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It is with the greatest pleasure that I present new patterns to you! July 10th saw me release the 'big boy' version of the Beyond Puerperium Cardigan. This sweater was released to co-incide with Maori Language week here in New Zealand. The pattern is one half if a set.....the other half being it's gorgeous girly counterpart. Introducing TAMA(photo courtesy of Julia Stanfield) TAMA - a classic

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How is it that we find ourselves already in the middle of June?Winter has well and truly descended upon us here in Auckland.....it is cold, dark, and very wet almost everyday.I am still trying to walk the big kids to school/kindy as much as possible, and as much as I hate the bitterly cold winds and getting saturated in the rain (yes, I am a poorly equipped person for winter weather....no coat,

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This post is going to be a quick catch up on where things are at in the world of knit.so.quaint. First and foremost, before anything yarny, our house is happy and healthy, and (for the moment at least) free of winter ailments :) Amelia and Leo are still loving being big siblings to Noah, now 8weeks old! My lovely fella, B, is also adjusting to the life with a new baby, (having inherited A & L

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The Puerperium Cardigan pattern is going really well :) It is lovely seeing cute wee knits keep popping up on Ravelry (especially if they are modelled!). One of the knitters who downloaded the free pattern was Sarah from Apple Blossom and more.She knit up a gorgeous green Puerperium cardy, closed with woooden buttons that her husband created:  (photo  courtesy Apple Blossoms and more blog) 

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Just after midnight and I'm getting ready to grab some sleep.....I'm a little excited, and not really sure whether I will be able to wind down and catch those zzzzz's.Why, you ask?I have just finished (as in 'finished') my most recent pattern! It is complete, and looking exactly how I want it to. All that is left to do is have it scrutinized by my spelling/grammar policewoman, then the pattern

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Today sees us drawing to the end of Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere....in just a few more days the season will switch over to Winter. I've found a fantastic way to extend the Autumn feeling.....release a new pattern called the Autumn Cardigan(photo courtesy of Shelley Bacarella) My latest free pattern is the Autumn Cardigan - a layering piece for the transitional seasons; Autumn and Spring. It

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While I am off from work (outside the home, work), Friday's are a day of just me and the littlest guy - my big 5yr old goes to school, my big 3yr old heads off to daycare for playball and 'lunchbox day', and Noah and I can just potter around together.Today we were going to have a few people popping in, but one cancelled on us due to sickness, which left me with a little free time while his little

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Once again I find myself in the middle of the test knitting process. I haven't been here in nearly 2years, and I fully remember now why I both love it and hate it!I naturally have a rather nervous disposition (though people are sometimes surprised to learn this.....seems I do a plausible job of covering it up!), so sending my patterns, something I have spent hours of dreaming/knitting/scheming/

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It's hard trying to stay away from your blog when you have so much you want to share! The last few months have seen me very busy working behind the scenes on a few secret projects....most of which I STILL can't share with you. It's awfully frustrating to be restricted to share exciting news, though I just have to remember it will all be worth it in the end ;) Something I can share though.......

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Today's post is on the virtues of embellishing :) As mentioned previously, an Embellish-A-Long (EAL) was being run on Ravelry. An EAL (or KAL) is the opportunity for people to tackle the same thing and share their progress/results, while getting support from others doing the same thing. Its a great motivator if you are like me and don't want to be the only one who ends the month and hasn't

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I always do this.....have a holiday lined up (or even a weekend), and prep myself by saying 'I'm gonna get soooo much knitting done!'. I spend ages sitting in amongst my stash, with the laptop open to my Dropbox (where I store my downloaded patterns), and a window for Ravelry so I can see what from my queue I might possibly want to knit. I usually end up with a mile long, and my little Christmas/

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Boy, 2010 was a momentous year for me! It seems that 2011 is not going to be too different in terms of excitement and 'events' spaced all throughout the year. I am most pleased that I promised to be back here with a follow up post on New Yeasrs Day....and what do you know - its actually NYD! Believe me, given my way it probably would have been the 2nd or 3rd (or lets face, it, possibly the 4th!)

