tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88802420754109473382024-02-08T11:29:00.248+13:00Just One W.I.PIt's official, I'm a knitting nut.
Anything knitting related - yarn, needles, patterns, blogs and now a bit of custom knitting...I'm hooked.Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.comBlogger253125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-28976411980068968612014-01-27T20:24:00.002+13:002014-01-27T20:24:49.427+13:00M.I.A - Missing in Action<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Missing in Action. That's what it feels a bit like at the moment.</div>
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I definitely was getting a bit slack with the blogging last year. Interestingly enough my last entry was in July, which was also the same month my Father in Law passed away in 2013. </div>
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But October was really when everything was flipped upside down. On the 10th of October 2013 my husband came off his road bike at speed, taking the impact on his head - an impact which also caused his fractured clavicle (broken collarbone) and the smashing up of his helmet. And ultimately - his traumatic brain injury. </div>
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So, let's just say I haven't spent much time knitting, let alone designing patterns since then. I feel now (approximately 3.5 months later) that I really want to knit, but solo parenting 3 kids (7, 5 and 3) whilst my husband is a full time resident in a brain rehab unit can kinda keep you pretty busy and kill the ability to concentrate. Have I mentioned how much I'm looking forward to school being back next week???<br />
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Though, in saying that, how precious are my kids? (I've got to take this opportunity to show photos so you can compliment me/us on them!)<br />
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My husband WILL be discharged in the next month or so. But the reality is that being discharged doesn't mean that our lives will be the same. We sure hope we get back to something similar to the life we had - but we also realise that for now, our lives aren't the same and we'll just take things day by day. Thank you to everyone who has helped us out since then, I have a list so long it puts me off writing thank you's right now. I will thank you all personally, promise! <br />
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So, there you go. If you've been wondering why I haven't replied to your message about a pattern (oh I'm so so sorry!) or haven't commented on your projects lately, hopefully that might make things a bit clearer.<br />
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Wishing you a safe and uneventful 2014. Now go and kiss those kids of yours and smooch your partner. We never realise how good our quiet everyday moments are until we lose them (for a bit, hopefully).<br />
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Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-80478748193407483322013-07-04T22:56:00.001+12:002013-07-04T23:02:10.829+12:00It's got to be seamless.I was talking to a lovely friend and her Mum at school today and I mentioned with my current non-existent voice (laryngitis I suspect) that I was meant to be teaching a beginners knitting class this weekend at <a href="http://hollandroadyarn.co.nz/collections/workshops/products/beginnerknittingclass" target="_blank">Holland Road Yarn Company</a>. Anywho, her mother mentioned my friend used to knit, but the discussion evolved into how they could never be bothered sewing things up at the end. Who can? I showed them right then and there the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/greyson" target="_blank">Greyson</a> sweater my youngest was wearing and how these days, many people design and knit only seamless items. That there's no front, back, arms to sew together. Sheer brilliance.<br />
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I really think this is why knitting is so popular these days. I would never be bothered to knit my kids garments if I had to sew pieces up at the end! I know I can knit nicely, but sew? No. I do recall trying to patchwork together pieces of my first adult garment years and years ago, and trying to sew it so that everything matched up well enough. I remember vividly trying to sew together this blanket for a beautiful friend of mine who's most precious daughter Hope was diagnosed with terminal cancer...and whilst I did my absolute best at the time, I still grimace at the less than perfect sewing and piecing together.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Awww Hope, we still all think of you and your family often. How big your little brother is now xxx</span></div>
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No, there would be so many knitting bags with many more WIP's if the huge range of seamless patterns didn't now exist.<br />
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Seamless all the way! How wonderful are the fabulous ranges of circular needles these days, that we can just change tips and cable lengths to suit our projects. That we can just knit and virtually pop a garment on our children as soon as we cast off, or try it on numerous times whilst still knitting to get the length just perfect. All hail to the wonderful seamless designers out there.<br />
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I actually thought back to why I picked up my needles again after my first child was born - my next post I'm going to show you some oldest circular knitting and the patterns that got me hooked again. Be prepared for less than perfection! And imagine prickly yarn....(which I called wool then, because I called everything I knitted with wool then!) and birch needles with their terrible bumpy joins!<br />
