Yesterday a box of goodies arrived from my secret pal. Now I want to go to Finland, because clearly they make awesome things there. Thank you secret pal - I love everything :) Also loving the project spectruminess of this package, was it intentional?

I had the sense to knit one sleeve of the Posie [...]

Yesterday evening I was at my parents house, helping my little brother study for his media studies exam by watching Chinatown and pestering him with questions about it. I did the subject all through school, but had never seen the film so it was kind of fun. And I wasn’t only watching it for the [...]

I’ve added a link in the header to a list of ‘pictorial guides’ - little tutorials on knitting techniques. The name is from my much loved 40s Pictorial Guides to Knitting, Home Needlework and Dressmaking. There are only a couple in the list at the moment, but I’m planning on adding more soon. If there [...]

My inner little princess is so very delighted today.

This dainty piece of knitting is becoming a flared, cropped cardigan with short puffy sleeves. Something like this:

Even to me this seemed a little ridiculously over girly, but I decided to just embrace it, sugary pink and all. Then I looked down and realised that perhaps this [...]

Oh yeah! This weekend I managed to grate my fingertip while making dinner for a couple of friends on Friday night. Then I woke up on Saturday morning with a mysterious burst blister on my finger. I stuck a plaster (as in a band-aid) on it and forgot about it while I cleaned up and [...]

I think I should start putting crazy impossible claims on my patterns - like the one on this 1940s ribbed stocking pattern:

Well, maybe not. The slightly mysterious project in the last post is a ribbed stocking though.

Unlike the 40s ones mine aren’t knitted on straight needles (I just glanced at the pattern and it made [...]

Thank you for all of the pinafore love. Someone asked if I would be publishing a pattern, but unfortunately the answer is no. I wasn’t sure what I was doing drafting a pattern for myself so clearly I wouldn’t feel confident to do it properly. Maybe, once I’ve figured it out a bit better myself [...]

What could possibly be better than giant red buttons, a twirly skirt and pockets?
My pattern drafting skills (or my ability to add) left something to be desired, but I discovered that my dressform is not just for blocking. Now if I can figure out how to transfer the changes I made back onto the pattern [...]

I’m so pleased that I finally get to tell you about this. It’s sort of hard to explain, but basically it’s a site that allows you to organise and share your knitting things - like your projects, and your stash and needles and patterns and stuff. You can find new designs, and see who else [...]

I’ve spent most of today playing with code and now I have a little shopping cart. It isn’t especially pretty yet, but it seems to be functional. Of course if you try and make a purchase and encounter any problems let me know.
This was partly a way of getting round paying two sets of fees [...]