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Kia ora, hello! I hope your week is going well.

I realised it had been a couple since I last called in here. And that I'd completely forgotten to share a dress I'd made last year, so that's what you see in the first two images above.

It's a grey linen dress with a wrap-front design. The pattern is called Meridian Dress and it's from Papercut Patterns. It was fun and interesting to make, and to wear, too – except that I don't think I chose quite the right size because the bodice doesn't fit as well as it could. But regardless, I love the design and still wear the dress quite a bit, especially when the weather's a bit cooler.

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The crochet blanket project I showed last time is still keeping me busy but I'm now adding a border around the edge to neaten it up. Because I used lots of different scrap yarns held together, the thickness and weight of the yarn differs throughout the piece. Nt idea, but I seem to have sorted it out with a good block, prior to the border being added.

We've just observed Waitangi Day and I spent a good morning listening to the commemorations on the radio, working on the blanket, and reading my latest book The Dark is Light Enough: Ralph Hotere, by Vincent O'Sullivan – a biography of one of my favourite NZ painters.

And finally – a brand new project. Arlo asked me to make him an Icelandic yoked sweater – well actually, he asked a couple of years ago – and I'm finally getting around to it now. My goal is to have it finished for his birthday which – thankfully – is not until June. He's around 6 foot tall now so there's a lot of knitting to do!

For this project, I'm using the classic Riddari pattern by Védís Jónsdóttir and the recommended Lettlopi yarn (found at Holland Road Yarn Co). I can't wait to get to the colourwork yoke – I have some other greys and a dark red for that.

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But what about future projects? I have so many plans (as always). Keira needs a winter sweater too and I was thinking about something from Petite Knit for her. I have a nice piece of dark rose-coloured linen to make a work dress, just as soon as I settle on a pattern for that.

I'm hoping to do a knit-along with my friend Lizzie (we love the same sort of designs but it's hard to choose something), and get started on some embroidery projects I've had planned for a while.

Also, baby knits! There are three expected babies within my circle of friends/family so I'd better get started. Ah, the happiness of project-dreaming.

Hope you are doing very well friends, 
Melissa XX