Sonia Knits – The adventures of a Melbourne Knitter
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I’m a knitter and a spinner living in Melbourne, Australia. I love acquiring stash and occasionally I even use it. I knit for myself, my husband and the babies in my life. I have made great friends through this passion of mine. Blog by Sonia.
Sonia Knits – The adventures of a Melbourne Knitter
1w ago
Yippee my Paul Klee Sweater by Midori Hirose is all finished! I’m very happy with how it has turned out. The yarn is from Kate Davies’ Advent calendar of 2023 which included all the colours from her Milarrochy Tweed yarns, plus all of her new colours released in the club. It was a very happy ..read more
Sonia Knits – The adventures of a Melbourne Knitter
1M ago
We have begun the third month of the year, which means I’ve cast-on for yet another jumper! Both January and February jumpers are still incomplete, but I’m enjoying them both thoroughly. I have reached the point in my painting bricks sweater (February), where I actually love it! I was having serious doubts about this one ..read more
Sonia Knits – The adventures of a Melbourne Knitter
2M ago
When I began the ‘fun’ colour work part of my Painting Bricks sweater last week, I suddenly got ‘Coogi’ jumper vibes, and not in a good way. If you’re not familiar with Coogi take a look here. Believe it or not, Coogi is still around but I don’t think they have any retail stores, at ..read more
Sonia Knits – The adventures of a Melbourne Knitter
2M ago
I’m a little tardy in beginning my February Sweater, it’s so hard to squeeze in such exciting things during the work week. But I have now indeed cast on for my February Sweater which is to be Stephen West’s Painting Bricks Sweater. I’m using the 8ply minis from my My Creative Garage advent calendar for ..read more
Sonia Knits – The adventures of a Melbourne Knitter
3M ago
I’ve begun my Paul Klee sweater by Midori Hirose this week, and the yoke is flying along, I’m obsessed. Just one more colour, just one more chip. (I don’t even like potato chips all that much) Whilst I am working from the limitations of the 24 colour palette of Kate Davies, Milarrochy Tweed (compared to ..read more
Sonia Knits – The adventures of a Melbourne Knitter
3M ago
Happy New Year! I love a fresh new year, planning and goal setting are my favourite things to do as a maker; and it makes perfect sense to do that on the first day of the year. But before I go ahead, I wanted to share the completed hedgehog ornament with CA and you all ..read more
Sonia Knits – The adventures of a Melbourne Knitter
3M ago
With just two days to the New Year, my Amina sweater is FINALLY finished. This would have to be the longest time it’s taken me to knit a single jumper, having cast on for it in June. So for someone who likes completing things on a regular basis, this was torture. Am I happy with ..read more
Sonia Knits – The adventures of a Melbourne Knitter
5M ago
It’s almost a week since we arrived home from Japan, and I’m taking my time to get back to everything. It’s been six years since we visited Japan, and this was our fourth visit. We were chaperoning Damian’s mum in our first week in Tokyo. We did a couple of arts & crafts classes, Laquer-Makie ..read more
Sonia Knits – The adventures of a Melbourne Knitter
7M ago
Last weekend I took a class in Machine Knitting! I’ve been a hand knitter since childhood, but I’ve never had a chance to try out knitting on a machine. Growing up, mum had a knitting machine, it was a ‘punch card’ one, I can tell she was pretty proud of it. None of the kids ..read more
Sonia Knits – The adventures of a Melbourne Knitter
8M ago
That’s what I’m thinking when I look down at this! What a sight! Progress on my Amina sweater has been slow, on the front at least, the back piece is nearly done. I have been unwell this past week or so, making working on the intarsia front difficult. But I’m feeling positive and excited, I’m ..read more