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ha...so it seems I have been six months between posts here! I don't know whether I should laugh or roll over in embarassment ;) To be honest, there really hasn't been much inspiring to blog about - life is just busy. Not bad at all, just busy. However, B (the male in my life), announces to me tonight 'hey...you're so cute!'. Busy browsing the web I mumble with something to the effect of 'WTF?',

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Hello! Well it seems I am still uber uber busy, and my own knitting time is virtually non-existant........so much so, that I have been employing the skills of lovely WAHMs that do custom knitting. The first of my custom knitting orders (for Amelia) arrived today from the wonderful Rachael of http://www.alittle-bitofeverything.blogspot.com/. I had requested a Bloom tunic with matching Lacy Rib

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So it seems it is a litle quiet around here. To be honest, it will continue to be fairly quiet....so don't make this somewhere you check everyday! :) I'm uber busy, with currently being out of the house for 12hrs a day, then trying to get the 2 monkeys off to bed a few hours after I get home. By the time I have done that its usually about 8.30pm, which leaves me with about an hour to re-pack for

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Thank you everyone for your kind words!!! Today was a marvellous first day.....well, aside from the fact there was no knitting while I was at work *wink* I did however manage a whole 10rows when I got home tonight though! Ahhhhh.....its the little things that make us knitters happy :D

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I think its been 3weeks since my last post?!?What have I been up to in that time? Well, mainly hibernating and feeling a bit sorry for myself! I'm generally a pretty upbeat kinda gal, so I figure I'm allowed a little bit of 'down' every now and then :) This move back to NZ was done with the knowledge that the offer of a job at my old work was sitting there waiting for me to take it up. Well

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My first new pattern of the year has been released!May I present to you my first dishcloth pattern - nakeda free knitting pattern by Kelly Brooker for knit.so.quaint pattern description:Naked is a dishcloth pattern utilising the faggotted lace stitch to create a cloth with excellent grip, while still being gentle on yarn consumption.This pattern is the ‘little brother’ to the more involved

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About 3 weeks back, I invaded my poor Mum's house with the two sproglets. Things are a bit of squish, but we're all coping :) One neat thing about staying with Mum is that she is also a knitter. She is in no way as prolific as I am, but still, a knitter is a knitter!!!!! Back in 2009 I convinced Mum to have a crack at knitting a shawl. She had never attempted anything like that before, so was a

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My new pattern of the hour is Poppy by Justine Turner. Poppy is a deliciously simple (and quick!) hat knit flat, but without seams. As you have probably guessed by now, I love things like this which have nifty and tricky construction methods :) The Poppy hat is knit flat over the top of the head, with shaping created by the use of short rows. Once the crown is finished, stitches are picked up

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The time has come for me to re-release the very first pattern that I ever sent out to blog land - Nocte.Vanilla was the first thing I ever started to design, but Nocte actually made it out of my head and on to paper :) Nocte is a legless soaker, for new babies needing nappy changes overnight. It has no leg holes to fumble with in the wee small hours, meaning you and babe get back to bed faster!

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Apologies for disappearing on you! Since we last 'talked' I have been shifting myself and my two kiddliwinks back across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand. This has meant very limited computer time, which was compounded by the computer in NZ picking up a nasty system corrupting virus-thingy, rendering us computer-less for a week. I have managed to use my time productively on the knitting front, which

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Hmmm, possibly not the best title, as I don't have a 'before' picture! But if you could imagine a yarn stash more than twice the total size of my current, and you would getting close to the monstrosity that it was! So, nervously, I share my yarn stash with y'all :) Yip, thats it! And that includes my WIPs and 'scrap' bags too. told you I had been majorly destashing :) Now some more detailed

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Well today has seen me finally make some decent headway on the packing front. I remember now why it is so darn hard to pack with toddlers around.......as I concentrate on doing things in one room, they are down the other end of our little house causing chaos and mayhem. The house is an utter pigsty between the three of us - me pulling things out to sort/cull/pack and the 2 monkeys entertaining