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Do you ever sew items that need seaming? Why? What kind of garments?Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-63757818844554675422013-06-26T22:50:00.001+12:002013-06-26T22:50:56.283+12:00Yarn AlongI apologise profusely to those who left comments last week and haven't received comments on their own blogs in return! You see, in New Zealand when my Yarn Along posts go up, it's actually Thursday here. And on Thursday evening, when I planned to check in and catch up we were hit with a monstrous storm. Worst in 45 years, with wind gusts recorded of 200 kms an hour. We were battening down the hatches and as the lights flickered we ran to collect a torch or two, just in case... just in time. With that, the power went out. Luckily, we have a wood fire and I had a fully charged laptop, so whilst others wondered what to do (it was only about 7:30pm, but it's winter here in NZ, it was dark and cold and scary sounding outside), I sat down with a cuppa tea with water boiled on the wood burner, the laptop playing a DVD of Downton Abbey and knitted by candle light.<br />
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Truth be told, I should've been a little more forward thinking. The next morning we still had no power or phone, I'd used up all the bandwidth on my phone plan checking on others online and sharing photos in <a href="http://www.facebook.com/JustOneWIP" target="_blank">my knitting page on Facebook</a>, all the battery on my cell phone and couldn't recharge it on the laptop because I'd bled it's battery dry watching 2 episodes of Downton! Luckily we had power back later on Friday, the phone was finally reconnected on Sunday.</div>
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I wish I had photos of our trampoline, because it looks more cave now like than trampoline. The storm produced some pretty significant damage, but there were no fatalities, luckily. The trains should be up and running tomorrow again and hopefully all will have power restored by the end of the week, though most do already.</div>
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And reading - well, as I was last week, I'm still listening to <a href="http://jodipicoult.com/house-rules.html" target="_blank">'House Rules' by Jodi Picoult</a> and I'm still really enjoying it! The simplified web synopsis is: <br />
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I promise to catch up with all comments this week too!<br />
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Knitting wise, I'm so so close to finishing the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/little-hoodlum" target="_blank">Little Hoodlum</a> I'm knitting for my 6 year old daughter. She chose the yarn, which I never envisioned being a Hoodlum, but as I'm knitting this it's reminding me of a 90's garment, maybe a brightly coloured surfie style hoodie. I'm playing a bit of yardage chicken with the hood, so as soon as the main colour is used up I'll be kitchenering the top. <br />
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Maybe I'll have finished pics next week, hopefully! The weather really is not any good for taking outside photos today though. I did plan to go outside or at least snap some great natural light photos. These gloomy pics were taken at midday today. There's a cold front on it's way up the country and it's been cloudy here all day. We can normally see the sea from this window (see the double rainbow I took from the same spot earlier this week <a href="http://justonewip.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/double-rainbows-and-yes-yet-more-talk.html" target="_blank">HERE)</a> but today we can barely see the houses across the road!<br />
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And the book. I finished 'The Persimmon Tree' by Bryce Courteney this week and would thoroughly recommend it, especially listening to it as an audiobook. It was fabulous, I only wished there was another chapter at the end. I have heard there is a sequel 'Fishing For Stars' but the reviews are that it's drawn out and rather boring in parts so I'm not sure I want to go there. I have this frustrating habit of needing to finish things even if I don't enjoy them anymore and don't want to get trapped reading it. Has anyone read 'Fishing for Stars'? Let me know your thoughts if you have?!<br />
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I've started <strike>reading</strike> listening to 'House Rules' now by Jodi Picoult. I love Jodi Picoult and I'm only a chapter or two in at the moment but I'm really enjoying it. The blurb says it's about a teenage boy with aspergers and a fixation on forensics who gets mixed up in a murder. I can't wait to get to the nitty-gritty!<br />
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Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-51514002100558148932013-06-15T19:47:00.001+12:002013-06-15T19:56:44.666+12:00Double Rainbows and yes, yet more talk of knitting!We see a lot of rainbows where we live now. I think there have probably always been the same number of rainbows, but in our new house within the same area, we have a sea view and a stunning outlook - it's something we don't take for granted after years of feeling a little overlooked and hemmed in.<br />
