Ferla Box Bag Pattern Released

    Just a quick post to say that the Ferla Box bag pattern is now available through Ravelry. I had the great pleasure of working with some wonderful patern testers in tidying up this pattern and today the sun shone long enough for me to take some pictures outside. The pattern is available from my usual pattern outlets via the ‘miscellany’ page of my pattern store

Ambleside

Last Weekend my parents were visiting so we decided to go to the Lakes for the day. It’s the perfect time of year to do so – not too busy, no long queues of traffic that always put me off in high season. We had a beautifully sunny day and wandered around Lake Windermere up into Ambleside. The lakes are stunning – we actually have a view of the hills from the front of the … More Ambleside

Ferla Box Bag

The Ferla Box Bag was inspired by a desire to recreate my favourite bag, bought in Italy some years ago and slightly past its best, in knitted form. This project has been in the development since October last year but is now with pattern testers so should be ready for release soon. Originally I thought it would be an opportunity to work with some wonderful tweedy yarns I’d been given that weren’t really suitable for clothing. I’d  … More Ferla Box Bag