Therese Pullover Pattern available

I have a new pullover pattern available. It's called the Therese Pullover.

A fitted, mosaic stitch pullover with stocking/stockinette stitch sleeves and mosaic stitch cuffs and a large collar, in a Wool yarn.  The single colour yarn I've used is Cleckheaton Country 8ply which is a machine washable wool, and has great colours to choose from.  The multi colour is Shepherd Colour 4 Me Prints 8ply, not just for kids! This is another fantastic Australian Country Spinners yarn. 

Therese Pullover
Knitting Pattern

Yarn suggested: 

• Cleckheaton Country 8 Ply, 50g balls, each approx 97m (106 yds) (100% wool) or any other DK / 8 ply yarn
•  Shepherd Colour 4 Me Prints 8 Ply, 50g balls, each approx 90m (98 yds) (100% wool) or any other DK / 8 ply yarn

Gauge: 28 stitches and 42 rows = 10 cm
in Mosaic Stitch

Needle Size: 4mm needles or size to obtain gauge.

Meterage:  1044 - 1611 m (1142 - 1762 yards)

Sizes Available: 74 (84, 94, 104, 114) cm 29 (33, 37, 41, 45) in

This pattern is available to buy from Ravelry for $US 6.25

Although it's three and a half years since I've posted in this blog, it seems that this is still the place where quite a few people are finding my patterns.  It's time to revive this blog!  I've renamed it to Wakeful Knits and I've changed the look a little bit.  I've added a tab at the top where you can find all of my scarf and cowl patterns. I'll gradually be adding tabs for other types of patterns too.
The latest project I'm working on is this slip stitch pullover.  Here's the completed back.  I'm partway through the front and hope to get a bit more done soon.
Welcome to my reactivated blog!

Slip Stitch Pullover Back

Determinism means never having to say "I hate myself".

Garden City Scarf

I've been participating in a Knit-A-Long with the Budding Designers Downunder group on Ravelry. This month's KAL is the Garden City Scarf by Sheryl Greenfield.

And here is my finished scarf!



It was a fun, quick and elegant knit. Now, who's going to be the lucky recipient? I'll keep you posted.

I was lucky enough to have a design published in the June issue of Yarn Magazine. It's the Lace Front Cowl.



Now I'm working on some fingerless mitts for an upcoming issue. It's so exciting to see one of my designs in a magazine! That professional photography makes me swoon. (The photo above is mine, not from the magazine, as you can probably tell).

A while ago I mentioned a mosaic stitch scarf. Well, in between all these other things, it is slowly progressing. It's a great project to work on while chatting etc, because the pattern is so easy to memorise, and you just keep going and going until it's the right length! When/if things quiet down a bit, I'll show a picture of it.