Amanda Hickie
afterzoe@aus.social
<p>Novelist, bookbinder, knitter, gardener in Sydney, Australia. I like creating things and I'm shaped like lego</p>
Posts
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Post #3267912
A year and a half ago I was inspired by this post - https://aus.social/@lostletters@cutie.city/113440918120836611 from @lostletters. I fell in love with those colours and that pattern It took me another year to cast on. Over the last six months the project has morphed as I&#39;ve knitting but what I got out the other end still carries the inspiration of lostletters&#39; work even if it no longer used any of the pattern, design or even, really, the colourway This is the first garment I&...
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Post #2429659
Having just finished my big project, my niece said on Wednesday it would be nice to have a beanie for little L. I guess I really need a new project and there&#39;s plenty of leftover yarn in the cupboard because by Saturday morning there was this - (Pattern here - https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sheepish-little-hat-light) #beanie #sheep #knitting #StrandedColourwork
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Post #1699737
I&#39;m nearly finished a tunic I&#39;ve been knitting since last November. It&#39;s taken so long because even though I started intending to follow a pattern (well, two patterns smooched together) I kept being unhappy with it, frogging and then having to do research about how to make it look the way I wanted. Anyway, I&#39;m finally at the end. The pattern has you do a rib but I really didn&#39;t want it to come in at the bottom so I thought maybe seed stitch instead. Also,...