I made 2 pairs of socks – a pair for DH from some wool that knits up identical socks, provided you follow the instructions and first knit one sock and then the other. I get bored very quickly when I have to knit a 2nd […]
Category: Knitting
A look back to THAT time… (Part 1)
I recently found this post in my drafts! I don’t know why I never sent it, but I guess it was the trauma of the whole period that affected me and my posts! Because it is quite long, I have split it up into multiple […]
A Sweater for another Season
I found a really nice top-down knitted sweater pattern on the Drops Design website. It is a 2-colour Brioche pattern. I am really loving Brioche knitting at the moment so thought it would be a great project to tackle! This would be my biggest Brioche […]
A cowl a day keeps the winter at bay!
A hand knitted cowl made with hand-dyed, hand-spun wool, and store-bought wool
Fibre Breakaway 2019
I drove to the FBA 2019 venue in Benoni on Sunday afternoon. Most of us who were staying over arrived by Sunday evening, and during the week we had mainly day visitors and some lodgers. Day 1: I started on Monday morning with Brioche knitting. […]
Brioche knitting projects
In October I will be teaching a 1-day course on Brioche knitting at the 2019 Fibre Breakaway hosted by the Pretoria & Johannesburg Weaver’s Guild’s. I have made a couple of samples in Brioche stitch to show my students what you can do with this […]