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Montbretia Again

There is no good reason why I have made another Montbretia shawl other than this one is the one I always meant to make but didn’t quite have enough yarn. Montbretia is designed by Carol Feller for The Book of Haps. It is a very wide, asymmetrically curved shawl that is surprisingly easily to wear in […]

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Finished

I explored a new knitting strategy in a previous Postcards at Sea post.  This new practice of multiple (but not too many cast-ons is working well for me. Here is something that is finished!   This is Montbretia, the cover design for Kate Davies recent publication The Book of Haps (2016).  It is designed by […]

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The Just In Times…Shirt, Skirt, Shawl and Shield

OK, so this one is my last Christmas making post, the final wrap-up, the things just finished, just in time. I finished sewing the buttons on this linen shirt for My Man two days before Christmas. The linen comes from Lithuania via The Drapery in Adelaide and was a glorious 160cm wide. It was my […]

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