Posted in reviews on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On a trip to Daylesford on the weekend I went to Purl’s Palace for the first time.
May I confess to being a total sucker for colour-coordinated yarn? What could be more exquisitely beautiful?
Just how big an impact it makes on me can be deduced by the fact that it was the first time I’ve bought [...]
Posted in reviews, tagged Phildar; knitting patterns on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By far and away Phildar have the most stylish patterns around. Just now their Autumn 2009 pattern book is out. Gorgeous as usual. Take a look.
Posted in knitting, reviews on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you are like me, your French is pretty much limited to a short conversion about the wellbeing of your aunt’s hat, with the possibility of ending the conversation with various forms of goodbye. Not terribly useful stuff for reading knitting patterns.
Maria left a comment yesterday on a Phildar pattern I’d knitted that she didn’t [...]
Posted in reviews, tagged Henrietta Dups, Jacquelyn Landry, Jennie Atkinson, Knit on the Net, Theodora Goes Wild on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The latest Knit on the Net is up. Its theme is Glamour – and of course that means a vintage take. There are some lovely pieces. I was especially taken with:
and isn’t this the epitomy of glamour:
There’s been a lot of these around, but I don’t think I’ve seen a more sophisticated interpretation:
It’s in Kidsilk [...]
Posted in reviews, tagged evergreen, Kim Hargreaves, knitting, spirit on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ooooo. So long ago I can scarcely recall, I had been thinking about buying a kit from Kim Hargreaves – it was called Evergreen. But it disappeared from view and upon contacting Kim I was told that it would be reappearing in download format. Well, I reckon that was in 2007. I waited. And I [...]
