Virtual Visit to 
Japan I’ve been in a Japanese Culture Appreciation phase for a while now. I can’t get enough of it. It may have been inspired from all those novels I’ve read this year that take part in Japan. Or reading Japanese authors. It may also be because I’ve been living through the travels […]
Worldwide Knitting in Public Day
Saturday June 8th is worldwide Knitting in Public Day and one of the local libraries in the area, hosted an event for knitters and crocheters. They also had biscuits and a barista there for biscuits and coffees as well as baskets of yarn and needles for anyone to have a go. I decided to go […]
Knitting Projects
This month due to a lot happening where I had to drop everything and care for parents or the cat, I decided to start a few knitting projects of varying brain capacity. I needed some brainless knits that I could take with me when waiting at medical appointments or vet visits just to get my […]
A Crochet Project: Aquarius Sweater
With the change towards nicer weather (except for this week when we had bushfires on one day then flash floods the next and at the moment, it’s a cold 15 degree day), I thought it was time to start a summer crochet project. I have been using the Tejer Es Des Guapas YouTube channel to […]
Knitting in Public Day
June 10th is Knitting In Public Day and this year, Linda, librarian of Caulfield Library and expert crafter organised an afternoon of knitting for our local community. So I gathered a couple of friends from my knitting and ukulele groups (who then invited theirs) and headed down to enjoy knitting and chatting for a few […]
Feels Like Covid Lockdown Days Again
I’m not going to lie, the weather lately has been crap. Endless rain, dark grey skies, dampness everywhere and freezing cold. We are stuck indoors although I venture out every morning for a few hours to head over to my parents house to do their cooking and shopping. Today, I vacuumed and mopped their floors; […]
Beanie Madness
I’ve gone on a yarn stash bender. That is trying to use up as much of my yarn that I have hidden in cupboards and under beds. I’ve uploaded about 10 different beanies I made this year onto Ravelry but that’s only half of them. Beanies are a great way to use up yarn but […]
Teaching Hubby to Knit
It’s Tuesday CD night and tonight it’s the Burt Bacharach Collection. But you probably want to know why my husband is knitting. Well he was roped into it by his team at work. One of his team members is retiring and the whole section decided to knit her a blanket. Made of knitted squares of […]
What’s Wrong With Knitting in Public? Nothing!
This is what happens sometimes when you knit in public. Just watch what some commuters do. For me, I’ve had a couple take photos, others start conversations with me. Kids always ask their mums what I’m doing. Most just continue to look down at their phones. These shorts came up in my YouTube feed and […]
Finally Finished Glenan
I’ve been knitting a cabled hoodie vest by KD Design for a while. I’ve written about it here. There’s a few firsts for this project. It’s the first time that: For some reason, despite loving the feel of this yarn from the Bendigo Wool Mills, the pattern I found slow and cumbersome because I’m not […]
Lazy Friday
While the world is melting down with what Elon Musk is doing and with our holiday cancelled as well as Andrew’s birthday celebrations cancelled due to his positive covid test, nothing much to do except stay home, knit, nap and watch YouTube travel vloggers.
Christmas Crochet Crafts
Last week, I caught myself thinking that I don’t have an ugly Christmas top to wear to any Christmas functions. In the northern hemisphere, people wear the ugly (although I think they’re all fabulous) Christmas jumpers. Here in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas Day is usually very hot, and there’s no way anyone wears anything heavier […]
Relaxing Day
This morning I had quiet one. I didn’t go for a walk but instead crocheted for a few hours as I learn some skills (crochet flowers on a colourful top I’m learning how to do from a Spanish YouTuber who speaks no English. Half the time it’s a guessing game). Nevertheless it was a serene […]
A New Crochet Top
I’ve had carpel tunnel in my right forearm which I believe is due to using the mouse and tapping away on my mobile phone. Or it could be because I grip my golf clubs a little too tightly or alternatively it could be because of the over zealous crochet which twists the right hand 
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Knitting Glenan
I love some of the websites of knitting designers. One in particular, is Kate Davies Designs based in Scotland. I’ve written about this pattern, Glenan in another post here in my blog but thought I’d share my progress to date. As you can see it’s ticking along. This is my second project (I’m also knitting […]
The National Wool & Sheep Show is ON, Baby! Yeah!
Sitting here at 0615 on a Friday morning. Ahead of me a 2 hour drive to Bendigo to attend the National Wool and Sheep Show, the biggest in Australia. It’s a chance of anyone who is a lover of sheep and wool to come along and see the different industries. My favourite? The yarn stalls […]
New Knitting Skills
Sometimes it’s so easy to fall into habits that we don’t change over time resulting in becoming comfortable or even stagnant in our skills. For example, I like to cast on new stitches in knitting as if I’m knitting them. That is, I don’t use any fancy cast on methods or use anything other than […]
Yarn Stash
There’s something about yarn that gives me comfort. As a knitter. The more I knit, the more yarn I start to accrue over the years. Sometimes I buy it and never knit with it as I change my mind, other times people give me their stash. Most of all though, it’s yarn I have bought […]
Childhood Knitting
I learned to knit in 1978. I was in the fourth year of primary school. I remember it clearly. I attended the Carlton Gardens Primary School, an old turn of the century brown brick building as many of the schools are in inner Melbourne. It was directly opposite the Carlton Gardens and a short walk […]
Finished Avena
I’ve been knitting a seamless top down jumper with a repeated leaf motif around the shoulders of a design by Jen Steingass called Avena. Here’s what it looks like. It’s the second jumper of hers I knitted (see me wearing it below) which introduced me to colour work as I was building my knitting skills […]