Yarn Mistrys

.. at the moment. I have things on the needles, but they are test knits and I’m keeping schtum about them for now.

Instead, I have been jamming! We have an organic fruit/veg box delivery every week and one of the fruits we get are kiwis. I’m not a huge fan of the [...]

Last year, during planting season, Ollie and I discussed having some tomato plants, but we were a little wary as they would have to be grown outside as we didn’t have a green house. Well, the few plants we did have thrived in the south facing garden and we had quite a few tomatos [...]

I think there may be a few posts like this and I’m hoping that some of my lovely readers will be interested.

First up, I have an Ashford Drum Carder that I need to sell. I’ve only ever used it once to card some Alpaca Fleece. It’s a great tool, but at the moment, [...]

Hello my lovelies! I know it’s been a while, but I do have reasons, honestly.

Some of you may already know that my sister got married in June.. we’re waiting for the official wedding photos, but I do have one of the whole family at one of the many functions leading up to [...]

Woohoo!! I’ve been waiting practically all week to make this post, but the Tunic was blocking and was taking an age and I really wanted to get the Jaywalkers off the needles, which happened last night…

Yarn: Rowan Calmer in 461 Beige x 5 skeins
Pattern: Sleeveless Tuxedo Shirt by Theresa Schabes from Interweave Knits Summer [...]

This post has been lingering in my mind for a while.. There have been moments where it may even have made it to the writing stage, but then was discarded. I can’t begin to tell you why this may have been, but blogging seems to have been evading me lately.

Actually, I seem to [...]

Just before Christmas 2009, I was visited by the lovely Diane and we spent a few days lounging around, relaxing and flicking through some of my knitting books. One of my reasons for wanting to flick through the books was a need to find a beautiful project for the equally lovely Kate for her [...]

Yarn: Lana Grossa Lord in 003 (red) x 6.75 balls
Pattern: DROPS 113-17 Jacket with Raglan Sleeve and Pattern on Yoke Cardigan by DROPS design
Needles: 4mm, 4.5mm, & 5mm Knit Picks Options.
Notes/Modifcations: The ribbing was done on 4.5mm and the body on 5mm needles. I worked the decreases every inch instead of 3.75”. I worked [...]

1. Uma, 2. Snow, 3. Postcards, 4. Postbox

It’s amazing. We’re into 2010 and I have no idea where 2009 went. I remember sitting down at pretty much the same time last year writing a blog post about new year resolutions and how I don’t mke any etc etc etc and now we’re at [...]

Just to let you all know, all of the patterns I had published with The Inside Loop are now available for download through the Free Patterns page above and also Ravelry.

If anyone has any questions or queries regarding them, please let me know.