One skein of wool

I recently visited, with my sister-in-law, our local wool shop in Lakes Entrance, Stitches ‘n’ Things. My sister-in-law likes to visit this shop when she comes to visit us.  She invariably buys a fair amount of wool as she doesn’t have such a great selection where she lives. I said I would go along with…

It has been a while

Finally getting down to posting on my blog.  You would think that with the COVID shutdown I would have all the time in the world to write blog posts but I just haven’t felt like it. I have found some sense of normality this week as the Tour de France is on the television, albeit…

Latest local happenings.

This is the base camp which has been erected at the AFL ground at Swan Reach, the next village to Metung. You may be wondering why I am posting a photo of a base camp.  This camp is for the fire fighters who are currently fighting the many fires in our local region. We have…

A Bike Chick bike ride

I cycle with a small group of women from Metung and Lakes Entrance.  There are five of us and when we ride there can sometimes only be two, it just depends on who is available to ride on the day.  We try to get at least one ride a week but that is not always…

Experience is a great teacher.

Recently I posted about a beanie I made using brioche stitch. You can find the post here. I had entitled the post “I forgot to put my brain into gear.” I had lots of issues when I knitted that particular beanie but eventually it turned out fine.  I saw some beautiful wool recently when I…

Oh dear, insufficient wool.

I posted previously about how I bought wool in Yarragon on my return home from Melbourne.  I have been slowly knitting the project mentioned, I am not enjoying the chunky wool, but last night I discovered that I have insufficient wool. You can see that I am on the collar and there is not much…