Country Style Magazine has released a CRAFT Issue out this month.  They commissioned me to design the Chunky Cable Chair Cover, which is kn...

Announcing Construction No. 4 and Melbourne Workshops.  Construction No 4 is a new pattern in the Construction Knitting Project series, and...

That chilly Melbourne Winter must be coming on by now because the re-orders for Wooli, patterns and needles are coming faster than I can pa...

I found this wrecked old mannequin at an auction house with a revamp in mind.  I had to call on a friend who's a bit of a master wood tu...

The NZ Herald newspaper magazine Viva, has published in their Mother's Day Special edition that they Love the Merchant&Mills Sewing ...

Our Gather shop is a haven for Mother's Day Gifts.  Here are some suggestions. A Gather Gift Voucher, or 1.Sewing Notions Gift Box from...

Some late Autumn workshops will be held at Gather in Napier.  To register or for any enquiries,  email us at the shop. 

A fresh batch of hand-dyed fingerless gloves from Pene Durston have arrived in the shop ,  all the way from Melbourne.  Knitted in an Angor...

Just sent some nice big shipments of Wooli to Koskela in Sydney and Est in Melbourne, for those looking for local stockists.

The Gather Shop has just had its first birthday last week, and I'd quite forgotten to celebrate, until I received flowers and messages ...

I've created some Chunky Knitting projects for the shop.  Massive 35mm knitting needles made from recycled pine, and 100% Wool slivers w...

Auckland University's Knitting Symposium was a whole day of presentations on Research in Knitting, held at the new Auckland City Art Ga...

I have a range of beautiful handspun tussah silk in the shop , hand dyed by myself with a selection of our natural dyes.  The silk is from a...

We've created a little outdoor garden around the shop bike, hoping that will now prevent people from climbing, and trying to carry it of...

A nice alternative to chocolate!, Our Amigirumi display in the shop should inspire an interesting Easter hunt this year.

We've created an Easter ' Amigurumi' display in the shop.  If you're not familiar with this craft, it is a miniture style ...

' The Love of Knitting Blog ' has an interview and competition to win a copy of 'The Handknitters Yarn Guide' ; a book I wr...

My new bespoke yarn; Wooli is now available on my Online Shop .  And a reminder that if you're not motivated to knit yourself, I do hav...