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A group of knitters will gather at Food Lovers Market in Bungendore to celebrate World Wide Knit in Public Day! This is a casual event open to all - bring your knitting or crochet, have a cuppa at the cafe (they have pretty yummy cakes and other food, too!) and celebrate your craft with others. Open to all skill levels! I will be there in the afternoon after 1:30, but feel free to come in at any time. Location: Food Lovers Market, Bungendore 50 Molonglo St2621 Bungendore, New South Wales (opposite War Memorial Hall on Kings Highway)

You may have seen our beautiful Regenbogen yarn cakes in our store. They are gorgeous hand-wound yarns that are perfect for creating multi-coloured shawls, ponchos and in fact anything where you would like to have a gradual colour change.Rellana Regenbogen yarn is made of four separate parallel strands of yarn. After a certain interval, a new colour is added to the yarn.  These colours are added gradually by hand to create a beautiful transition. This is achieved by tying a single strand of yarn in the new colour onto one of the four strands of yarn. You will notice a small...

We have just added a whole new yarn variety to our collection: Adina cotton by Rellana. Adina cotton is a 100% cotton yarn that is tightly plied with an almost silky surface. It is combed and mercerised and very robust. Wash it in the washing machine at up to 60 degrees Celsius. This is the ideal yarn for crochet projects, particularly bags, pot holders and other projects that require a denser yarn.  In fact, I am about to add some great patterns to the website made for this yarn, so watch this space! You can knit with this yarn, too....

Once you start crocheting, you might come across some of the more unusual techniques, such as hair pin crochet or Tunisian crochet (also known as cro-hooking or coo-knitting). And then you may find that you need unusual tools such as a double sided crochet hook to work Tunisian crochet in the round or to create two-coloured pieces that will have one colour on one side and the other on the reverse side.  The Universal Netting Fork is needed for hair pin crochet. Have a look at the video below on how to use the universal netting needle - there are absolutely...

This event is SOLD OUT. Please get in touch and let me know if you would  like participate in a future knitting workshop.    Introduction to Continental Knitting2 hour workshop Suitable for: Beginner knitters and for anybody who has been knitting ‘English style’ and is curious to learn how the other Europeans knit. Why would you want to learn continental style?- Continental style knitting is easier to learn for a beginner than English style knitting. - Continental style knitting is also known as ’speed knitting’ - find out why!- Continental style knitting is easier on your joints and may be a...