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Balinese sarong-style “alberthe” dress

I made a new dress, possibly the last summer sundress before our cold winter sets in for real… I was very fortunate to have a warmish enough day recently in which I could wear it to the beach and take...

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Bali, Indonesia; a travel wardrobe

Well! it’s taken me an awfully long time to get around to this!  several years in fact… I’m a little hazy now as to why I never posted this draft post before but well, I didn’t…. however, as mentioned...

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new jeans

honestly, I don’t ever encourage T to pose with me, he just does it all on his own. I’ve made some new jeans, and the overly wide-legged-ness of them is so funky and awesome … it’s silly but I am...

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little sludgy cardigan

…once again slithering in under the wire on the last day of the month with my knit-of-the-month!  For July’s effort I made a new little cardigan.  This is yarn that I bought during our hiking trip to...

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little pink jumper

I’ve knitted a little jumper… this is made completely from scraps and leftover wool from other projects and the (still) large bag of bits and pieces that Mum gave me a couple of years ago.  Something...

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green Japanese wool tartan

I know, I know … “tartan” and “Japanese” are not words that should generally go together but anyway, let’s not digress!  I bought a short length of this beautiful piece of wool during our recent...

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pink cushions

Hello!  My latest knitting project has been some cushion covers… I’ve had two cushions on our front bench for years, which had became bleached over time to a very unattractive dirty-greige.  I took...

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snuggly dress/shacket

I made this very snuggly and cosy shirtdress/jacket thingummy recently, the pattern is the new Fibremood Ildri … I think it is called a shirtdress, but it can obviously be cut shorter as a shirt or...

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pink and blue lingerie

Obviously the most worn items in just about anyone’s wardrobe is bound to be underwear… and so one is obliged to often update these things, even though you don’t get the benefit of showing of your new...

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indigo mestre shirt

Screenshot I made a new shirt recently, using the Pauline Alice Mestre pattern … and I just have to say that this new design is extremely impressive to me with many beautiful, clever and thoughtful...

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