Hi Knitters, This week, there was an interview with me posted here, on Robin Hunter’s blog. Her interviews with designers are a great idea. I enjoyed reading them. She gives everyone the same s...
Friday arrived so David and I drove down to Struan Farm. Fall colours were everywhere. It looks like middle earth in this part of the country, and coincidentally, they were filming Peter Jackson̵...
Hi Knitters, Tomorrow I’m heading down to Pio Pio for the book signing and morning tea at Struan Farm on Saturday. There are 75 knitters coming! Wow! I’m so excited to meet everyone. I...
I love vintage patterns, don’t you? I have an eclectic collection, many bought during a new-to-ebay obsessive buying frenzy, with a few handed down from my Mum. This week I was a guest blogger ...
Even though my own little girl is all grown up, I’m still attracted to lovely children’s knits (who isn’t?), so when I saw this intriguing, beautiful book, Labour of Love, I just ha...
I’m partial to a ruffle here and there. Nothing overdone. Just a little fluttery something on the most minimalist outfit adds glamour that you can toss off when you revert to your Garbo (I just...
hand woven hats from Niue Island Good news this week – my new book is going to be published in Finland, translated! To me, Finland means marimekko. I love the Finnish aesthetic, so I hope the feeling...
Look at this beautiful place! I’m going there in a few weeks because the owners, Karen Barrett and John Robertson, have generously invited me for a book signing over morning tea on Saturday, Ma...
I’m a later starter when it come to shawl pins. I shy away because most of them look very pointy and liable to stab you in the heart if you stumble when you’re running across the road in ...
Hi Guys, Thank you for all the wonderful, detailed comments posted last week. They’re little gems of stories in themselves. I loved reading all of them. There is so much to say about all of our...
I had a eureka moment recently. It started with me turning on tv for the first time in months and what just happened to be on the screen? A glamorous Amanda Seyfried talking knitting with Ellen DeGen...
Look what I got my hands on the other day! They’re advance copies of my new book, Knitting Everyday Finery and there are three because that’s how many editions there are! There’s a ...
This is for all those behind-the-times folks who still think knitting’s for spinsters with nothing better to do. I found it the other day, via facebook and one of my favourite businesses Playcl...
Here it is the end of January and here I am writing my blog, at last. I’ve been concentrating on my health, a good reason to put everything else on hold, yes? This week I took the plung...
Favouring the rhombus myself, and being egged on by Hannah and LauraRose, I felted my rug. Once the washing machine has done its thing it’s always too late to turn back. Then I read Karen’...
In response to quite a few people overseas who have asked me about my Baby Cape pattern and whether it can be emailed, here it is, as a PDF. It will soon be in print form, too, along with all my othe...
More stunning textiles from the Pacific region. Remember when I wrote about the fun I had at a tivaevae (Cook Islands appliqué) workshop? Now there’s an exhibit of crochet and embroidery from a...
Thank you your patience, you who keep checking in to see if I have anything new to say! Without meaning to, I gave myself a vacation. My excuse is that I’ve been busy proofing the layouts for m...
A piece of fabric is a beautiful thing. I was in my favourite Auckland fabric shop the other day, in search of lovely pieces that would lend themselves to some simple summer tops. On the count...
Most of my visit to LA I spent in anticipation of meeting lovely India at the airport late on the last Friday night of my stay. Having not seen her in more than a year, I had a stern talk with myself...
In the words of Joni Mitchell, you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone. Kind of sums up my life experience as an ex pat: I’m always missing what I left behind. In this ca...
Hello! This is Paloma, a new design of mine that’s in The Knitter Issue 35. I combined my love of Mexican blouses, buttons, and top down construction for this top. For some time, I’ve bee...
Finding myself free to make whatever I want, I remembered the 5 hanks of beautiful Fibre Company’s Terra that I bought when I visited NY two years ago. They’ve been lying around my house ...
I’ve come to realize that there are a lot of small things that I rely on for my sanity. They set off a raucous alarm bell in my head and have me running in circles when I can’t find them...
Janet Lawton of Los Angeles guessed 8 of the yarns used in last week’s photo: Koigu kpm and kpppm, Rowan Kidsilk Haze, Jade Sapphire 8 ply cashmere, Blue Sky Alpaca Silk, Rowan Wool Cotton, Man...
Hello! It’s been too long… not that I’d forgotten about my blogging duties. It’s just that I was suddenly overwhelmed by my overwhelmedness which had been threatening like a s...
I’ve been having a hard time deciding what to write about lately. It’s not for lack of inspiration. Lots of knitting has been rolling off my needles and I fear I’m developing knitte...
This little bag is my India’s first sewing project. I took it out of storage the other bright sunny day and gave it an airing. It reminded me that even if we think our attempts at something ar...
I guess it’s safe to say summer is over? But I still have some tomatoes on my plants, and lots of basil! This was my last pick of the red tomatoes. The ones left on the vine are green and I dou...
The daughter of my childhood friend was married this week. I always dread dressing for a wedding. I tend to buy something in a panic at the last minute, pay too much, and never wear it again. A touch...
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