Gift Guide Page Four.

Gather Gift Guide / From the top left: Rowan SUMMER TWEED Silk/Cotton yarn, HANDPRINTED TOTE by Harvest Textiles, Book MADE BY HAND by Lena Corwin, Handpainted KNITTING NEEDLES by Nikki Gabriel, TRAVEL JOURNALS by OCheck Graphics, HANDSPUN HANDYED WOOL & SILK skein by Woolwench, TRIANGLE KNITTED CUSHION by Gather, KNITTED CACTUS by Odds & Ends.

Gift Guide Page Three.

Gather Gift Guide from the top: Digital PRINT : PORTRAIT OF A BIRD by 'in my backyard', Merchant & Mills SHELL BUTTONS, Book WOODLAND KNITS pattern book by Tiny Owl Knits, MERINO & POSSUM yarn skein, HANDPAINTED ALPACA yarn skein, LE CAHIER NOTEBOOK by O-Check Graphics, raw MADDER ROOT PLANT DYE, CROCHET NECKLACE by Parisian designer, Sophie Digard,  Rimu DARNING MUSHROOM, naturally dyed bush twine BILUM from Papua New Guinea.

Gather Gift Guide Page Two.

Gather Gift Ideas / Products in store from the top: Hemp and Organic Cotton ZIPPER POUCH from 'in my backyard', Rowan CREATIVE LINEN knitting yarn, HUI TEATOWEL from Tofutree Art and Design, PAPER to PETAL hardcover book, '75 whimsical paper flowers to craft by hand', HOUSE AND GARDEN PRINT by 'in my backyard', MACRAME by Spoonful Design, POLKA DOT KNITTING NEEDLES, Handyed HANDSPUN MOHAIR by WoolWench, Applique and CROCHET SCARF by Parisian designer Sophie Digard.

Gather Gift Guide Page One.

From the top: 'Forage' WATERCOLOUR PRINT by 'in my backyard', TOTE BAG in 'tulip print' by 'in my backyard',  ECO recycled cotton yarn by Twilley's of Stamford, PETAL AND TWIG book 'seasonal bouquets with blossoms, twigs and grasses from your garden' by Valerie Easton, CROCHET SCARF by Parisian designer Sophie Digard, WRAPPING PAPER by OCheck Graphics, Merchant & Mills 25 FINEST NEEDLES, WIDE BOW SCISSORS, Rowan SUMMERSPUN COTTON/WOOL blend yarn, RIMU KNITTING NEEDLES.

My Veggie Patch at Gather

Anna from My Veggie Patch has installed an outdoor edible garden at Gather.  A great design of tiered pallets cascading with climbing beans, strawberries and nasturtiums, and is causing a sensation on the street being tourist photographed even more than the pink bike. We are also stocking My Veggie Patch product line of planted garden pallets, watering cans, plant flags & seed packets at Gather.

PDF Download

The Poncho Construction knitting pattern is now available as a printable PDF download for $3.95 on our web shop.

Clearance on Ebony Knitting Needles

On our Gather online store, we are clearing our beautiful ebony knitting needles, which are now less than half price.  Take advantage of our free shipping offer which ends tomorrow.

Our Free Shipping starts tonight.....

From midnight tonight, FREE SHIPPING on the Gather online shop to all New Zealand addresses with purchases over $55, and all overseas addresses for purchases over $100.  Have a browse.....

Free Shipping on the Gather ONLINE store...

This GLOBAL free shipping offer begins on 1 November and runs for 1 week only on the Gather online store.

New Summer Collection

Linen/Cotton knits, out in stores now, at all Taylor Boutiques, Aroha & Friends, Pappilon Boutique and Est in Melbourne.  Each piece is handmade in my New Zealand workshop.
Images from Taylor Boutique online store.

Peppermint Magazine Feature

I am featured in this month's issue of Peppermint Magazine's article on NEW KNITTING, which also features Swedish Designer Sandra Backlund, who I exhibited alongside at the RMIT Endless Garment Exhibition.  The story includes a great full page image of my studio.

CONSTRUCTION KNITTING for CLECKHEATON

The Nikki Gabriel for Cleckheaton pattern is now available on the Gather online shop here, or as a complete knitting kit here.  The kit includes the pattern and yarn required to make complete garment from small to large.

Gather Online Shop

The Gather Online Shop is updated with new goodies: Hanging Macrame for Plants and Vases and Textiles from Paris designer Sophie Digard.

It's Spring again at GATHER

Kim from Lushka Flowers has created this 'wildflower installation' in our new hanging macrame at Gather.  She turned up with a big bucket of wild jasmine, roses, lavender, poppies, cornflower, grasses and other pretty stuff to conjure some Spring magic in the shop.  Imagine the scent in here - it's really wonderful.  The macrame will be on the Gather online shop soon, if you're inspired by this idea for yourself.

CONSTRUCTION NO.4 in ONLINE SHOP

My Triangle Knitting Project: Construction No.4 pattern is now available to purchase on our Online Shop, and WOOLI is back in stock.  I'm so excited about this pattern, particularly because it has the free additional Annex to it, which is an extra pattern to creatively use more triangles, with an embellishment project making braids and tassels. Construction No. 4 garments require 15mm knitting needles, and the annex requires 25mm knitting needles to make. 

Melbourne Workshops

This workshop is sailing along beautifully; it's proven that 2 days is a good length of time for attendants to really explore the idea of customizing their Construction Knitting Pattern.  So the Hellenic Republic is a few doors down for the best value lunch in town (a $12 lunch box special of 3 courses), and possibly the best coffee in town right next door at the Brunswick East Project.  It's my second last day in Melbourne, and I'm soaking up every bit in while I can.

In Frankie

In the new issue of Frankie you will find a free pattern for the Gnome Hood; which is our little teaser to get you inspired for the Construction No. 4 pattern, which will be launched online soon.  Speaking of online, Frankie seemed to have forgotten to print our website address alongside our extreeeemly generous free pattern offer, but we're hoping the Frankie reader is google savvy enough to find us J!.  I also need to desperately correct the caption that says I "make-to-order-garments"; so No, No, we don't, so pleeease do not email me with this request, ask your aunty or your mum instead!!

DIY Design with DANIEL EMMA

I'm quite a fan of the D.E. product, so when this D.E.(y) workshop popped up I jumped at the chance especially as I'm researching a new type of collaborative design practice called 'participatory design'; where the designer creates the tools and systems for the user to be co-designer, and assemble and adapt the design to their particular needs or taste.  This systems design is now something that is being used for product (see Droog's downloadable design), architecture and implementing new I.T for offices. Well if you're wondering what all this has to do with knitting, the answer is design has to do with everything, and hey, haven't you seen the Construction Knitting projects.  So Daniel Emma created a beautifully laid out set of materials and instructions that we used to make geometric shaped moulds to pour plaster into that made functional objects such a vessel, a magnetic paper weight and a wall hanger, which we then could finish to our liking with paint and and pigments.  D.E. do not consider themselves makers, so the novel experience of this workshop was being involved in their process of design thinking and problem solving, plus they were super generous hosts with their attention.