’A Southern Summer’ was a pattern club designed with the Southern Hemisphere 2011/2012 summer in mind.

The Button Lovers ebook is a discounted package featuring 2 patterns by Kelly Brooker, perfect for showcasing special buttons.

’Matariki’ was a pattern club designed with the Southern Hemisphere 2012 winter in mind.

The Tamariki e-book features 2 companion/sibling patterns, Tama and Hine.

The Vertebrae ebook contains both the Baby Vertebrae and Kiddy Vertebrae patterns.

The Woodcutter’s Baby hat is a pattern designed to compliment the After Hours Woodcutter vest.

When delightful new yarn turns up in the mail, I want to cast it on straight away to see how it knits up. The perfect item to do this with is a hat – one which sees you knit from the crown down, so the colour of the yarn is readily apparent.

Spring time in New Zealand comes with beautiful sunny days, however a biting wind still makes it’s presence felt.

The Kea (Nestor notabilis), is an endangered native New Zealand parrot.

After a hard day walking the woods and felling lumber, the woodcutter is in need of a little rest and relaxation!

Baby Sunshine is a half circle blanket, constructed from the top down.

Mama vertebrae is a casual frontless cardy to keep your back and arms warm.

The tale of Little Red Riding Hood was first published in the late 17th century. At the time it would have seemed perfectly normal for women and girls to wear hooded capes, for warmth and protection from the elements.

As we grew up, my cousins and I spent every school holidays at our grandparents house, on a giant dairy farm.

My early years were spent in Northland, where the people are tough and unpretentious. We lived on a large dairy farm, and getting up early to milk a herd of 300 dairy cows required a good warm potae! Most mornings while travelling to the cowshed we would come across wee possums (an introduced pest in NZ) whom had met their fate under the wheels ...

My early years were spent in Northland, where the people are tough and unpretentious. A ‘flashy new car’ in this part of the world is a ute……even more admired if it comes pre-muddied from driving along the unsealed gravel roads!

Lady Cornwall is the adult interpretation of the Cornwall Park Shrug

The vest (or sleeveless cardy) is knit bottom up. The body of the knit is full (no little round bellies poking out between the fronts!), and the vest is closed with either a single button or ribbon inserted through an eyelet row (or both).

The sunhat is knit utilising the top down raglan shaping method. This pattern features lace, which is both charted and in written format.

The Mangere Bridge Beanie was a wee surprise offered to members of the ’A Southern Summer’ pattern club.

The shrug is seamlessly knit utilising the top down raglan shaping method. This pattern is written in full lace, which is both charted and in written format.

Kiddy Vertebrae is an open fronted cardy to keep your little girl’s back and arms warm.

Wahine is a top down, seamless knit with delicate short lace sleeves.

Baby Vertebrae is a frontless cardy to keep your little one’s back and arms warm.

little scapulae is a cute wee shrug to keep your little girl’s upper back warm.

newborn vertebrae is a frontless cardy to keep your little one’s back and arms warm.

HINE - the beautiful sister pattern to TAMA

The All Seasons Cardy is a top down, seamless lacy knit for toddlers and young girls.

What a wonderous sight to see the wand duel that ensued between our favourite boy wizard and his evil nemesis.

HINE is a girl - the beautiful sister pattern to TAMA

Outdoors, beneath a solstice sky…..a wee girl feels the whisper of cool breeze.

TAMA - a classic raglan sweater with clean lines, and a focal buttonband running along the raglan increase.

TAMA…is a boy - a classic raglan sweater with clean sharp lines, and a focal buttonband running along the raglan increase.

Beyond Puerperium is a very simply styled cardigan, with a focal buttonband running along the raglan shaping line.

The Autumn Cardigan was developed after seeing how much my daughter enjoyed wearing her store-bought layering cardy’s in the transitional seasons (Autumn and Spring).

Puerperium is a very simply styled cardy, designed to be easy for new parents to dress their babe in the puerperium period (6 weeks post birth).

Naked is a dishcloth pattern utilising the faggotted lace stitch to create a cloth with excellent grip, while still being gentle on yarn consumption.

The March Sisters: Amy Pinafore

The March Sisters: Beth Pinafore

The March Sisters: Meg Pinafore

The March Sisters: Jo Pinafore

Pinny for a Dolly is a set of 4 dinky wee pinnys to fit the anatomically correct dolls many toddlers have.

Lewis Carroll shared with us the surrealism and nonsense that Alice found on the other side of the mirror in “Through the Looking Glass”.

Vanilla is a soaker designed to be very simple.

This blanket/cardy is knit from the outside in, starting on a long circular needle and finishing up using magic loop/DPNs.