Sewjournal

I’ve finally finished my lace shawl! I think I spent more time unknitting than knitting on this one. The next task was to block the shawl. However, I do not possess a blocking board, blocking wires or T-pins so I had to make do with what I did have – a room whose carpet will [...]

One of my lovely readers, Marla, has made two scarves from my free Moebius/scarf/cowl pattern and has kindly sent me some photos which she has agreed to let me share with you.The grey one is 100% wool and the coloured one is knitted with lambswool, mohair and silk yarn.   Aren’t the colours just beautiful? And it [...]

Some people never learn, do they? I think I might be one of those.  :( A few days ago while I was lace knitting the end came off my needle. I didn’t think much about it and I just pushed it back on. Needless to say a little later it came off again and all the [...]

Well at last I’ve finished the Kaffe tunic. As it’s just the end of sumemr here it will be a few months before I can wear it but I’m very happy with it. Just need to wash it and block it now.

Here’s where I got up to with my knitting before the wrist problem. It’s the tunic from Kaffe Fassett’s Glorious Knitting Book using Noro Kureyon yarn. My wrist feels much better after many days of no handwork so I might just test it out today and see how I go.

Last weekend we ventured into Newtown and found a lovely new coffee shop at 413 King Street, called A Coffee & A Yarn. Great coffee, friendly service and some lovely knitting yarns. I especially liked the mulberry silk. And if you haven’t brought your own knitting and you’re just itching to knit a row or two [...]

The Scarf Well I finished my scarf and because of the way I did my lace pattern it snaked across the surface culminating in two angled ends instead of two straight ends. It furls really nicely. You can see in this photo here. (Ignore the wool hanging off the ends I hadn’t sewn them in at this stage.) The [...]