FINALLY!

I have finally completed the resized version of my Seamless Baby Kimono pattern! You can now get this design in sizes from newborn to size 3.

To purchase for A$5 click the button below!

My Dad Rocks!!

He made these for me this week. Ply wood sock blockers complete with drying holes. Gotta love that man. :)

And the Children Busily Worked...

One of the few joys of teaching year 12 students (well apart from the fact that they are studious and fun and delightful and mature and fun) is that every 4 weeks or so they have to write what we call a SAC (school assessed coursework). They get to write one of these for anywhere between 2 and 5 periods of school time only and I have to watch them do it. So whilst they all diligently write their very last psychology SAC and I watch them, I can tell you about my latest pair of socks!


I call them Seedy Socks because they remind me of strawberries with their little seeds dotted throughout. I like the subtle texture that doesn't detract from the lovely Artyarns Merino. There is every possibility that I will get around to writing this pattern up as I do really like them.

It will have to wait until the school holidays though (roll on school holidays) and be done around marking the SACs that my angels are currently writing.

And that's all I have to say about that.

Done and worn!

Down the Garden Path

My first non-free pattern! It was a big decision to decide to offer a pattern for sale, but I felt that the time had come. There is an amount of time, effort and money that goes into getting a design to the written form and I felt that the time might have come for some compensation for that. I also saw it as a way to make some dollars for MND Victoria with half the purchase price going directly to them.

So without further ado - Down the Garden Path!

Take a wander down the garden path on a gorgeous summer’s day. Lift every leaf and look under every rock because you never know what you might find underneath. The garden is full of surprises this time of the year and so are these socks. Follow the bumpy, cobblestone path down your leg to see the surprise visitor underneath!

In the cool shade lurks a snail, happy and content out of the bright summer’s sun.

These shorter-than-normal socks are perfect for cooler days and breezy summer evenings. Choose from the three suggested yarns shown in the three sock shots! If you want them longer simply increase the number of pattern repeats.

SIZE
These fit an average woman’s foot.

MATERIALS
Araucania [75% Wool, 25% Polyamide; 376 yd/344 m per 100g skein]; color: Ranco; 1 skein
OR Jolly Jumbuck Achilles [100% Wool; 490yd/448m per 100g skein]; color: Chokolat; 1 skein OR Fleece Artist Merino Sock 2/6 [100% Merino Wool 382 yd/349m per 115g skein]; color: Earth; 1 skein 1 set(s) US #2/2.75mm double-point needles OR 4 ply sock yarn 350ish metres.
1 set of 2.75 mm dpns.
darning needle

GAUGE
30 sts/40 rows = 4" in stockinette stitch

Down the Garden Path is available for download for US$4.00. Just click the button to purchase now!

I Did It!

I bit the bullet, I vowed this was not going to beat me and I seamed that damn thing!


I need to grab some buttons (I am thinking wooden toggles) and then I am done. That may not stop me from wearing it tomorrow though!

I am glad that I decided to have a go at this. It may not be a super job but it is pretty good and I am pleased enough with it. See I can seam it would seem!

It's Official...

I suck at seaming. Maybe that is self-evident if you look at the number of seamless projects I have designed. I have finished the knitting for Eskimo Joe.

I have sewn in one sleeve and frankly it sucks. I will need to undo it and do it again (or get Mum to do it for me). It just seems that seams are beyond me. They never look neat and tidy like other people's seams. Of course I know that getting Mum to do it will not improve my seaming skills the slightest, but it is so nice that I really don't want to screw it up completely.

Yes okay, I will pull out the sleeve and try again - probably not till after the weekend (performances to do) - but I shall try. As they say, if at first you don't succeed, try again and THEN get your Mum to do it!