Zigo Zago in Castlemaine

Hello friends!

Over the weekend I was lucky enough to go to Castlemaine to visit friends and enjoy the local Arts festival :-) And I was even luckier when my lovely friends took me to the their local yarn shop! Zigo Zago is opened in February 2013, so it's still reasonably new. They had the most glorious collection of artisan yarns I've ever seen in one room :-)

I managed to control myself and only bought 2 skeins of delicious yarn :-) The yellow one is from The Fibre Company and is a Baby Alpaca, Merino, Bamboo blend and is so buttery and soft :-)

The deep, dark green one is from Cascade and is the 220 from the Heather range :-)

And this is a picture I took out of the window of the train on our way to Castlemaine :-)
xo Shara

Knitting Weather

Hello friends!

It's Easter Monday and the weather has suddenly turned very Wintery! An icy wind is blowing down through the hills, the rain is making a marvellous racket on the tin roof. It's perfect weather for snuggling up indoors with some knitting.

At the moment I'm working on the Manayunk Cardigan by Kate Gagnon Osborn. The pattern is beautifully written.

I'm using a Merino/Angora/Silk blend yarn in storm cloud grey & ivory, and it feels amazing. I wish it was already finished so I could be wearing it today!! :-)

Max the dog is keeping me company while I'm knitting :-)