Hello there! How has your week been? Mine has been a lovely one, even though we've had some proper wintry weather including hail and storms. Something very exciting happened last week – a new baby was born into our family so I have a new niece. I knitted her a little set comprising of a pair…

Over the last couple of weeks I've been working on making a winter coat. I've been wanting to try out a design by Papercut Patterns for a while. They're based in Nelson, my hometown! And I think their designs are fab. Anyway, I bought their Sapporo Coat pattern and made it up from some black…

We have a concrete wall at one side of our house that we don't see much, although it is directly outside the bathroom window. A few weekends ago, Keira and I painted it white and then decided to paint a large-scale botanical design on it. The idea was to create a kind of 'outdoor wallpaper,'…

A few years back I struck it lucky and found a few sets of cotton flannel sheets – definitely vintage but not yet opened from their packaging. Everyone in the family loves this time of year, when the soft and warm winter sheets come out from the depths of the linen cupboard and onto our…

Hello! Today's dispatch comes to you from my desk from where I can hear the glass recycling truck at work on the street and see a kingfisher perched on the powerline. I hope this finds you well. Things have been quite busy in my day-job lately, and so I don't feel I have lots to…

My sister-in-law will have her first baby quite soon, and last week I was able to give her the baby blanket I knitted for my soon-to-arrive niece or nephew. In choosing the pattern and yarn, I was thinking about the family and trying to choose something they'd like and would find useful. The result is…

Hello!  We've been enjoying some beautifully clear autumn days here this week – I captured that sparkly waterfront view on Sunday. Wellington is well known for its less-than-calm weather, so I feel like days like that need to be documented! = = = = = = = = = = =  I have two nieces…

I was really honoured last year to be asked to design something for Making magazine. It's my favourite! I designed an embroidery pattern for colourful wildflowers for the COLOR issue which should be in shops this week. I can't wait to see my copy. Making has a really lovely Instagram feed (so much inspiration!) and…

Hello there! Hope you're having a good week. I have a couple of projects to share here today – one finished and one perhaps a quarter of the way through… I'm trying to tell myself that it's all about the process when it comes to English paper piecing. You can see in the second photo…

Autumn is marching in, which means it's a good time to settle in with some new projects. Actually, any time of year is good for that as we know, but there is a slight urgency to the hat and slipper making i need to do within the next few weeks. One project I finished recently…