Living in Hong Kong is definitely not the best thing for your knitting life. There’s really nothing about a semi-tropical climate that motivates you to pick up those needles, and so my poor little blog has been very quiet indeed. Luckily, I now find myself in Canada, surrounded by seasons that blissfully mimic those in […]

I realized that I haven’t blogged about this project yet… I think this was actually the very last piece that I completed in Japan. It’s kind of strange for me to be looking at these pictures now – I really liked using those familiar blue walls as a backdrop – but it’s time to catch-up […]

Happy (belated) Halloween! It’s a few days overdue, but I figured I should share this year’s costume. But first, a little bit of news… As you may have already noticed, I’m no longer “knitting in Japan”. This past August I said sayounara to my wonderful home of four years and relocated to Hong Kong. I […]

It’s a slow day at work, so I thought I’d use this time to write a little update! For those of you who don’t know, I’ll be leaving Japan in August. This country has been my home for the past four years and means so much to me that I don’t really know how to talk […]

As with many other knitting-related things, I first discovered the herringbone stitch through http://www.purlbee.com. Their big herringbone cowl and mimi herringbone scarf are both absolutely gorgeous, and they inspired me to finally try out herringbone for myself!        For this project I used Richmore’s Stame in colour #32. I loved the way this […]