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We've been experiencing rainbows pretty much every day this week, the combination of drizzly rain and sunshine is perfect for them isn't it? But there was a stunner on Friday, this picture can't even come close to how amazing it was as about a minute after taking this, it transformed into a complete rainbow with the lighter double rainbow outlining it. There was just no way to capture it in a picture though, it was just too huge and too close. So you'll just have to take my word for it!<br />
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I realised too late this week that I hadn't mentioned my KAL (knit-along) over on Ravelry <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/budding-designers-downunder/2585204/1-25" target="_blank">HERE</a> yet either. Everyone is welcome to join in (or just use the discount code ;) ) to knit any of my patterns during June. I know, I know, it doesn't leave people who are just finding out now much time! But there are smaller projects still eligible to be entered in the draw to win a prize - maybe just a dishcloth! And prizes for just loading a WIP (work in progress) picture too. I always welcome old WIP's too, the thought of languishing projects really upsets my just one WIP OCD!<br />
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Anyway, this poor neglected <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/j-j/primrose-3">Primrose</a> has been finished since last year but it took me forever to sew the buttons on and then even longer to finally get around to photographing it. It's been sitting in a 'to-do' pile sadly! But I finally got around to popping it on my Penny and taking a few photos this week! And it was well worth the wait and perfect for those just going into Summer in the Northern Hemisphere.<br />
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Whilst I'm sharing things I've finished lately, I also finished my first 'knitted by me, for me' socks. Love them! </div>
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Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-11063070597911450542013-05-29T20:21:00.003+12:002013-05-29T20:21:30.435+12:00Yarn AlongBrrrr...winter is coming! It's getting pretty frosty here at the moment. There was even snow on the nearby hills yesterday (which happens only a few times a year, and it's not officially winter yet!)<br />
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Please excuse the street light and roof of the house across the road. That streetlight annoyed me so much when I was taking the photo, but there wasn't much I could do about it!<br />
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What have I been knitting and reading at the moment then? Well, I'm a big audiobook fan and I'm currently listening to 'The Persimmon Tree' by Bryce Courteney. I'm really enjoying it actually, though I shouldn't sound surprised as I do love his writing.<br />
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The knitting - how are my socks coming along? Not bad compared to <a href="http://www.justonewip.blogspot.co.nz/2013/05/yarn-along.html">last week</a>, right? I finished the first sock not long after the blog entry and I tried it on. Oh my! I love it! I can see how people get addicted to this sock knitting thing!<br />
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It might not look like an awful lot of knitting either, but in the last week I've also released a new <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kidlet">pattern</a> and I've whipped up a new hat for my kindy-aged child. This is the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mimipita-earflap-hat">Mimipita Earflap Hat</a>, it's a free pattern and I really love the construction of it, though the sizing and translation have a few errors. But I do plan to whip up another and make a few changes <br />
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Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-84639050755257189382013-05-22T20:30:00.001+12:002013-05-22T20:31:17.939+12:00Yarn AlongI'm almost finished my first sock, it's a little bit exciting. They're my first 'knitted by me, for me' socks and although I cast them on in January, I'm quite motivated to get them finished now. I've been working on quite a few patterns lately, and there's something about getting a WIP finished, which is someone else's well written pattern (<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/basket-weave-rib-socks">Sarah Ronchetti's Basketweave Rib Socks</a>) and is for me - which makes it quite motivating! Plus, it's definitely getting cooler now and these would look so good with my black shoes for winter! Must.knit.faster!<br />
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The book, well, it's just adorable. My oldest sister had a copy of this book when we were kids and I fondly remember reading it many many times. It popped into my head the other day when I was trying to think of books I read that I could read to my 6 year old daughter. With that, I looked up book depository and bought it for the tidy sum of $6.50NZD. It's called <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Ordinary-Princess-Kaye/9780142300855">'The Ordinary Princess'</a> by M.M.Kaye and is the delicious tale of a princess who, when born is given the gifts of charm, wit and various other wonderful gifts from her Fairy Godmothers - until the last one, who isn't in the best mood at the time, gives her the gift of being Ordinary. And so, she grows up to into a mouse-coloured haired, freckled princess, who isn't content to simply throw a golden ball in the courtyard...but whose Father can't marry her off to any Prince either she's not your typical blonde and fair skinned princess. The story takes off when her Father hatches a plan which Amethyst (aka Amy) decides to rebel against.<br />
