to tide you over. Another day, another gallery opening. Geez life is tough LOL. Cowwarr Art…

Motivation

Well, to motivate myself to finish Kiri, I’ve purchased the One Skein Wonder pattern from Glampyre. I’m not sure whether it will flatter me (busty as I am), but I’m keen to give…

Kiri - A Sneak Peek

An unfortunate mistake required the heartstopping decision to take Kiri off the needle. But every cloud has a silver lining ’cause this allowed the opportunity to get a preview 🙂…

I Can Crochet!!

Proof: This is all a bit experimental so it doesn’t sit perfectly flat, but I think I can fix that with a bit of thoughtful blocking 🙂 The Paynesville Spin In went well. There…

Wave and Shell Scarf Finished!

Ta Daaaa!! Wave and Shell by Laurie Osborne. The yarn was spun from beautiful Silk and Merino tops dyed by TreeTops Colour Harmonies. It is a very light, but warm little scarf.…

Purple Beanie

I tried dyeing some wool yesterday with some fibre reactive dyes (Procion), but I mustn’t have used enough vinegar as a most promising orange and green mix ended up a washed out…

Ear Warmers

The navajo plied, continental knitted ear warmers are finished ready for my snowfield adventures in a few weekends. I know I’ve mentioned it before, but damn, it’s hard to get a…

1 Sleep 'til Fiji

Well it’s two sleeps really if you count our overnight flight (will I sleep??) Excitement is reaching fever pitch, I’ve got two weeks off work (Yay!!) and I’m not packed for Fiji,…

Woolly Goodness

I’ve been knitting and spinning all weekend. The merino and silk has taken me weeks due to it being a very very thin yarn. I haven’t worked out the length yet, but I think it has…

Lace, Lace I'm Knitting Lace!

I can’t believe that I’m actually doing this. I’ve worked out what yo, ssk and psso mean and after a few false starts, here it is: It’s the yarn spun from my hand dyed merino. The…

Another beanie FINISHED!

Well, I’m getting pretty fast at this. This photo was taken last night at about 1am, I’d drunk a hell of a lot, but I also finished this beanie. I feel crap this morning, totally…

Beanie, Sans Pattern

I’ve nearly recovered from Sunday’s gardening. Riscy came home with pizza so I didn’t starve to death after all. I also finished this beanie. It’s made from my homespun yarn which…

Big Head Beret - FINISHED!

It’s pretty hard to look normal when trying to take a photo of the hat on your head… I’m afraid this was the best one. I had to do some major cropping too, otherwise you would…

Big Head Beret

Well. Remember yesterday I blogged about my beret and how it would work providing I got the maths right? Well um, this is what it looked like prior to unpicking tonight! I can’t…

A Beret, A Headlamp and Bean Enchilladas for Dinner

The rhubarb patch merino yarn I spun is being knit into a beret. Well I think it’s going to be a beret… this is dependent on a number of things, including: 1) that I’m reading the…

Little Update

Today’s photo is of my Ugly Duckling Scarf. It is definitely getting better looking though, so I’m thinking of changing it’s name to Swan Scarf. I’m more and more pleased with…

Lazy Saturday

I had a fairly lazy Saturday, although I did finish Scarfzilla… which I will wear as a stole I think. The damn thing is about a foot taller than moi LOL I was watching Terminator…

Books From the Exchange

I recently went through my book shelf and culled out a box full of books to take to the book exchange. I got to refill my box with $70 worth of books to bring home… these are the…