A new project on the go

I was in Melbourne recently and my daughter took me to a wonderful wool shop in Hastings. Little Woolie Makes. The shop has an amazing array of wools with many from overseas that are expensive to buy if you buy direct from overseas as you have to pay postage. It is also good to be…

Getting ready

I have my Tour Guide and this is what was in a parcel I received last week.  I am preparing for a month’s television viewing as it is soon to be the start of the Tour de France. The package contained beautiful wool. I am just waiting for the second lot of wool as this…

Crocheted jacket

Lots of ends to sew in. This particular pattern is not one I would use again. The finished jacket/cardigan is very narrow on the front and when you look at the jacket on the original website you can see that the wearer is holding the front together. The pattern was simple to follow as it…

Harris tweed bag

When we were in Scotland on our last holiday there before COVID I bought a piece of Harris tweed.  I had no idea what I was going to make from it but my elder daughter made a beautiful bag from the piece of tweed I had given her so I thought I would do the…

More luck this time

The second piece of fabric I had bought at the Easter sale ended up with a better result. Again I used a pattern I already had but this time the pattern was the correct size. I was making the top but in one fabric so the shaping doesn’t show up. I will need to make…

Sewing failure

I wanted to do some sewing as it had been a while since I had done any and was not happy with the result of the sewing I did with the 6 metres of stash fabric. I purchased three lots of fabric each cost $7.50 in the Easter sale so it would be no drama…