Women work hard in Latvia. It being Women's Month in South Africa in August this therefore seems an opportune time to share one of my interactions with some of these hard workers. In my experience South Africa still has a
Mittens are a great accessory to have on hand (pun intended!) and I'm a big fan of the fingerless mitten variety. I particularly love this very light and soft pair knitted in our Cowgirlblues Kidsilk yarn.
A poncho is my winter favourite, and this one is very soft to wear and knit and the stripe yarn combination gives it interest and texture. I have a couple in my cupboard from when we first started out and
Since we started dyeing up our 2018 new colours I've been looking for interesting ways to work up the yarns to show what they can do, and it's not always easy to keep coming up with new ideas. So on
If you are looking to learn a new crochet skill then I highly recommend joining us for one of two tapestry crochet workshops with Cathy Wagner, well known tapestry crochet teacher based in Joburg who will be down in the
After exhibiting at H&H in Cologne last month I spent a week in Hamburg, and it was very, VERY cold, by South African standards anyway. There was snow, so I'm not exaggerating about the cold! So I knitted up this
Travel is my greatest source of inspiration. I'm a very visual person so I take loads of photos, and pick up printed pictures whenever something catches my eye. As you can imagine, visiting a trade show is like heaven from that
I don't know about you, but I usually have several projects on the go. At least one of them needs to be an easy knit that doesn't require too much concentration, so that I have an excuse to relax and
I don't know about you but I've had a pretty crazy year, and creating knitting patterns hasn't been high on my agenda. In fact, as you can see from the blog posts on the site - patterns pretty much haven't