never too hot to stitch!

On Sunday I gave four good reasons for enjoying my local group of the Knitters' Guild of NSW. In that post I really wanted to focus on ...

Last October, I joined Bells' informal KAL: Long Lacy Summer . Although I didn't produce many articles, I did spend most of my summe...

Here I am exactly 24 hours since my last post. I was up for 20 hours yesterday and have had less than four hours sleep but when the brain ki...

Yesterday was DD's kitchen tea/bridal shower. It was a small gathering - just nine people. WM bought batteries for my camera but I forgo...

The hole is no more. While it may seem like I was procrastinating, I was thinking about it a lot; going over the stitch pattern in my mind. ...

No, I haven't done it - the hole is still there. It was too hot yesterday and I was hit with a big dark cloud [you know those moments wh...

The tennis started at 11am; Lleyton Hewitt wasn't playing till 2pm. Plenty of time to graft and block! First the grafting - I had to do ...

The tennis season began two weeks ago. We've had the Hopman Cup in Perth, the Sydney International, the Brisbane International, the Koor...

I wrote to some of the people who commented on yesterday's post. I told them the knitting is finished [which it is! Hurrah!!] I also tol...

And now, the end is near; As I approach the final corner. If someone wants to knit this shawl It's for certain, I'd have to warn ...

Actually I've turned two! Yesterday I began the long trek up the side of the stole, 57 repeats of an eight row pattern. I completed 30 r...

I was hoping to finish the centre panel - after all, I had only six repeats to go. But it wasn't to be! First, I spent too much fun tim...

First, an old topic - the Myrtle Leaf shawl: I'm running for the finish line on the centre panel with 34 repeats [of 40] completed! ~~~...

Firstly, thanks to all those who dropped by and wished me well on the anniversary of my blog's existence. While I was 'redecorating...

It occurred to me after publishing my post yesterday that with a wedding rapidly approaching, I might continue with the theme I started: ...

My self confidence in knitting lace is slowly returning; I'm more than half way through the centre panel. Instead of letting it get to ...

It's coming along! [Knitpicks Harmony circulars included for scale] Because I think readers are becoming bored with the one topic of con...

Here is the baby blanket I finished knitting some months ago. The photo is a bit dark but true to colour. Tomodachi [a.k.a. Tom] is snooping...

Six repeats! And then so tired I had to tink back several times - I think that means 'stop' for a while, don't you?

...I've done three and a half repeats and I can't find any dropped stitches. I'm being extra careful with that K2 tog! I was tem...