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As I've mentioned previously, 2009 saw me going a leeeeetle bit crazy in terms of stash enhancement. For me the thing that really opened my eyes as to just how crazy I was being was when I went around the spare room (where the yarn lives) and collected up all the used prepaid postage bags (how my yarny mail tends to arrive), and brown paper bags (how yarn comes from my LYS), and realised that

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Over the past few months I haven't really felt up to knitting anything 'big' (other than shawls), and consequently have been knitting a lot of itty bitty bubby projects. This has been brilliant for 3 reasons - firstly it gives me something to knit when I just can't get into a big project. Second, a lot of my friends (and my sisters friends) are in the baby-making phase of life at the moment, so

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January 3rd already! However has that come around so fast? Most people seem to enjoy this time of year, but some people sadly find themselves in a less than ideal place at the launch of the New Year. If you happen to be one of these, then I think you need an injection of sunshine into your life........I know I find it helps me a lot! Not only does literal sunshine help (easy to get when you

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This December I took part in my first ever Washcloth swap that Jodie from Jelly Wares organises! I had sat on the sidelines watching the first two swaps, but thought this time I would join in the fun myself :) I was selected to send to Jodie herself (oh the pressure!!!! sending to the organiser!!!), but despite my initial intake of breath, I knew it would be fine - J is a glorious woman with

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The 'merry' shawl that I blogged about earlier is finished, and with it's new owner, so I can share completed pics :) This is a shawlette knit to the Travelling Woman pattern by Liz Abinante. Travelling Woman is the third pattern in a series inspired by the programme Bones (which incidentally I am just getting back into). TW was specifically inspired by Dr Angela Montenegro, a very very cool

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Tis the season for knitting :) Well, it is if you are one of my Northern Hemisphere cousins, that is in the depths of the icy winter right now. (Alternatively if you are one of my Southern Hemisphere commies that is hopelessly addicted to all things yarn and knitting!) I was sitting yesterday knitting in the hospital (appt for my daughter that took many, many hours longer than expected...thank

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six. six what? six shawls! I've now finished my 6th Gail aka Nightsongs shawl, by Jane Araujo. My Gail journey started back in April with Phoenix, a shawl knit for my Mum for Mothers Day, using 99g of 4ply Merino/Nylon hand dyed by Fi. I'm so very pleased to say that my Mum has spent the past winter/spring wearing her shawl most days to work - generally scrunched up as a fancy scarf where

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My Softies with Mirabel journey has come to an end for this year! I ended up creating three little toys for the drive, which I hope will be loved by three little people, most likely boys. From L - R, we have a monster, knit to the Albert the absent-minded monster pattern by Rebecca Danger, Henri the knitted bear by Rachel Borello, and the Little Oddment Hedgehog, by Little Cotton Rabbits.

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Final post for a little while featuring Te RJ :) Thankfully the husband is home (at least for this week), so Te RJ is being showered in toddler snuggles until he adventures out again (which I have heard may be over to the mining town of Port Headland in Western Australia..........) This photos were all taken on inaugural flight day for Phuket to Brisbane flights that my husband (Te RJ's escort!)

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I'm freshly back from 16 days hiding in NZ :) My husband was heading off for 3weeks in Thailand for work, and I really didn't want to do 3weeks on my own with the monkeys, so I decided to invite ourselves to my Mum's house for a little holiday. As with any time I make a trip away, I always take a magnificently ambitious haul of yarn 'that I'm going to knit all up while I'm away'. Yeh right!!!! I

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My sister is of the age now where lots of her friends are just starting to have babies. Sadly she is not all that interested in wndering down that path.......yet......but one day! When Sheena goes to visit a new baby, she likes to take something handmade for them as a giftie. She has only just picked the sewing machine back up, and so is whipping up a few floor rugs and such to use for gifts,

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So.....apparently the kiwi has been christened Te Rangi Jandal, or Te RJ for short. I'm not completely sold on the name, but husband likes it, so thats what it will be :) He did send me another couple of pictures of Te RJ last night that I thought I might share: (Te RJ with partof his namesake...Jandals) (lookie, he found a baseball cap at the beach!) ok, so the husband is not a

