Hats Galore

I did my volunteer work today at our local tourist information centre, gee I get some comments about my loom knitting, it always starts with 'What are you doing?' followed by lots of AAHH's once I explain and give a small demo.

The hat in the photo to the left was created using a 'Picot Cast On' which Brenda GA created, the pattern for the Picot Cast On can be found at Brenda's Blog-click on the 'Loom Lady' link which can be found on the right hand side of this page.

Once the Picot Cast On is complete the rest of the hat is knitted using the e-wrap knit stitch, once it is long enough, just cast off using the gather method.

The flower was created using 3 different coloured felts and a ladybird button. There are 6 ladybird buttons stitch on the hat in various places.

This hat is a variation of the first hat, I just used a contrasting yarn for the Picot cast on edge and the flower was made from an I-Cord which was from the same yarn and then just stitched and shaped into place.

Hope you like them!!

Loom Knitting:My first original Design

I have never been able to knit with needles and then I discovered 'knitting looms', as I live in Australia, I had to source the bulk of looms and patterns from the USA and England.


After I had successfully completed some hats that actually looked like something, I decided to get a bit adventurous and to have a go.

The result was the gorgeous bag that you see in the photo on the left, it is a drawstring bag that I designed and knitted on a Knifty Knitter round blue loom.

til later

I have Arrived!!

Well, I'll be, I just created my first ever BLOG.

I guess the best way to start this off is to tell a bit about ME!

My name is Angela, I am 43, married for 12 yrs but have been with Ian for 27 years, on the 13th October this year.

I live in a small town called New Norfolk which is in the heart of the glorious Derwent Valley in Tasmania. Tasmania is the beautiful island state of Australia.

We have no children BUT do have; 1 Australian Cattle dog (Blue Heeler)-Rennie (who will be 17 on Valentines day), 1 Persian cat-Mooey (12yrs), 1 Turtle-Turk (10yrs) and 1 Sulphur Crested Cockatoo-Tooktook (52yrs).

So as you can see I have quite a varied household.

My major addictions in life are; Loom knitting, writting stories, my husband.

I also enjoy the following things a great deal; being a member of my local Spinning Club, volunteering at the local tourist information centre, cooking, reading, listening to music, watching dvds, playing PC and PS2 games and making my internet connection pay for itself.

I hold 2 part-time jobs, 1 as a kitchenhand/waitress in a small 4star accommodation and the 2nd is in retail sales, I don't get enough work of either of them.

I don't quite know how I will use this blog but I imagine it will contain things about me, I don't know if I am very interesting but I will do my very best.

I will add some photos as soon as I can.
Cheers.