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Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-87431122761962182692013-05-09T20:24:00.000+12:002013-05-09T20:28:17.136+12:00Hats For EthanCome join us with our big 'Hats for Ethan' fundraiser!<br />
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Ethan is a lovely little 6 year old, who is battling leukaemia. His family have said that the money this raises they'll put towards buying a spare single bed, so that they can have a quarantine type room if needed this winter, with bugs and flu germs around. That's not too much to wish for surely, is it?</div>
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'Hats For Ethan' is a wonderful showcase which kicks off tomorrow, Friday the 10th at 7:30pm NZ time. The link is <a href="http://www.facebook.com/HatsForEthan">HERE</a>. If you join the group, click on the showcase album, or click <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.516643658397824.1073741826.485773484818175&type=3">HERE</a>, and you'll see all the amazing items up for grabs! Custom made hat auctions, starting at $10! Yarn kits of luxury yarns starting at $15! Beautiful 'buy now' items! Seriously, the range is just lovely - there cold be some amazing bargains to be had, but the aim is to raise as much money as possible for this precious little guy, so the more, the better! Auctions close on Sunday, what a lovely Mother's Day gift it could be to win an item - both for you, your hat recipient and Ethan and his family.<br />
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Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-6812425390809972672013-05-05T09:08:00.000+12:002013-05-05T09:08:09.363+12:00Final Reminder!I hate things that come in the mail that say 'Final Notice' or 'Final Reminder' - they're often things that will hurt my bank account!<br />
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But this will be my final reminder - for my knitting course in Hanmer from the 17-19th of May as the sign ups close this week!<br />
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So, it's now or never (well, till next time anyway!)<br />
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<li><em>Julia will also give a demonstration of how to dye yarn yourself using things you have at home</em></li>
<li><em>Students will be working through a pattern for a child’s garment written by Julia with the aim of completing it over the weekend.</em> </li>
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But wait, there's more! I have a wonderful friend who happens to live in Christchurch and is a very talented knitter and yarn dyer - so Rachel Booker, of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/featherbrushyarns"><span style="color: #339999;">Featherbrush Yarns</span></a>, will be joining me for the weekend! I'm so excited about that!<br />
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Don't worry that you'll be bored if you know the basics, I have plenty of tricks up my sleeve to teach how to knit speedily. I'll also be teaching Continental knitting (which I have somehow omitted in my blurbs!), which is a different way of knitting for most people.<br />
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Sign up information is <a href="http://www.amuricommunityartscouncil.org.nz/?page_id=254">HERE</a>. The cost for the course is $110.Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-75160470398841930082013-04-29T14:22:00.001+12:002013-04-29T14:22:38.150+12:00HousekeepingIt's time I did a little housekeeping with my patterns. All of them need a few changes to be made to the copyright statement to reflect my decision to go License Free, so it's actually a really good time to give them all a little tidy up. If you know of any errors in any of the patterns, could you please contact me and I'll look into that pattern and hopefully delete any more gremlins that are floating around.<br />
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And isn't this photo cute! I actually took it last year when Red Riding Hood Yarn ran a little Olympics inspired competition of her own. The green garment my David is wearing is a short sleeved <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/j-j/greyson-6">Greyson</a> - I think he looks super cute! It was knitted in RRHY too, one I think I even came up with the name for - 'Green with Envy'<br />
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Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-65307201504624669982013-04-11T14:59:00.000+12:002013-04-11T15:57:34.781+12:005 Random Things About MeSarah from <a href="http://www.sezzaknits.blogspot.co.nz/2013/04/5-random-things.html">Sezza Knits</a> tagged me in a '5 Random Things About Me' post the other day and I thought, hey, why not. Let's see if I can come up with 5 random things!<br />
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1) I'm left-handed. I used to wonder if it was because when I was 18 months old I lost the tip of my little finger on my right hand in the hinge of a door and had my hand bandaged up for a while. But I think I was always meant to be a leftie. I was the only leftie in my family and I think I've always liked that I am a little different in a completely socially acceptable way!<br />