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Just a quick update on the kiwi and it's travels...... Kiwi arrived in Phuket, Thailand in the early hours of yesterday morning, after a cramped 12hr plane journey in hubby's suitcase. While he didn't love the journey, he reckons it wasn't too bad...especially as he gets to surround himself in lovely scenery now he has been let out of the suitcase :) Hopefully some more 'interesting' pictures

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Our family are all New Zealanders, but we have resided in Australia since our youngest, Leo, was 3months old. As a family we uprooted and moved here to Queensland to follow my husband and his work. This meant leaving behind all our friends and family, as well as most of our possessions (we decided it would be a fresh start and literally moved over with ourselves plus 12 boxes of 'stuff'...no

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Today I share a special post......a post declaring the winner of a recent competition I hosted, a post sharing the parcels heading out to earlier competition winners, and also a sharing a wee award that I was given. First things first, who won my Softies for Mirabel competition? Thanks for entering correctly Julia Hannah Ali Amber simplythis After much deliberation, I have decided that Hannah is

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Today I stumbled across an incredible little group called The Toy Society "The Toy Society spreads the love throughout the streets of the world. Nothing to it really just a bunch of handmade toys looking for a nice home. What started as a small street art project in Australia is slowly spreading around the world." How incredibly delightful is that! I'm thoroughly enraptured with the whole

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A clever cookie that I met through Ravelry, Karla, has got her own little Stitchmarker 'store' on minicuture, Made by Karla x.Karla adores making stitch markers, and found that she was simply making too many to keep for herself, so offers the wee treasures up for sale.She has just started making LGL inspired stitchmarkers. For those that are familiar with the LGL pattern, you will know that it

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October is charity crafting month for me :) Last October I did a newborn/prem cardy blitz, which saw me knit 8 cardigans in 20 days which I sent to Knitting for Brisbane's needyThis year I have been on the look out for a different venture, and last week stumbled upon Softies for Mirabel. Softies for Mirabel is a handcrafted softie (toy) drive hosted by meet me at mikes.They are asking for

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Pinny for a Dolly has now been expanded to cover all 4 designs as per The March Sisters Pinafore patterns, and all 3 yarn weights. As such, the pattern is now a 'pay for' pattern, and is available through Ravelry. AUS$4 You can still download the free version of Pinny for a Dolly (which has one of the styles, knit in one of the yarn weights), by clicking the link on the top right of my blog

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Thank-you everyone who entered (or considered entering!) my Pinny for a Dolly competition :)We ended up with 21 finished entries. There were sweet ones and bright ones, girlish ones and manly ones (cos little boys like to play dress ups with their dolly's too!!).Choosing just 3 winners was hard! I let Amelia pick first, and she flitted around between 3 pinny's (all of them the incredibly pink and

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The Pinny for a Dolly competition is about to close!Last day for entries is today, and when Amelia and I get up tomorrow morning we will be choosing the winners and posting here upon the blog.That means you have a few more hours to get your pinny's finished and post photographs up on Ravelry. I think there are currently 18 entries!All the pinny's that have been knit are stunning, and we are going

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today is the day I celebrate turning one year older :) I love growing older, it doesn't scare me, nor fill me with dread. I think it is a gift to be able to age and not have your life cut short.Today I've got a few pictures to share with you.First up is the card my lovely husband gave me this morning:Secondly the lovely socks I am enjoying knitting for MYSELF today, in my favourite colour:Third

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a dip. slow period. rut. slump.whatever you like to call it - we all get them........times where either our brains are just a little too scattered to cohesively think, or we are sitting in the midst of an external maelstrom, or worse - just simply too darn tired to do anythingKnitting is the one solo activity I do that I can rely upon to do all of the following:relax meinspire meexcite mesoothe

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Time for a 'what was in your post box today?' post :)Today I got the most wonderful delivery from our parcel lady. She turned up with 3 packages for us - one was a book for hubby, and the other two were yarny parcels for me that I wasn't expecting for a little while yet.The first parcel I opened was a wee package from NZ. This parcel was a bit of a gamble parcel for me, as it was a purchase via

