More Crafty Inspiration

I’ve been fiddling a bit with the look of my blog, I hope you like, possibly more tweeking to come as I get cleverer at this stuff.

The other day I received my copy of the latest Rowan book through the post and as usual there is heaps of inspiration.  Much to my delight there are a few jumpers that Sam, my eldest teenage son likes and I have bought a few yarns to swatch and try out.  His favourite design is called Rover by Erika Knight, my only gripe is that it is not a seamless design and therefore I may have to try my hand at adapting the pattern.

I have also been thinking about taking up sewing as I love wearing skirts but they are few and far between in the shops.  So, I bought a copy of Amy Butler’s Midwest Modern book for inspiration and her Barcelona A-line skirt pattern.  I’m waiting for some new fabric stock to come in at Clegs and I’m looking into classes, so watch this space!

To top off my crafty book purchasing I bought a copy of “Meet me at Mike’s” by Pip Lincolne owner of the Fitzroy shop by the same name.  This book is chocca full of cute crafty stuff to make.  I keep hearing about this shop and keep promising to visit it, which I fully intend to do soon and of course I will report back as soon as I have.  Below are pictures of the super cute notebook cover and delicious looking pink Lamingtons from the book, I can’t wait to try!