Finished Object - Half of a pair of socks!
October 2, 2022
Spring sock knitting is here in NZ
Hello lovely makers,
the weather here in Wellington continues to disappoint, but on a positive note I can sit and knit with less guilt! Recently I dyed up some self-striping yarn, which I sold out of. The colourway is called "Hyacinth Bucket", and looks very pretty in a gobs...
Making the most of the weather
July 12, 2022
What's on Rachel's needles?
It is a super day for knitting, isn’t it?!! Wet and cold outside. So that is what we should be doing today. Instead, Rach is making some more project bags. We first started selling them at the Capital Fibre Festival two weeks ago and they have been flying out the door.
I a...
Sock knitting - what yarn to use and what kind of heel to make?
November 28, 2021
Types of yarn and heel
Socks? Don't be intimidated at the prospect of knitting your very first sock. Every sock-knitter has to being somewhere, and a lot of the time the knowledge that we gain is through trial and error. In this post below, I hope to demystify sock knitting through addressing some...
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