The Everlasting Bagstopper bag.
Originally uploaded by GeoWombats
I love the Knitty website.
This was my first time for knitting with circular needles.
Allhemp yarn is not easily available in Australia so I started this using hemp twine with the idea of making a produce bag. For all of those little fruits that roll around inside a larger bag. It’s not finished yet but it’s definitely doable for a beginner.
Check out my progress with this on Ravelry.com.
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Grandma’s Ugly Favourite dishcloth, originally uploaded by GeoWombats.
I forgot to photograph this back in January when I was trying this out. I couldn’t find the right gauge cotton back then so had to settle for this rather ugly cotton. Believe me, this was the best out of a really bad bunch of colours. No wonder it was on the clearance table. And it’s all scrunched up because its been in the nappy bag as an emergency wipe up cloth.
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So my parents inadvertently brought me up green.
Not because they were avid environmentalists, but because they were both born in the 1920s and grew up in an austere time and then a downright awful time in occupied Holland. Frugality was not an option.
Then they emigrated and took up farming – a completely new life. The boldness of this now astounds me. It was a huge decision to make especially when they already had one child.
Anyway, there’s something about being pregnant that brings out the nesting instinct in me and S brought out a desire to knit. Or rather a desire to spend money on pretty yarns when walking through Spotlight.
And so the MIL’s Mystical scarf was born. Of course I didn’t take any photos of it although this was my very first finished project since making peggy squares at primary school. You certainly can’t go wrong with a big square that is entirely garter stitch and a novelty yarn hides all of your sins. Perfect.
The result is this year is the year of…drumroll…
Welcome 2008!
