The Gather Online Shop

Gather has had some travelling visitors from all over the countryside and from beyond the ditch. For those who can't get over to Napier to see the new Spring display of knitted birds, butterflies and beasties, marvel over the knitted cacti , ooh and aaahh over creamy plump wool cushions and blankets, and stroke the dreamy organic cotton summer knits, I've done my best to transport this magical tactile world of mine into an online store, The Gather Shop, which opens next week. And along with this, a sale of NG samples & seconds, + my new summer collection. Get ready to shop, most products are one-offs only.

SPRING AT GATHER

ARCHIVE COLLECTION

I was digging through archive images the other day and came across this from my W10 collection. Those who made it to my Melbourne Pop-up Sale last year would have scored some of these mohair and stainless steel knits. And this is a tip-off to not miss out on the next sale coming up soon, which will be on-line only. There will be some sample pieces from archive collections offered in the next sale; keep a look out for the notice on the blog. Most pieces in this next sale are one-offs only.

GATHERING CULTURE

Koskela collaboration with Regina Wilson.

MADE WITH CARE EP. 3: REGINA WILSON 'DURRMU' from Koskela on Vimeo.

KNIT WEAR

A beautifully written feature in American Magazine, KNITWEAR, by it's editor Eunny Jung. I especially enjoyed her quote "knitting patterns or serial art?" This is a cool knitting mag, with a really wide scope on contemporary knitting ideas. I love the minimalism of the knitting patterns in it.

KOSKELA WRAP-UP

Great shots here on the Koskela blog of the recent workshops held in Sydney on Construction Knitting.

Knitted Cacti

New In store; Knitted Cacti by Andrea Daniel from Odds&Ends. Genius!!

GATHERING

Pia Jane Bijkerk has been gathering floral finds from her neighborhood here; a beautiful documentary of memories. You probably know of this celebrity blogger, author and contributor to the Country Style Blog where she has recently written a feature on Gather. Pia also wrote this post on her experience of the Construction Knitting patterns here, a little while back.

HOMESTYLE

A feature in this month's Homestyle Magazine on my new shop Gather. Unfortunately my web address wasn't printed with the article!!- hopefully some readers will be google savvy enough to find me.

KOSKELA WORKSHOPS

I'm still buzzing with inspiration from the Koskela space where the construction workshops were recently held. While the Wooli yarn is sold out on the webshop, Koskela still has yarn in stock for those looking for it.

Country Style Photoshoot

Country Style Magazine. has just launched The Wool Issue with pages and pages of wool things. Amongst these you can spot my Bespoke Yarn, Knitting Needles, cup cosies, chunky knit Cable Sofa Cover,knitted Joanie lamp (a collaboration with Lightly), Knitted Dress, a chunky knitted lampshade, felted baskets, and some beautiful yarn which I stock at Gather). This was a huge workload to supply these pieces for this shoot, and what great satisfaction to see the work in such beautifully styled shots.

SYDNEY WORKSHOPS

Just arrived in Sydney and its freezing cold; perfect knitting weather!! Still some places left for Construction Knitting Workshops at Koskela. If you're a Sydney-sider it's not too late to enter The Sydney Thousands competition for a giveaway workshop session, plus some Ebony Knitting Needles. What a incredible and inspiring space Koskela is; I'm really looking forward to spending my next few days there. Although - I'm almost full to the brim with visual saturation after viewing some of the Sydney Biennale today at the new MCA building. By the time this week in Sydney is over I'll be FAT with ideas.

Follow Your Heart.....

SYDNEY retailer Koskela has struck a perfect chord mixing design and people, humming with delectable, tasteful experiences in one impressive new space. I'll be doing some Construction Workshops at KOSKELA from 6 - 8 July. Book directly with KOSKELA to attend.

HomeStyle

Sarah Horn was commissioned to take these photos for an upcoming feature of Homestyle Mag. I was on a crazy deadline to finish the Bangarra Dance costumes while she was doing this, so I just kept working all while she busied herself around me and the shop capturing images. Lovely shoot!

WORKSHOPS

Beautiful Yarns

Australian Country Spinners are currently creating beautiful publications and designs for their yarns. Their designer Ann, is creating some magic with this styling. I have just worked with her on a exciting pattern publication to be released in Winter 2013, a long way off, but worth the wait, as it includes designers Romance Was Born and First Born, and some construction designs from myself using their yarns. But right now in store I have some of their gorgeous yarns and patterns. I've never been tempted to work on other knitting patterns, but I'll certainly be knitting a few of these up for myself. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Merino/Angora/Silk blend - ooohhhh this is a stunning yarn, and I have the whole colour range in store. I quote from my Handknitters Yarn Guide that when angora is added to wool "The wool adds just enough drape to the fabric to be beneficial, while the presence of angora maintains a lightness and loft in the blend", and then of course the addition of silk adds a lovely lustre.

Crochet: I'm no expert with crochet, but you don't need to be for this publication; and it's encouraged me to make every design in here as each piece is gorgeous; from nanna squares to ponchos as pictured, to sweet little dresses, shorts and slippers. Keep a look out for Gather's crochet workshops of granny squares and basic stitches in June. The cotton yarn range for these patterns are in store. The yarn handles and drapes beautifully.

Mohiar, in chunky 12ply. Great patterns in this book, and as its a chunky yarn its quick, and easy beginner knitting. It's a great off-shoot from the construction knitting into the world of other knitting patterns. Nice colour range; I'm currently knitting the piece on the cover in the sage green.

Sock's are my next winter challenge. I have a range of this German sock yarn in store in 17 self-striping colour combinations and I plan to knit up every colour myself as its impossible to choose one colour over another. Keep a look out also for sock knitting workshops at Gather over June.