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This is your two week reminder (said in a sing song voice over a PA system!)It's now roughly 2 weeks until my Pinny for a Dolly competition closes.Remember up for grabs are three prizes of yarny goodness, for the 3 'best' projects as chosen by myself, and Amelia. To enter:Download a copy of Pinny for a DollyKnit a gorgeous Pinny using the pattern, and load your finished project up to Ravelry,

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Pattern: Faraway, So Close by Carina SpencerMaterials: 170g Three Irish Girls Carys Worsted BFL in lady Slipper and Chocolate Orchid on 6.0mm KPs interchangeable circsWIKTA? Probably not - not because the pattern isn't lovely - it is!, but because I prefer lacier shawlsI was lucky enough to be able to do a test knit for Sweet Mama Small Sugar last month. I had seen her prototype shawl pop up on

Kellynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533406096372861266.post-9592148007754367802009-09-08T13:02:00.000+10:002009-09-08T13:26:55.629+10:00

I'm pleased to announce the release of my newest pattern.....Pinny for a DollyThis is a free pattern sized to fit the anatomically correct dolly's that many toddlers have (I know mine both do!). The pattern is based upon the "Beth" pattern from an upcoming paid pattern release of mine - The March Sisters....a series of Pinafores for Little Women aged 0-5yrs).Pinny for a Dolly only comes in 8ply/

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Pattern: Jo March by me (from "The March Sisters - a series of Pinafores for Little Women aged 0-5yrs)Materials: 90g Needle Food Semi Solid Worsted Merino in Eco warrior knit on 6.0 and 4.5mm KPs Interchangeable circsWITKA? Sure would :) Simple, mindless knitting with just a hint of quirk!Meet Jo - she is a test knit of my new pattern set "The March Sisters - a series of Pinafores for Little

Kellynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533406096372861266.post-78918401985279673312009-08-20T12:21:00.000+10:002009-08-20T13:14:17.887+10:00

I adore provisonal cast-ons (PCOs). There's that little thrill of releasing stitches and starting to knit in the opposite direction that appeals to the naughty girl inside me (sad, sad life I have, I know)Vanilla and LGL, the two patterns I currently have for sale both utilise PCOs. In the patterns I suggested that knitters utilise a PCO known as the 'Knitting On PCO' - essentially with this PCO

Kellynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533406096372861266.post-39064498394370415802009-08-19T07:58:00.000+10:002009-08-19T08:24:11.460+10:00

Pattern: Wisp by Cheryl NiamathMaterials: 197g Needle Food Semi-solid Worsted in Cranberry on Addi 50cm 8.0mm circsWIKTA? Most certainly :) The pattern at this weight is quick and very very enjoyable. Next time I would cast on 1.5times the number of stitches the pattern calls for so I get a bigger width shawl, and probably make sure I have 3oo-400g of yarn to ge ta huge big snuggly jobbiechunk is

Kellynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533406096372861266.post-37588114052376015392009-08-08T07:37:00.000+10:002009-08-08T08:29:05.533+10:00

Pattern: Ultimate Longies by Shannon PassmoreMaterials: 160g The Yarn Cafe Lightweight BFL Aran in Turkish Delight and 20g Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran in Mauve on 5.0mm 30 & 40cm addi's.Yarn purchased from Tangled YarnsWIKTA? Possibly again in NB size, but not toddler sized. I much prefer knitting longies without having to graft. I was fortunate enough to have people lining up to test my longies

Kellynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533406096372861266.post-78422382917439978842009-08-03T18:51:00.000+10:002009-08-03T19:50:14.923+10:00

It is just before 7pm.My husband is away for work for the week, the kidlets are both in bed, and my house is a shambles.....this is my favourite part of the day I think :)Its at this time I like to spend a little time winding down from the madness that comes from staying home with the kids day in, day out (particularly the little one, Mr-nearly-2yrs, who has a VERY needy disposition), cruisy

Kellynoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533406096372861266.post-88434156168053878952009-07-27T13:05:00.000+10:002009-07-27T13:14:30.665+10:00

