Inspirations, information, pictures and patterns
I can't really talk about what this is yet ... Because it's a present. But it's the beginning of something bigger. A series of stash buster items that only take one ball to make. I've got a list of things to try that's getting longer all the time, but if you can think of any 1 ball project you'd especially like to see, in knitting or crochet, let me know in the comments. … [Read more...]
Here's a stunning video on linen and its uses, following production from growing flax right through to contemporary design uses. Thanks to Kathleen Fasanella's marvellous technical blog, Fashion Incubator, for putting me on to this. BE LINEN MOVIE from Benoit MILLOT on Vimeo. I have a great fondness for linen as a material, in all its many forms. Co-incidentally, my namesake, the linnet, gets its name from feeding on flax seeds. … [Read more...]
Last month I attended the opening of a new store in Sydney's Inner West, Baraka HQ. (It's at 136-138 Georges River Rd, Croydon Park NSW, if you're ever in the area.) Run by two of the loveliest people you're ever likely to meet, Baraka HQ is the culmination of a life's dream for co-owners Kath Fry and Eisha Saleh. I first met the pair at a fashion parade where they were showing their latest range at the time. I was there to gather information for an article I was planning to write about them. The venue was a gigantic hall in Lidcombe, the occasion was a Mother's Day event for the local Lebanese women's association. A women-only event, they had a DJ playing fabulous Arabic music, food, dancing and there was some serious revelry going on, let me tell you. Anything you've heard about how hard Muslim women can party, when they're all together with no men watching, is all … [Read more...]
A friend emailed me with this question, so I thought I'd share my answer with everyone. Take the end of the thread from your spool that is sitting on the thread-holding contraption (that feeds the thread to the needle). Instead of taking it through the machine to the needle, take it to the little thread guide at the far right hand side of the table. Thread it through the little hole in the thread guide, then back, over and around the tension discs so the thread slips between them. The thread should be travelling from above, down the back of the tension discs and back towards you from underneath. Then take the end of the same thread to the bobbin, which you will have placed on the bobbin winder at the near right hand side of the machine/table. Wind it from below, up and over a few times. Push the bobbin winder down so it clicks into place onto … [Read more...]
