i need a new job! my wonderful boss has resigned and i predict things will descend into chaos shortly. in fact, things are about 80% there already. here are some options for my new career path ( Read more... )

two things i love which i thought could never be combined (without either drowning or soggy socks ( Read more... )

i have decided to skip uni today, and instead am going to buy sock yarn. i am doing this because i haven't done any of today's readings and i want to make socks ( Read more... )

a little while ago i thought i was becoming a goth knitter because everything i was making was black.
well, the plot thickens. now it seems everything i am making is either black or yellow. so not only am i now a bumblebee knitter, but soon i'll be able to stage my very own Blind Melon music video.

come winter 2007, i shall be sporting this fetching number. but instead of paying balenciaga's multi-thousand dollar prices, i shall be reproducing it myself. i've already found the cable pattern in my knitting stitch encyclopedia. take that, haute couture! i'm undecided as to whether i will wear it coupled with the deranged riding helmet and ( Read more... )

yesterday i signed up for SOCK WARS!. so far there are 546 participants from all over the world. i plan to try to become the greatest knitting assassin ever!

i've lately become enamoured of the work of knitwear genius alice starmore. this could be because her books are filled with insanely intricate fair isle jumpers. it could also be because they are modelled on the moors of ireland by ladies wearing capes and standing with greyhounds in a terribly british fashion. it could also be because one of her ( Read more... )

my palmer cash shirt arrived today! it is totally sweet because it is emblazoned with the following items ( Read more... )

it's time for some pictures! of knitting! including the much anticipated start on thomas edison's vest.

( warning! heavy on the images and the knitting mad skillz )

attention knitsters!!!

the annual abc sydney knit-in is on again this year. keep your diary free for the morning of Friday, 28 July. details here. so the deal is, knit up some squares, take them along, eat some food, drink some hot drinks, get on the radio, blankets get sewn together and are thence distributed to people in places like kazakstan ( Read more... )