Random blog post from me!So I store most of my crafty photos on Flickr. Today I found the neat little mosaic tool that lives within Flickr itself (prior to this you had to use an outside agency).Soooooo, here comes a mosaic of the shawls I have knit (or are currently WIPs) :DHmmm, wonder how I make that bigger? Without distorting it.........In the mosaic from L-R, T-B"eat your greens!" a DK

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Boy, I promised this a looooong time ago!Truth be told, I've had the pictures sitting here all done for weeks, but just whimped out about posting it......but here goes!This is a pictorial tutorial to accompany the short row method that I utilise in the Looking Glass Longies pattern. You could use this tutorial for any longies pattern simply by placing two stitch markers - one on each hip, the

Kellynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533406096372861266.post-77716084149776160872009-07-23T10:44:00.000+10:002009-07-23T11:23:42.347+10:00

Pattern: Gail (aka Nightsongs) by Jane AraujoMaterials: 170g The Yarn Cafe 8ply Superwash Merino in Tamarillo knit on KPs 6.0mm/120cm InterchangeablesWIKTA? One more time, and then I think I will have the pattern out of my system! Another Gail. *blush*This must be number four - I've done 2 in 4ply and this is my second in 8ply/DK.I think I have said previously that I found the authors original

Kellynoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533406096372861266.post-48116919050922738272009-07-17T14:03:00.000+10:002009-07-17T14:45:20.785+10:00

Pattern: Looking Glass LongiesMaterials and Equipment: 70g The Inner Stitch DK Organic Merino in "Jungle Fever", 20g Patons Merino Totem DK, knit on 4.0mm KPs and a 3.0mm 30cm Addi turbo circWIKTA? Ok, you got me..........so I'm getting slightly over knitting longies! This is my 8th knit of LGL, and I have one more pair in the works for a swap with Krissie of KnitNotWhat (you're gonna update your

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Pattern: Gail aka Nightsongs by Jane AraujoMaterials and Equipment: 160g Sierra Lana DK wool, hand dyed by Jo, knit with KPs interchangeable 120cm 6.0mm nickel circular needlesWIKTA? Blush! C'mon........whaddaya think..........Yessum...it's another of the same. Y'all will stop reading here as all I seen to be sharing are these darn shawls giggleI was in a yarn club back in April where I received

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Pattern: Gail (aka Nightsongs) by Jane AraujoMaterials and Equipment: 90g Kauni Effektgarn Fingering Wool in EQ colourway, knit on Knit Picks Interchangeable circs - 4.5mm tips and 120cm cableWIKTA? Indeed! In fact I am already working on another with plans for 2 more minimum winkSometimes you become completely obsessed about certain things. Or perhaps it is just me?I know I have an 'addictive'

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Pattern: Looking Glass Longies Materials and Equipment: 100g Woolganic Worsted in Leura, Grapefruit Moon, Raindrop and Deep Earth (for the embellishing), Small amount of Merino Bambino double stranded (the red stripes), and some Malabrigo for the ships sails. Knit on 4.5mm 120cm Addi's, and a 3.5mm 30cm (for the waistband), plus 4.5mm crochet hook for the cord. WIKTA? Well obviously! Though..

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Something different for you this Friday!I know I am meant to be doing alterntive cuffs and waistbands for longies on these Friday posts, but lately I have been dabbling in a bit of duplicate stitch, and thought I would share a chart I came up with today as my Freebie Friday post :)Yesterday I CO for a pair of newborn longies to gift to a new baby due in about 2months. The baby will be a little

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Pattern: Foliage by Emilee MooneyMaterials and Equipment: 54g Fibreworks 50/50 Silk Merino (gifted to me by mamasue on Ravelry) on 4.5mm 120cm KP's, 4.5mm 30cm Addi's and 3.5mm 30cm Addi'sThe 'Would I Knit this Again?' Verdict: Sure would! This is my second attempt at the pattern, and can see more in my future......I did a small favour converting a knitting pattern to an alternative format for a

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Freebie Friday numero tres!So, branching on a bit more from the basics here is a longies cuff a litle more interesting.Non-rib rib cuffs are what I like to call it when you knit ribbed cuffs that don't sinch in like normal rib. I really dislike ribbed cuffs on anything other than a newborn. I think they are tacky and very 1980's, so avoid them at all costs. The other side of this of course is