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2) I LOVE music. Love love love it. I feel happiest when the radio is playing and I am one of those annoying people that whistle everywhere, without realising I am doing it. I often hear myself whistling away at the supermarket to the music that plays through the speakers there and think that it must be really annoying. Then I'll refrain for a bit, until the next song comes on and most likely I'll just join in again without thinking. At home I think I sing (and dance, it's hilarious to watch I'm sure) along, whereas in public places that's probably a bit odd to walk up and down the aisles signing at the top of your lungs to some song on the radio. My FAVOURITE purchase last year was getting a radio/cd player finally put in the car. How I lived so long without music in the car I don't know, but now it's there I couldn't be without it.<br />
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3) I'm not a worrier. I don't lose sleep thinking about things. If I hear something that upsets me or I don't like, I generally try and do something about it. If I can't do anything about it, I'll be deeply saddened or frustrated, but not worried.<br />
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4) I think I have a little bit of an obsessive compulsive personality. I can never stop at just one. It's all or nothing. So I can either open that packet of biscuits and expect to have inhaled them all within an hour, or leave it there for a week. I can never buy one skein of yarn or have just one book from a series of books (I LOVE books)<br />
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5) I'm the middle child of 5, 4 girls and then one boy. I do find birth order theories and studies quite interesting. I like to think I can get on with pretty much anyone, though I'm not sure if that's to do with birth order or just who I am. And would you believe it, but although I grew up in Hastings, me and all my sisters have all made our homes in Wellington. It's brilliant. In fact it needs a blog post all of it's own one day...that's if anyone would find reading it remotely interesting! <br />
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In my own knitting circles, people are always keen to a knit night and a catch up - of course a bit of knitting takes place along with yarn sharing, pattern showing and general gossiping. But as the weather gets cooler, the leaves start to turn golden brown and the mornings start to feel chilly - the motivation also ramps up.<br />
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Me, I've been relatively motivated lately. I have two patterns to have to Hannah of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RedRidingHoodYarns">Red Riding Hood Yarns</a> for her yarn club in the next while (ha ha, I'm not going to say exactly when, I don't want to give away exactly which month I'm designing for!) but today I wrote up the beginning of another pattern, named it (yessss! Love that part) and I'm hoping to get this one up and ready for testing in the next couple of weeks. It's getting cooler, it's time to start knitting! And seriously knitting - not just procrastinating about getting my knitting out.<br />
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Ps - I've just joined Twitter too! You can find me there as 'justonewip'. I don't really know what I'm doing or saying there, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it soon! I do so love all the knitting updates others post.<br />
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<br />Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-8681962545704786332013-04-06T06:00:00.000+13:002013-04-06T06:00:01.818+13:00Primrose - Perfect for both hemispheres right now!Introducing <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/primrose-12">Primrose</a>! Sadly, a beautiful pattern - which never made it to the blog as it was released amongst a haze of house selling/buying 'stuff' (Open homing and the like).<br />
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But I'm so proud of Primrose, and love the look of the pattern so much that it definitely deserves it's own blog post still! I was just thinking the other day, that at this time of the year, Primrose knitted in wool, is perfectly suited to both hemispheres. The days growing cooler in the autumn of the Southern and the still cool but growing warmer days of the Northern.<br />
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<strong><em>Primrose - The Little Sister Pattern To </em></strong><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/katniss"><strong><em>Katniss</em></strong></a><em><strong>.</strong> <br />Pretty. Feminine. Delicate.</em><br />
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I had wonderful testers of the pattern - just look at some of these photos! One thing I was pleased to learn during the testing, was that Primrose seems to suit older girls, just as well as younger. A true knit more than once type pattern. <br />
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Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-3803429431061038812013-04-05T06:00:00.000+13:002013-04-05T06:00:01.791+13:00All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!It's so hilarious when children lose their teeth! Penny's lost her two top front teeth in the last week and it's just so funny looking at her!<br />
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To this (23rd March):<br />
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Here's my blurb from the <a href="http://www.amuricommunityartscouncil.org.nz/?page_id=254">website</a>:<br />
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<em><strong>Course - </strong>Beginner Knitting – seamlessly and speedily. In this course Julia will introduce the basics of knitting in the round including:</em><br />
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<li><em>How to read a pattern</em></li>
<li><em>Knitting basics – knit, purl, increasing, casting on and off</em></li>
<li><em>How to fix mistakes</em></li>
