It's hard not to feel happy looking at that bright Nani Iro print – so I decided to sew it into a new top to wear to work. After looking through lots of different options, I ended up going back to my favourite garment pattern of all time – the Wiksten Tank – because I…

Thanks for entering the giveaway for the Homegrown Kitchen cookbook. I combined the entries from here and Instagram and drew a winner at random – congratulations to Sian! I hope you'll enjoy making the recipes + + + + + + + + + a) Protea stems on the mantelpiece, a gift from Tom's mum…

I hope you're enjoying your weekend so far. It's been an autumnal one here with rain and stormy weather as well as a bit of sunshine. Easter has been celebrated with a few family and friend gatherings, which have been joyful. We had friends over for lunch today and Keira and i organised an egg…

Last week I came home to a very exciting package – two copies of my friend Nicola's beautiful new cookbook, Homegrown Kitchen. Nicola's been working on this book for quite a long time, and it shows. It's a heavy volume with a hard cover, amazing photography and pages jam-packed with recipes and information about making all…

Last week my family was lucky enough to welcome the arrival of two new baby girls – my sister's, and my sister-in-law's. Suffice it to say that my baby knit list, or at least, baby knit wishlist is growing by the day. I managed to finish this cardigan this week, so it's on its way…

The light through our windows is now decidedly golden when it's not grey, and so autumn is in full swing.  Golden yellows are all around at this time of year – pears in a bowl in the kitchen, end-of-summer flowers, and last year's winter slippers, back in service again.  This little needlework brooch was a…

Slow Stitching in the Barn was a magical few days in Melbourne. I didn't bring my camera so have pinched the photos above from Instagram. I'll be sure to post more when I'm able to steal some from Felicia because I know she'll have some good ones. In particular, I'd love to show some of…

Our city has been hiding under a blanket of mist for the past couple of days, which (I think) looks beautiful (especially from our front door) but it's not fun for travellers stranded at the airport. It's supposed to clear later today. I've been doing some preparation for Slow Stitching in the Barn which takes…

I feel as though I don't have much to say these days. There's certainly a lot going on – work being done, washing hung out, schoolbags packed and groceries bought… but I don't know how much there is to say here on the blog. It's feeling quite autumnal all of a sudden. The mornings are…

Three small animals friends were finished recently for a small friend who turned one. I used some handspun silk/merino to knit them, along with some leftover yarn from this project for their little outfits. I really like knitting these little animals – I've made them for a few other babies in our world – using this…