Last night I started joining the squares of the Namaqua Blanket. Forty-eight small blocks in six colours, eight blocks per colour. Four with green centres and four with soft yellow centres within each colour group. Thirteen large blocks, two per colour, with one colour getting a third. Half with green …
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A story about a bohippie jacket
There are things you do not warn people about before they marry a yarn snob.
Performing a burn test on a jacket purchased at an indoor market in Mossel Bay on a Saturday afternoon is apparently one of them. My husband took it in his stride. He is used to me by now.
Home is where we park it
A follower asked about our camping lifestyle recently. It is a reasonable question, and the answer is longer than it might appear. Where It Begins We were campers long before we were permanent campers. Years ago, before life took a different turn, my husband and I were avid campers — …
The Sophie Hood Saga – Part 2
If you read the first part of this story, you will know that I cast on the Sophie Hood with considerable enthusiasm and a completely unreasonable combination of luxury yarns. Three strands held together. A MYak from New Zealand, a Cascade Alpaca Lace, and a Suri Alpaca Silk blend that …
Yarn Review: Aspen Polwarth
There is a particular kind of excitement that comes from knowing a parcel with yarn is waiting for you somewhere across the world. Not the ordinary online-shopping kind, where you track a package to your own door. This was different. This was: fly to New Zealand, hug your daughter, and then — only then — find out whether the gamble paid off.
The Storyteller’s Cloak
Since I was a little girl, I dreamed of a cloak. Not simply something to wear, but something to wrap around myself like a story — a cloak with a deep hood, rich colour, and quiet magic stitched into every fold. It was a dream that stayed with me through …
The Solo Skein Series: Natasha
As you can see, taking photos of new designs are very difficult when most of your belongings are in storage! I can’t even complain about it, as this is totally my choice of life right now. Just to give you a giggle, that beautiful piece of wood holding the cowl …
The Solo Skein Series: Magda
I planned to knit a scarf, but it turned into a shawl. It is dainty and classical, and I love it. You can wear it open, knotted, or draped around and knotted. The crescent shape is knitted from the top down, with a crochet cast off to create delicate little …
The Solo Skein Series: Jessica
I hate knitting scarfs. The first reason is that it is such a long and boring knit. The second reason is that one side of the scarf looks wonderful, but the wrong side always makes its appearance when the scarf if worn. And most often, the wrong side isn’t as …
The Solo Skein Series: Jeandré
Therapy. Pure therapy. This is what this knit was to me. I love knitting cables. I love an i-cord finish. I love knit and purl stitch patterns to provide texture. And the best of all? The yarn. Oh my goodness, the yarn was heavenly. The solo skein I used for …