<li><em>How to check gauge</em></li>
<li><em>Useful links and resources</em></li>
<li><em>How to wind yarn into a ball from a skein</em></li>
<li><em>Julia will also give a demonstration of how to dye yarn yourself using things you have at home</em></li>
<li><em>Students will be working through a pattern for a child’s garment written by Julia with the aim of completing it over the weekend.</em> </li>
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But wait, there's more! I have a wonderful friend who happens to live in Christchurch and is a very talented knitter and yarn dyer - so Rachel Booker, of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/featherbrushyarns">Featherbrush Yarns</a>, will be joining me for the weekend! I'm so excited about that!<br />
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Rachel actually dyed and knitted this <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/little-hoodlum">Little Hoodlum</a> for my David! My pattern (and model lol), her yarn and knitting - a beautiful combination I think!<br />
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Hannah's note on her RRHY Facebook page says:<br />
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<em>This year, the Winter yarn club will run for 3 months over May, June and July, then there will be an extra month that will be signed up for seperately, to give those who cannot afford a whole 3 month club a chance to get in on the action :) </em><br />
<em>You can choose to either purchase a boys, or a girls spot and will recieve all packages to suit.</em><br />
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<em>I will have 36 places available this year, 18 boy spots and 18 girl spots.</em><br />
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<em>The standard price this year will be <strong>$180</strong> and includes postage within New Zealand. For Aussie club members an additional postage charge of <strong>$20</strong> will be added. Other International members will have additional shipping.</em><br />
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<em>You will have the choice to recieve both sets of patterns ( so if you're doing the girls club, you will also recieve the boys patterns) for an extra <strong>$10</strong></em><br />
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<em>Sign ups will be on April the 3rd at a <strong>10PM NZT </strong></em><br />
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<em>Your Name</em><br />
<em>Your Address</em><br />
<em>Whether you are NZ Residential, NZ Rural or Australia ( only open to Kiwis and Aussies sorry)</em><br />
<em>Whether you would like a <strong>boys spot</strong> or a <strong>girls spot</strong></em><br />
<em>Whether you would like to receive the extra set of patterns ( so boys patterns if you purchase a girls club and vice versa) for an <strong>extra $10</strong></em><br />
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<em>Payment can be made by bank deposit (nz) or paypal ( both NZ or International. If NZ then please choose gifted so you pay the fees) <strong>no later</strong> than Thursday the 4th.</em><br />
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<em>Spots will be on a first in first served basis and are limited to <strong>18 girls</strong> and <strong>18 boys</strong> spots.</em><br />
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So, sign ups are today! <br />
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Grab your passport! Because the RRHY club is taking participants on a trip around the world, each designer (great designers too! Sarah Ronchetti, Kelly Brooker, Cathy Rubin - plus me in there too) is coming up with designs for a specific country.<br />
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I have been working on a few patterns when I've felt like it over the last couple of months, but now that I have them named, watch this space! 3 are already destined for something special...more about that shortly, but the 4th I'm hoping to have ready for testing shortly so I can tie the release of it in with an upcoming KAL spot in the fabulous <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/budding-designers-downunder">Budding Designers Downunder</a> group in June.<br />
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<br />Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-91282858009977289532013-04-01T06:00:00.001+13:002013-04-01T06:00:01.408+13:00My Designing SpringboardI'm so lucky to have a sister who designs patterns. I've written before about having a sister who happens to be also a talented designer. Man, it's so nice to be able to talk to someone close about the designing process and show her top secret designs, talk about names and colours and problems!<br />
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/sarah-ronchetti">Sarah Ronchetti,</a> my little sister, has just celebrated her first anniversary of releasing patterns. And with 22 well written patterns under her belt! Talk about diving in at the deep end! But I'm so proud of her and I love telling people of her designs. At a playgroup we both go to (we live probably 3 kms away from each other) I often point out the beautiful things her Amelia is wearing to other knitting admirers as being one of Sarah's designs. Super clever!<br />
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So go check out her <a href="http://www.sezzaknits.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/happy-easter.html">blog</a> - join her <a href="http://sezzaknits.blogspot.co.nz/p/mailing-list.html">mailing list</a> and look at her <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/sarah-ronchetti">patterns</a> if you haven't before - or go check out all her new ones! I particularly love the look of this <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jamies-hats">hat</a>, which was first released in Knit Now but now can be purchased via Ravelry.<br />
