As this pattern has been out for a few years, it seemed time to make it freely available. Unfortunately the original yarn has been discontinued, but other bulky yarns should provide a similar effect. Many thanks to those who supported the pattern previously. Enjoy :) Download Green Tea Scarf (.pdf) ...

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After a long hiatus I've been working on a new design. It's been rewarding to return to the creative community after too long spent on lonely distance-study this year. The Testing Pool is a Ravelry group devoted to connecting designers with testers, proofreaders, and translators. Ten minutes after posting up a request for testers for my new design, I had four volunteers. I'm...

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Swimming pool themed decoration was required to combat our Christmas day heatwave! Inspiration from the Women's Weekly cake book and SimpleCookingChannel's cake. ...

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This handspun started from two complementary braids from jumbukjulie. The braids were separated into piles of corresponding colours, then spun into blue singles and brown singles. Most of the singles were plied together as straight colours, but a middle section combined the two to create a gradient. This project gave me some hope that bright coloured hand dyed fibre can be toned down a...

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One week until the holiday celebrations - there is just time to make yourself or someone special a little TARDIS ornament ^_^ Christmas tree TARDIS recipe (pdf) Image by Mrs Norris ...

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Last night we baked some Christmas gingerbread for the family. The little packages turned out quite cute so I thought I would post a photo up to remember them. I was going to just do zig-zag designs, but they turned nicely into Christmas trees ^_^ ...

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Ribbed Baby Jacket by Debbie Bliss A special creation for a very special friend - this baby jacket was perfect for my imagined gift. To compensate for less thick yarn I knitted size 38, and started with 4 rows of garter stitch to prevent a rolling hem. It was a little tricky to keep track of rows while knitting the two fronts. There...

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Kristi from the book Sock Innovation by Cookie A. While I don't buy many non-digital patterns, I bought Cookie A's book after seeing some of westozcaat's (Ravelry login required) socks and wanting to try something a bit more complex. The book has 15 patterns, and I jumped to one of the last patterns because they looked most exciting. These are definitely the best fitting socks...

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Two out of four sweater patterns I have made are by Laura Chau. I really like her style and her patterns are easy and fun to follow. The Honeybee cardigan is originally a cropped, patterned all over sweater, so this version required lots of modifications, and highlighted how little I know about how to construct sweaters. The project travelled around Europe with me...

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2013 was our second year attending the Australian Sheep and Wool Show. We haven't discovered any other large wool shows in our area so this is an exciting time of year. It was three degrees walking around the Ballarat showgrounds so we rugged up with our woolly scarves and hats and gloves. It was mostly inside but the sheds were rather chilly. Lots...

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Have dropped behind in the last months, but hope to catch up on my blog, even if just for a record of projects completed over the years. Amelia by Laura Chau (Knitty | Ravelry) Amelia is a free pattern on Knitty, and I first heard about the pattern on the Stash and Burn podcast archive where it was mentioned as one of their...

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Before the next semester of uni steals away my blogging time again, here's one of the large projects I've been working on: Henami stole by Melanie Gibbons (pattern website | ravelry) From the pattern description: The Henami stole is asymmetrical. One side has a beaded cast on and a basketweave lace pattern inspired by a traditional Sashiko, or Japanese quilting design. The second...

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