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It all started when I went for a visit to Pirinoa Station in the Wairarapa where my daughter, son in law and three grandchildren live. . Jono aged 12, and his friend Ben were setting traps for possums at night and clearing the traps early in the morning. I heard about the value of the …
I’m pretty useless at making a good pompom for a hat, so I’m knitting curlicues instead. A bunch of knitted curlicues can look pretty good on the top of a woolly hat. The decision was made when I photographed my version of the Ba-able Hat on a snowy morning. I thought the pompom looked a …
The Mapua Makers Market is on Sunday 1st June, and we are delighted to be bringing Maniototo Wool to it – the first market we have attended in the Nelson area where our wool is designed and produced. I’ve hand dyed some colourful skeins as a one-off batch specially for the market. One squishy skein …
Wellington Underground Market is having their “Wonders of Wool” theme market on 5th April and WE WILL BE THERE with all our fabulous wool to show off. As well as the 10 hand dyed Maniototo Colours, there will be a big bin of random dyed skeins in some fun colours, – and a some of …
Just take a look at the wooden display stands made for me by Joost. It just happened that Joost was emptying his woodshed, and sorting out his stash of wood accumulated over many years, when I was visiting Jocelyn, his wife, to talk about how to display the child sized knitted hats made with our …
Maniototo wool has been duly launched in its home territory at the Ranfurly A and P show. The Maniototo region lived up to its reputation of having very hot very dry summers. I sat under a willow tree to catch a breeze and knit a baby hat. Here is Darcy aged 9 months wearing the …
All the patterns I use are available on line, can easily be downloaded, and most are free. I spend a ridiculous amount of time researching designs on the internet and choose patterns that look as though they will work well with our wonderful Merino / Romney Maniototo Wool. I have a mounting pile of patterns …
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