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We've had a wonderful Easter - celebrating today with family that were around and a little Easter Egg hunt inside (seeing as it was raining and we have dogs outside that would've loved eating eggs intended for children!) I wish I'd thought to get the camera out for that. But here's a few snaps of my children enjoying eating chocolate!<br />
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Yesterday we caught up with our antenatal group for a hunt in the local reserve followed by a cuppa. I love our group - I suppose we're all postnatal now seeing as our oldest bebes are 6 and a bit years old - but it's a group of the most fabulous families I would likely not have met otherwise! And 6 years later we still have 9 families (though sadly two have recently moved away from Wellington) and 20 children between us!</div>
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I think that Easter always marks the beginning of knitting season too! Well, of course you can knit all year around - but the weather starts to get cooler, the days shorter and clothes need to start getting snugglier! Bring on the knitting! <br />
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<br />Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-26277818521235281012013-03-26T22:33:00.002+13:002013-03-26T22:46:45.311+13:00And.....I'm back!I know, I've read you should never apologise for not blogging as most of the time people haven't actually noticed, but it's been a long time since I last posted and a lot has happened. No, no new babies (phew!), no deaths in the family (phew!) - but last year we did go through the process of putting our house on the market, pulling it off (and letting go of a good offer) drawing up plans to build on, getting it priced and then <strong>BAM</strong>, throwing it back on the market and selling unconditionally in about 3 weeks. That was before Christmas. And then there was the long drawn out saga of trying to find 'the' house. <br />
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Well, we found it. And we're in it. And unpacked. And loving it and all the space...and the view! We didn't have any kind of outlook before, so it's a real treat seeing Wellington Harbour and the many boats in it! <br />
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Sorry! Enough of the scenic pics! I know most people find them incredibly boring! We can see planes taking off from Wellington airport too - I'm wondering when the kids will get bored of waving to them going overhead. Gotta love kids!</div>
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Here's a few of other things...'fun' stuff like fence building, possums in the fern next to our house (it actually started growling at us, it was a little menacing!), gingerbread bears (thanks Cal and Morgue!) and dancing in the long awaited rain</div>
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Along with losing teeth, sick days and reading books, chillaxing in new bean bags and cookie monster worshipping</div>
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So, here I am, back in the land of the fully functioning, again. With new knitting patterns ready to be written and developed and new exciting ventures on the horizon! And with a new office and yarn room! That's pretty exciting considering at my last house the yarn lived in bins under kids beds and in wardrobes and even some stacked up in a potentially flooding garage. Now, all my yarn 'babies' have been reunited, well, in stacking bins anyway. Can't wait to finally knit some of them up! And each of my real babies have a room to call their own and they sure are enjoying that!</div>
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Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-68250605773235906352012-11-03T12:00:00.002+13:002012-11-03T12:19:14.482+13:00Yarnies I love - #5 - Olive and EmmaLast in my series of yarnies I love, but most definitely not the least - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/OliveandEmma">Olive and Emma</a> is a relatively new business as far as yarn dyeing businesses go, but she's started with a hiss and a roar! And that's no surprise considering Emma dyes stunning colourways - both variegated with a matching trim as well as lovely rich semi solid colours. <br />
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I have knitted with a fair bit of Olive and Emma yarn - Emma kindly helps me out, providing me with just the right colour I'm after for test knits or projects for the children. It sure beats trying to find the right colour in shops! I have a number of projects lined up for the remaining O&E in my stash.<br />
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'Stone' for my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/j-j/greyson-2">Greyson</a></div>
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'Evergreen' for my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/j-j/katniss-2">Katniss</a></div>
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This is a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/j-j/small-things-romper--sweater">Romper</a> I knitted for David in her 'Ocean'</div>
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I know right! Super cute! And the colour is so perfect for my gorgeous blue eyed boy. I always wanted to knit one of these and when my last ever bebe, David suddenly was 18 months old I realised it was now or never!<br />
