This episode is mostly one big Eye Candy where I share all of the crafty purchases I made in Japan and since returning home. There are also a couple of ongoing Handy Dandy knits.
Eye Candy
All of my acquisitions from:
Okadaya
Daruma
Walnut
Stationery stuff for crafting
Coburg Yarn Market
Handy Dandy
Dione by Natasja Hornby
Started swatching with newly bought Tarndie yarn
Haskins by Veronica Avery
Finished the back and the front
Need to do sleeves but had to unravel erroneous version and wash yarn first
Minor tweak to the pattern (mirrored increases instead of non-mirrored)
Special techniques used
Heart Full of Craft
Gratitude for a generous friend - I asked for a favour and they turned it into a gift!
Resources
Mentions
Craftee Cottage (LYS)
Walnut (Amirisu)
Itoya (stationery)
Neue (stationery)
HandKnit & Crochet Guild, Annual Market
Refining the Transition from Ribbing to Stockinette, by Roxanne Richardson
Binding Off in the Middle of a Row, by Roxanne Richardson
Patterns (on Ravelry)
Knitted Four Corner Bag by Julie Weisenberger
Traveler's Bag & Pouch (sewing) by Daruma
Highland Spring by Annie Modesitt
Dione by Natasja Hornby
Haskins by Veronik Avery
Yarns (from my LYS, or on Ravelry)
Amirisu, Parade
Daruma, yarn from Japan
Tarndwarncoort, yarns from Polwarth sheep
IxCHeL Fibres, Yarns & Art
Bendigo Woollen Mills yarns