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Pattern: Looking Glass Longies by meMaterials and Equipment: 95g WOOLganic DK in Grapefruit Moon, Raindrop, Gondwana, Deep Earth plus a teency bit of Possum Merino (the Grey). Knit with magic loop on 4mm Knit Picks Nickel tips, a 30cm 3mm Addi turbo circ (waistband) and magic looped on 5mm Addi turbo circs for the cuffsThe 'Would I Knit this Again?' Verdict: Why of course! It's my own patttern,

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Welcome to my second freebie Friday post :D Sticking with the real basic stuff (the original pattern suggests doing garter stitch cuffs, the first Freebie Friday post was for garter stitch cuffs enhanced and feminised with an eyelet round), today is seed stitch cuffs.Seed stitch is the alternating of knit and purl stitches side by side and row upon row.Function wise, seed stitch creates a great

Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533406096372861266.post-71769222647805975672009-05-29T21:36:00.000+10:002009-06-05T23:01:55.920+10:00

If you are one of the wonderful people who have managed to get a copy of my newest knitting pattern, Looking Glass Longies, and have read it cover to cover with your eagle eyes on, you would have noticed a wee message saying that I would release a few freebies - alternative cuffs and waistbands for the longies over the course of a few weeks.Well......welcome to the first of those posts!The

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Introducing my newest pattern - Looking Glass Longies LGL was released on Sunday 10 May, and is available for purchase from Ravelry for AUS$6Yet another longies pattern available. Why do you want THIS one? Lewis Carroll shared with us the surrealism and nonsense that Alice found on the other side of the mirror in “Through the Looking Glass”. Sometimes we become so used to the normal ways of life

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Pattern: Xmasangels Circular Singlet Materials and Equipment: 25g Merino Bambino in Navy, small amounts of Merino Bambino in Red and White The 'Would I Knit this Again?' verdict: Yes, but only after taking a look at gauge/fit :) We've just had a very special holiday downunder. ANZAC day is commemorated every April 25th, as the day NZ and Australians launched an ill fated, and devastatingly

Kellynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533406096372861266.post-85740678875780037532009-04-23T08:20:00.001+10:002009-04-23T08:58:36.848+10:00

Pattern: Gail (aka Nightsongs) by Jane Araujo Materials and Equipment: 99g fingering weight merino/nylon in 'Fire' (dyed by Fi) on 4.5mm 100cm Knit Picks InterchangeablesThe 'Would I Knit this Again?' verdict: For sure :) I'm not about to rush out and knit 50 of these, but I will definately try it again....despite the pattern 'issues' (see below) it is actually a pleasant, intuitive knit Well

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Pattern: Pebble by Nikol Lohr Materials and Equipment: 63g WOOLganic DK Merino in 'Deep Earth' on 5.0mm bamboo flats, plus 7 funky orange buttons from stashThe 'Would I Knit this Again?' verdict: Most definately! The pattern is such a great blank canvas project. It would suit a wee girly or little guy just by altering the colour....and the big blank panels on front and back would be perfect

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Tonight I have re released my Reverse Pinwheel Blanket pattern. I originally published this in August 2008 on my old blog, but now I have moved blog homes, and started to release some 'proper' patterns I thought I would jazz up this pattern and give it a fresh new look PLUS I have added instructions on how to convert your Reverse Pinwheel Blanket into a Reverse Pinwheel Cardigan - of which I

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Thank-you everyone for your name suggestions for my new longies pattern. I ended up with 119 suggestions, of which 100 of those were original suggestions.Lots of food for thought there, literally LOL. Food names seemed to be the most popular suggestion - lots of yummy desserts, and spices. There were also a few alcoholic beverages thrown in (thanks Julia!) and even a couple of countries (Leah)...