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And here's David again, this time as a little baby - but wearing <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/j-j/bundle-of-joy-2">knitteds</a> in yarn Emma had dyed and gifted to me to <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/j-j/pebble-henrys-manly-cobblestone-inspired-baby-vest-2">knit</a> up. Emma is super generous and has been dyeing for years, but giving most of it away to her friends. Actually, she's still incredibly selfless and often pops extras in my parcels, such a lovely surprise everytime I order!<br />
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Hmm, maybe I have a bit of a thing for blues and greys? You think?<br />
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On my 'to do' list is to order a variegated and trim set from Emma - she dyes the most divine colours! I don't actually have any in my stash - but here's a pic of one of her recent stockings - you see a mini set, some semi solids and some variegated sets. Delish right?<br />
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Can you believe she's actually a very busy mum of 2 young children as well? She does regular stockings on her <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/OliveandEmma">Facebook page here</a> but if you ask nicely, she does custom orders as well. <br />
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Check out all the lovely projects knitted in her yarns <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/brands/olive-and-emma/projects">HERE</a> or stashed colourways/yarns <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/brands/olive-and-emma/yarns">HERE</a> on RavelryJuliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-52193889349815672352012-11-02T21:10:00.002+13:002012-11-02T21:10:44.349+13:00And the giveaway winner is...<a href="http://trulymyrtle.blogspot.co.nz/">TrulyMyrtle</a>! Congratulations! I'm sorry I was a little slow with drawing the winner of my <a href="http://justonewip.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/sweet-treat-giveaway-for-blogtoberfest.html">Sweet Treats Giveaway</a> - I've been a little caught up with sick kids and pattern designing testing! <br />
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But it really didn't take long to plug the numbers into Random Number Generator and for it to throw out a number and winner for me.<br />
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I'll be in touch regarding your prize! And thank you to everyone who might've popped over and visited my blog from Blogtoberfest. I definitely intended to blog more often, but it just didn't happen as much as I'd have liked!<br />
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JuliaJuliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255642989189184363noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8880242075410947338.post-38165761723208466522012-10-26T14:31:00.000+13:002012-10-26T14:33:53.273+13:00Beware the Killer Queue!With the countdown to Christmas well underway I sat down and organised a bit of a queue the other day. I can't share specifically what it is I HAVE to knit because then people might see what they're getting for presents and swaps, but un-specifically it looks like this:<br />
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1 - Primrose prototype #3 (and maybe 4)<br />
2 - Christmas decorations for swap - 6 more I have to make and if I want any for us then 1-3 more (the kids quite like them and would like one each, of course!)<br />
3 - Present for Penny's teacher (at the moment this is a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/j-j/poplar---the-scarf-2">Poplar</a> scarf in a gorgeous teal colour using <a href="http://www.facebook.com/oliveandemma">Olive and Emma</a> yarn - so it should look exactly like this <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/j-j/poplar---the-scarf-2">one</a>)<br />
4 - Scarf for lovely Poplar models that got married this year (I really need to crack on and knit this so that it's not on my to do list anymore! Yarn is all ready to go!)<br />
5 - Finish a scarf that's languishing as a WIP. Probably because I don't know who this will be for and the colour, whilst I LOVE it, doesn't look good on me). It's knitted in a pattern I wrote, but which I'm waiting on the release of...but I probably should finish it so I have one as a project)<br />
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And in there I need to knit a few more new pattern prototypes too...preferably sooner than later because the sooner they are done, the sooner I can get the pattern out for testing and it's almost all written now, I just need to check the pattern by knitting it and make any changes as I go. If only I could knit in my sleep!<br />
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So, 60 days<br />
3 scarves<br />
6 (-9) decorations<br />
1 (-2) Primrose tunics<br />
2 prototypes<br />
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And maybe some dishcloths for a few swapsies. Maybe.<br />
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Doable? That's 16 items in 60 days. One every 3-4 days. I better get cracking!<br />
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<em>Just a few of the yarns that need knitting before Christmas - there is more needed/planned, but this is just what I managed to grab for the photo</em></div>
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What have you got in your queue? What have I missed? What knitted items do you like giving? Is your queue longer than mine?<br />
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