Archive for the 'Girlfriend Swing Coat' category

Swing!

Pattern: Girlfriend's Swing Coat by Wendy Bernard Yarn: Malabrigo in 'Marine' colourway, a little under 3 skeins Needles: 5mm circulars for body and hood, and dpns for sleeves I added a hood instead of the wide collar that's in the pattern. I love the look of the wide collar too, but Annette just loves coats/cardigans [...]

Forecast: Chance of socks

Indeed, here's a pair of Pomatomus socks done… … with plenty of yarn to spare. Pattern: Pomatomus Socks by Cookie A, from Knitty. Yarn: Celia's handpainted sock yarn in Bougainvilla colourway, 1 skein with plenty to spare. Needles: 2.5mm DPNs The second sock actually progressed faster than the first one, perhaps because I already 'got' [...]

Blue, White, And Grey

So yeah, I decided to join in Project Spectrum, and while thinking about February/March theme colours, I realised that hey, those were my school colours! In fact, let me show you my high school jersey. In Australia, in the final year of high school (Year 12), it's tradition for the graduating students to produce a [...]