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My little guy got two short things this weekend - the first a spiffy new haircut by his daddy (much improved on the shaggy mop he was sporting!)and a pair of new shorties by his mummy :)The shorties were knit using my new longies pattern. Leo (19months and about 11kg and 88cm tall) wears a size medium.There are 3 yarns used in this project - the main is Wooltopia Aran BFL in Marrakesh. I had 100g

Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533406096372861266.post-87824523051381998942009-04-02T19:54:00.000+10:002009-04-02T22:32:57.820+10:00

....I spy.Once upon a time I 'did' beads. It was my 'thing'. I had a nice little business going creating handbeaded jewellery, mainly out Swarovski Crystals, Semi Precious stones and Hand Blown glass. It was something good to do with my hands....in a time before I 'knew' knitting or sewing, and before I had two roving garbage disposals.Once Amelia started to get mobile, I gave it up....gifting

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Some of you know I am currently working on a new pattern.My first 'real' pattern was vanilla - a seamless, graft-free soaker pattern in sizes NB-XL and yarn weights 8ply/10ply/12ply.My new pattern (a seamless, graft-free longies pattern...with crotch gusset) is currently in the test knitting phase. This pattern again has a rather 'quaint' construction to it (ok, honestly...it is a very odd way to

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I've just returned from a week in New Zealand. The week was supposed to be a relaxing (haha, when is a trip ever relaxing with two toddlers) break for the kids and I with my Mum.Naturally I thought - oooh goody......lots of knitting and sewing!Alas the productive week didn't quite turn out that way, but I still managed to get a few things in :)Firstly, we were in NZ in January and my sister

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For a while now I have felt this desire to knit something 'bigger' than what I normally do. Generally I am knitting little kiddies stuff, which until about 6months or so ago has been satisfying enough. I occassionally throw in the odd 300g baby blanket, but predominantly itty bitty stuff.When this 'big' urge hit, I thought it meant I was 'ready' to start knitting adult sweaters.......apparently

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I'm pretty sure I have made it quite clear that this is a blog about knitting. I also remember saying that the blog will have some posts with dreadful photos. Time to confirm one of those, and break the other!Our house is an egg-free house due to Miss 3yrs being allergic. Such a shame, as one of my favourite foods is egg (though this just could be because we can't eat it?). I have fond memories

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Nearly 3weeks ago I released my first 'real' pattern for sale on Ravelry......very proud moment for me!Back in April 2008 I had a fleeting thought of brilliance (well I thought it was brilliant at the time) - why was I struggling doing kitchener graft on yet another soaker, when there are methods available to knitters to help you avoid grafting? My little brain went tick tick tick, and the very

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WOWToday was launch day for Brisbane's first 'real' LYS - Tangled Yarns. There are a few other stores in Brissie that sell yarn, but none of them are true speciality store like TY, and none of them are run by modern, young funky knitters like the owner of TY is.I was so very excited about the 9.30am kick off......we dropped the husband off at the gym then raced into town (TY is in Chester Street

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I said earlier that MYB swap is due to be posted this coming Monday.I've been procrastinating a bit on mine because my recipient is such a talented, giving and classy lady that I really wanted to make it 'right' for her.As it is I think I might have missed the boat a bit with the yarn (I swear it is not what I ordered, LOL), but hopefully the rest of it will be perfect (and she's a yarn junkie

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So it seems that I am not only addicted to knitting, but also group swaps.The most recent thing I am involved in is a 'Magic Yarn Ball' swap with some lovely ladies on Ravelry.MYB is essentially a swap where you take some yarn, and wind it up stashing wee treasures within the ball as you wind. The ball is then sent to your partner who squeals in delight and feverishly starts knitting in order to

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I set the blog up late last night when I should have been in bed. When you do things at that time of night, things that are less than rosy can often take on a tiredness-induced-glow that they really ought not to!I have been pleasantly surprised to come back here this morning and see that I do still actually like what I set up. hoorah!Not only was this place still lookin' good this morning, but I

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fresh.new.start here at knit.so.quaint!I was not a happy blogger back at my old 'home'. The place did not feel right for me....I felt like I had outgrown that little place, and needed a new haven to retire to. And here I am!new blog. new name. fresh. new. startI can hear you sitting there thinking (cos thoughts are loud) 'where the cahoozy did the name come from?'. Well my chicken, it came from

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