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knitting vernacuar some fairly ordinary knitting from Northland, New Zealand.
The blog is primarily focussed on wool and alpaca that I spin, dye and knit myself. The alpaca fibre is from our 4 alpacas, fleeces are bought in.
Interested in very simple stitch patterns and repeatable or modular designs like blanket, afghan,and peggy squares. Intested in the found rather than the bought where possible.
Interested in the local and what happens when the local is subject to international influence. Interested in what makes knitting here in New Zealand unique and grounded or placed in the landscape (social and otherwise) here. Interestd in the idea that we are all worlds unto ourselves and that the specificity of where we live makes our knitting unique. Interested in the introverted side of knitting, reflective, home based, personal. Interested in nostalgia nad how that afffects what and how we knit.
includes inks to my ravelry friends websites under subjective category headings.
spinning, handspun, dyeing, thrifty,natural dyes, fleece, wool, alpaca
I write about what's on my needles,
learning to spin,crafty bits,the occasional recipe and places I visit around Tasmania.
Knitting and crochetting is like learning a new language - only with these crafts you need pictures as well!
In this blog I try to offer simple, easy patterns of my own, and discuss other items that I'm making along the way and any tips or tricks that I can offer and hopefully help other people who may have similar trouble.
Most of my patterns tend to be practical things, or baby related items as a lot of people in my life are having kids like you wouldn't believe!
Crochetting is new to me - I learnt about 6 months ago and am enjoying it immensley. I struggle a bit with the american version of stitches as compared to the british version, but as I make more things I get better at the conversions - like I said before, it's a new language that requires pictures!
I publish my patterns and achievements on Ravelry.com under the name renjet. It's a very useful site for managing all the little details of knitting and crochetting - organising your needles, yarn and patterns you'd like to make.
Aussie & NZ Knitblogs Weblogs of Australian and New Zealand Knitters.
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