The family and I got back from Melbourne last Monday. It was a good trip! We were there for hubby's brother's wedding, and it was a very nice wedding too. We rented a townhouse in the bayside suburb of Williamstown.
A ship in the bay, with city views in the background
Rows of little shops
A French Creperies, [...]
Thanks everyone, for the lovely comments on Buttercup! It's definitely my favourite FO so far.
Now that Buttercup is done, I think I need a small project to work on. The Cashmere Scarf from the latest Australian Creative Knitting mag caught my eye. It's a lacey scarf with eyelets, it looked so lush in the [...]
When I first looked at the pattern, I loved it and wanted to make it. When I was working on it, I loved how the heart motifs kept it interesting but still simple enough to do. Towards the end, though, it started to get rather blah… But now that it's done and I see Annette [...]
Buttercup is almost done… Just need to sew on the buttons, and another round of blocking. I've already blocked the pieces before seaming, but I like to block one more time as a whole. FO coming soon!
Much of my week last week was taken up with sewing instead of knitting. Now, I only have very basic sewing skills, as in, I can make a straight seam. My mum bought me a sewing machine as a wedding present, and I've always wanted to learn to sew "someday". So after much procrastination I [...]
Spring has indeed sprung over here. Nice warm days this past few days.
We saw a family of swans with cute fluffy signets in Centennial Park…
And made playdough snails…
And Annette got a new bag, which is my first attempt at something quilted. This one was taken last Friday as we headed to the Fox Studios [...]
