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July 26, 2017

Pussy Hats! :: Windows & Classes

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July 12, 2017

The start of Yarn Quest! :: Knitting & Nerdy

This is just the beginning! Join in the Yarn Quest by grabbing a pattern here. It's all organised by Tania Richter. You follow along a story as you knit- and the choices you make determine what happens in your knitting, you roll the dice to determine your fate and your double-knitting charts! It's nerdy and I'm obsessed!!!

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June 23, 2017

Yarn Shop Day 2017 :: Shop Talk

Always a good event, so many people popping in to support us. It means the world. Your local yarn shop loves you!

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June 22, 2017

The WYS wall got an upgrade! :: Shop Talk

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July 21, 2013

Little baby pants. :: Knitting Adventures.

My cousin is having a baby! As soon as I heard, I got excited about knitting baby things. After searching all my books, I realised that I don't have that many baby patterns. So- to Ravelry I went. There are a lot of fun projects in my queue now, hehe. Here's the first project I completed. It's called: The Frantic Mama Knitted Soaker.
I chose yarns from my stash, little bits of this and that. Did a little swatch and then started. We didn't know if it was going to be a little lady or a little man, so I thought reds and oranges were pretty neutral and kick ass! Made the little gradient stripes from scraps of sock weight yarn I had. The great thing about this pattern is you can knit it plain or spice it up as much as you want. And each one will look totally different!Plus the little leg ribs are so cute! And look... surprise!Little secret heart included. :]It's just so tiny and adorable. I can't get over it! Kimxo

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May 10, 2013

A Striped Hat. :: Spinning & Knitting Adventures.

This hat is made with the same pattern as This One. The big difference is that's it's made with my Self Stripe Handspun. I gave mum 100g of it, and asked her if she'd make me up a sample so you could see the stripes when it's knitted up. Funny thing is, we were doing a market that weekend, and ALL my stock of it sold out! Haha. So now we have a beautiful hat with a discontinued yarn (it's not naturally dyed)- but good news is Mum wears this during the winter and always gets compliments, so that's good. :]

I really like it, it reminds me of a watercolour drawing. We added a little 'Art Equals Happy' pin badge (get one here!) onto the turned over bit of the hat. Love it!

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May 02, 2013

Happy little hat. :: Spinning & Knitting Adventures.

This little hat was made up of some precious Handspun of mine. I had originally intended this yarn to be used in a jumper, but that project got scrapped. It was also pretty similar to some of the Self Stripe yarn that I made for the shop, that needed a sample. :] So we picked a favourite and much loved pattern and made up this little cutie.

I really love how versitile it is, and how WARM. That's the thing with 100% wool. With all the imitations out there you can forget how wonderfully soft and warm a real wooly hat can be.

It's so amazing to be able to dream up a fibre, mix it up, spin it, and then knit it up. Every single time it's unique and different and super special. This one has really subtle stripes of ligher yellow and then some tweedy bits of red and mustard. Thanks for letting me share. :]
Kimxo

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April 03, 2013

Knitting books and projects. :: Video & Vlogs.

Okay, this is kind of a long video, but it's a Haul-type knitting themed thing. If you want to hear me chatting about the books, yarn and etc that I'm loving right now and see me pull stupid faces and say 'um' quite a lot... this is the vlog for you! Haha.
Enjoy!

Kimxo

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March 08, 2013

Gradient Cowl. :: Spinning & Knitting Adventures.

I've had quite a few people ask me about the Gradient Yarn that I've spun up especially (One and Two). They wanted to know what it looked like- well here you go! This is a Cowl that my Mum made, with her xmas pressie from last year. You can really see the changes in colour, and the slow progress from pink to purple.

The Cowl pattern is a simple K1P1 with a little increase on the ends- then sewn together. We just made it up. Haha. It's the warmest, snuggest, lovliest thing ever and Mum wears it all the time- especially outside to markets in the wintertime.

I am very very tempted to spin up some for myself & knit one up. Maybe in yellows and browns? Would anyone like to see these in the shop? The yarn by itself with a pattern or the finished object? Let me know!

Kimxo

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March 01, 2013

Finished Story Socks. :: Knitting Adventures.

These socks have such a nice story behind them and in them! I started these about a year ago on my friend's canal boat. (post here) The yarn was given to me as a present and I was really into samples and small colourwork patterns at the time. I mean, I'm still into that stuff, but I just had such a big itch to go kind of crazy. I was also covetting some dainty stocking-type socks that I was seeing in vintage pattern books. The kind that are misshappen and knitted on the tiniest of needles and have intricate 'clocks' worked into them. While working on the first sock (The mainly brown and pink, post here.) I knitted in little elements of whatever I was doing at the time.

I've always loved the idea that a crafted object tells a story- that with each stitch, you are weaving in a pattern of emotions and thoughts. These socks took me the better part of a year to complete (finished in December 2012) and I love that I can pick out what I was doing, and read it like a story.

They also look a little wonky and funny, but they fit SUPER GREAT! I wore them to the Knitting And Stitching Show last year and got loads of compliments. haha.