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2025 was a very difficult year for me. I had a LOT going on and both my physical and mental health suffered. I lost the ...
23/02/2026

2025 was a very difficult year for me. I had a LOT going on and both my physical and mental health suffered. I lost the feeling of joy that I had grown used to from slow crafting.
This year is proving to be equally difficult, but I’m trying to implement small things into my day to help.
Such as knitting, reading or sewing during my lunch break.
Today I’m getting in a few rounds on a sweater project that is an idea that’s been taking up brain space for a while now.
It feels good.

Woolfest ready!
23/05/2025

Woolfest ready!

My proper sample for the Ladies Lunch Dates Hoodie is coming along nicely. I’m down to the pocket on the body so I’ve sw...
20/02/2025

My proper sample for the Ladies Lunch Dates Hoodie is coming along nicely. I’m down to the pocket on the body so I’ve switched to the hood.
So loving these colours on Paul’s Stitch’s Brew yarn.

Ladies Lunch Dates Hoodie in the works. Designed with casual strolls to the corner shops, wandering around the park or w...
11/02/2025

Ladies Lunch Dates Hoodie in the works.
Designed with casual strolls to the corner shops, wandering around the park or walking the dog, or, you know, a lunch date with your people in mind. 😎
Relaxed hood. ✔️
Roomy kangaroo pocket. ✔️
Cuffs that can be worn multiple ways. ✔️
Long enough to keep your kidneys and your bum warm. ✔️
So good!

She’ll be ready for test knitting very soon.
Yarn for this sample is a commercial yarn from stash. Check back soon for a version in Stitch’s Brew.

Last Xmas club reveal. These are from the Mini Treats option. 12 x 20g mini skeins in either Silky Humps (50/50 baby cam...
10/02/2025

Last Xmas club reveal. These are from the Mini Treats option. 12 x 20g mini skeins in either Silky Humps (50/50 baby camel/silk) or Stitch’s Brew (merino, nylon, bronze stellina).
I had a LOT of fun coming up with the colours for these and thoroughly enjoyed the moment I was packing them and had both bases side by side like this where it really shows the difference fibre makes to the final colour.
Each colour is the same dye batch across both bases and some are very close, while others are notably different.
I find myself wondering (yet again) why I didn’t dye up a set for myself. 😂 FOMO is real. 😋

I realized on the weekend that we never revealed the 2024 Deluxe Treats colourways. So here they are. 5 stunning 100g sk...
03/02/2025

I realized on the weekend that we never revealed the 2024 Deluxe Treats colourways.
So here they are. 5 stunning 100g skeins of Silky Humps 4ply in colours inspired by summer in Aotearoa New Zealand.

* Hokey Pokey
* Black Sand Beaches
* South Pacific
* My Favourite Jandals
* Pōhutakawa

I love everything about this combination except the fact I didn’t dye an extra set for myself. 😭
I think these would make an excellent striped project or, if stripes aren’t your thing some colour blocking, colourwork or as 5 gorgeous 1 skein projects.
What would you make with them?

Whirl wind dye session this morning before it gets too warm. Just a handful of skeins for one of this years designs. ☺️I...
30/01/2025

Whirl wind dye session this morning before it gets too warm. Just a handful of skeins for one of this years designs. ☺️
It’s a process.

I’m aware things have been pretty quiet on our social media so far this year… We’re still here, still creating, still be...
30/01/2025

I’m aware things have been pretty quiet on our social media so far this year… We’re still here, still creating, still being heavily influenced by our surroundings.
Everywhere I look in my wee home office is colourful and I LOVE IT!
I walk in of a morning and see art, plants, yarn, swatches, knit samples and the tools I use to make my clothes and designs and it fills me with joy.
It’s a delight and an honour to be in this space and I feel incredibly privileged that I get to work from here each day.
Can you tell what colours I have on the brain right now? 😂 🩷❤️💜💙💚

I’m slowly emerging from my Covid funk with a fun, casual/sporty vibe design on my needles. It started as me simply knit...
08/01/2025

I’m slowly emerging from my Covid funk with a fun, casual/sporty vibe design on my needles. It started as me simply knitting a Ladies launch Dates Sweater just for me (rather than being a sample), but the yarn and my needles had other ideas and it’s now a new design prototype.
This version is still just for me and I’m thoroughly enjoying the process and seeing each design detail emerge.
My current favourite part is the sleeve cuffs, but I can’t decide if I prefer them folded double, or when they’re folded out to be more of a built in fingerless mitt style. 🥰
I’m curious to know which you prefer (if either). So let me know in the comments. 😊
My constant knitting companion, regardless of the temperature is of course, Lilith. 😸

Getting Covid wasn’t exactly in our end of year plans, but life rarely goes to plan and here we are. We’re isolating and...
29/12/2024

Getting Covid wasn’t exactly in our end of year plans, but life rarely goes to plan and here we are.
We’re isolating and are OK. We’ve taken advantage of online grocery and pharmacy ordering with home delivery (left at the door so no face to face contact).
I’m finding that silver lining by taking advantage of the hours I feel well enough to do some nice simple knitting. Although, while taking this photo I’ve realized I worked the last 6 and a half rounds in the wrong colour. 😂
We’ll resume responding to messages and sending orders when we’re well enough to do so.

My favourite thing about this year has been how much I’ve gotten to stretch my creativity and learn a whole bunch of be ...
10/12/2024

My favourite thing about this year has been how much I’ve gotten to stretch my creativity and learn a whole bunch of be things.
I plan to finish the year in the same manner and am in need of a travel project. I do have a sock on the needles, but it’s black, and that my friends, is just not happening.
So… I got my pencil and paper out and have drafted something new and fun and have now cast on my first ever toe up sock. I’m excited to see if I end up preferring this to cuff down.
Yarn is some gorgeous sock yarn from that I won from as part of this years it’s gorgeous and the colour couldn’t be more perfect for me. 🥰

A new and improved version of our ever popular Whetū pattern is here! Whetū was my first ever release (though it was tec...
25/11/2024

A new and improved version of our ever popular Whetū pattern is here!
Whetū was my first ever release (though it was technically my second design) and we felt it was time for a facelift. I’ve added 2 new views (no beads and ALL the beads) as well as info for making a short and long version (long version with ALL the beads pictured).
If you have already purchased a digital copy either on our website or Ravelry then you should have already received an updated copy.
In celebration of both the updated Whetū and Christmas being just around the corner we’ve put together some gift packs, you’ll find these under Yarn Clubs on our website. Pictured is a sample of available options. The lace gift packs are more than enough for a couple of Whetū cowls but if lace isn’t your thing, there’s also a few 4ply gift packs.

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