Mostly Knitting

Work in Progress

2008-07-09T04:13:12Z

If you're not in any of the Aussie groups on Ravlery you may be wondering where the hell I've been and why I haven't even been posting the latest episodes of Threadbanger and Decor It Yourself.

To cut a long story short, I've been very busy working on my latest project.

Introducing Blob Overton II (at 12 weeks):

Blob is now 14 weeks and 1 day and making me thoroughly ill but very happy :)

Watch this space for a whole slew of baby knitting over the next 26 weeks, plus a few things I'm knitting for Blob the first (now known as Miss Brittany and soon to be 15 years old)!

Contacting Me

2008-07-03T09:11:59Z

The contact form has been temporarily disabled due to spamming.

If you need to contact me please leave a comment on this blog post.

Catching Up

2008-06-14T02:32:58Z

Thank You!

2008-06-10T01:16:10Z

Thank you to everyone who purchased a book and/or made a donation to the web hosting costs for Knitting-and.com!

It turned out that I only needed just over $500 for the web hosting fees (due to the change in the exchange rate since I first worked it out last year - I'm in Australia) and we squeaked by with enough to pay for it this morning, with two days left :)

I can't thank you all enough for your help. Next year I'm going to save 5 times what I need (instead of twice like I did this year) so that even if DH gets in another car accident (not his fault), and we have to pay physio and rent and stuff out of savings, there will still be enough for the web hosting fees left over!

Also thank you for the nice notes that you sent me about the website and what it means to you. That really means a lot to me and makes me know that 12 years of my work are appreciated and worthwhile.

Web Host Costs - A Little Help Still Required

2008-06-06T04:37:19Z

I'm still $100 or so short to pay for my web host costs for the next year because they skyrocketed after I added the KnitWiki to the website, followed by a minor car accident, a banking stuff up and other fun stuff that ate up all of my savings.

They come due in just 10 days and I'm freaking out just a bit!

If you have enjoyed using any aspect of Knitting-and.com and would like to lend a hand I'd really appreciate it. I hate asking for help and will probably go and have a good cry about it after I post this but if you would like to help I have posted some destash yarns and a pair of hand carders for sale on my Ravelry Stash for Trade or Sale page*, or can accept Paypal donations made out to sarah@knitting-and.com

I will also be posting my beloved but unused Ettrick spinning wheel for sale tomorrow**.

* Please be assured that these are items I was going to sell regardless. I was having a major destash before I realised that my bank had stuffed up my pay cheque this morning.

** If you're interested in the wheel before I post pics drop me a line. It's an Ettrick Original with 5 bobbins and I'm asking $500. You will need to pick up near Wollongong. New cost is over $1,700

Decor It Yourself: Nesting in Your Back Yard :)

2008-06-03T21:18:22Z

Music to Knit By

2008-06-01T05:14:43Z

Threadbanger Friday

2008-05-30T19:34:38Z

Janome sewing tips, Sodafine and I really must try that hoodie everyone keeps making...

(Yes, I really am posting this at 6:30 am on a saturday. Busy day ahead)!

Decor It Yourself: Placemats

2008-05-27T22:08:59Z

Flower Looms and Threadbangers :)

2008-05-23T21:53:22Z

My kindred spirit in flower looming, Cathy of California presents this video tutorial on using flower looms.

Cathy also sells looms, books and ribbon straw so check her website out if you'd like to make flowers too!

For tutorials on many, many more techniques check out my small looms page.

Also this week on Threadbangers, make a sweatshirt with a jeans collar. I would finish it off with matching cuffs or some sort of detail to tie in the denim with the sweatshirt fabric a little more. But that's just me :)

Wall Decals, Reversible Placemats and Button Pendants

2008-05-20T21:46:39Z

This week on Decor It Yourself Meg shows us how to make removable wall decals. I had no idea that contact paper comes off so easily these days. I remember lining drawers with it in the 80's and you could never get the sticky stuff off. But now you can. Yay :)

Over on the Craft Magazine blog I found a link to this video tutorial on sewing reversible placemats from the Sewing Republic. I would hand stitch the second side of the bias tape so the stitching is invisible but I'm fussy about things like that :)

And at CraftyPod check out this tutorial for very cool button pendants. I'm thinking of making a couple :)

Flickr Favourites Mosaic

2008-05-18T02:14:06Z

1. Come on get happy, 2. Nauga Monster, 3. Wooden Puzzle, 4. thrifted, 5. Gingham!, 6. Ribbon Straw Flowers, 7. Monster Mash Close Up, 8. Crochet Pansies, 9. Hair accessories, 10. felted brooch, 11. vintage buttons, 12. LLAVEROS BUHO, 13. Ode to Kandinsky, 14. Vintage Pink & Blue Dishes, 15. Ultima compra en Suecia, 16. Flora_20 & Flora_50

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

Threadbanger Friday

2008-05-17T02:41:26Z

How to make an awesome shrug wrap thingy :)

31 Days of Flowers

2008-05-14T20:39:15Z

Over at Pink Paper Peppermints they're celebrating Spring with 31 tutorials for making flowers. I'm going to make some to cheer up my drab Autumn (about to be Winter).

Decor It Yourself: Make a Denim Apron

2008-05-13T21:49:20Z