Even typing the word 'autumn' feels a bit sad, but its imminent arrival is the only way I can explain my motivation for knitting on a big grey blanket, possibly the warmest thing I've ever knitted, and certainly the largest. I finished it a couple of weeks ago, and finally managed to get a couple…

I made this loose-knit, loose-fitting top over the summer break. It took me a while to get a photo of it – it always seemed too bright or too dark to capture it properly, though that was probably my rubbish camera skills. The pattern is Deschain by Leila Raven, and I knitted it from Erika…

Thank you for reading my previous post, and for your thoughtful comments! I loved reading them. I also had some great chats on Instagram and want to thank everyone who shared their thoughts with me. Mostly I was just wanting to express the strange way I have been feeling lately. I don't think I will…

Happy New Year to you! I hope this new phase of the calendar finds you happy and well-rested. The family and I spent nearly two weeks in the South Island as we always do, visiting family, swimming, walking, and eating berry ice-cream among other things. It was a lovely time, though it felt too fleeting!…

Around the summer solstice: some knitting, some reading and a jar of summer flowers. I hope you have a very happy and relaxing Christmas, New Year and holiday time with your friends and family. Thank you for reading my blog this year. See you back here in January! X : X : X : X…

I was going to share some of the summer clothes I've made lately, but no-one's around to help me take a photo or two! Never mind, I'll get some photos over the summer holidays. In the meantime, I thought I'd post about some of the small things made for Christmas present and end of year…

It's been a while since I wrote anything here. I've missed it! But for some reason, I haven't felt such an interest in making things, photographing things or even talking about them, lately. Here are a few photos, regardless. We went walking in a suburb we don't often visit (Thorndon) and admired all the artist…

I finished my fluffy green sweater a few weeks ago and now of course it's mostly too warm to wear it. But its time will come around again, soon enough.  For this garment I knitted with a strand of beautiful silverbeet-green 4ply merino that was a birthday gift from my mate Nikki (Dark Harbour Yarn)…

I wanted to send a little handmade gift to a friend, so I made her a set of flower-collaged postcards so she can write to more friends! Snail mail forever. These pressed flowers are leftover from our late-winter garden and include hellebore, jasmine leaves and cyclamen. After arranging the pressed flowers, I covered each card…

Today's blog post is brought to you by the colour pink. Or shades of it, at least.  I've been admiring pink a lot, these days, and found myself piecing together a second baby quilt (following on from this one) from leftover cuts of linen in grey, pink and cream. The finished quilt is a bit…