Knitting in Public - 2011

International Knitting in Public Day was last weekend, so while my brother and I were having a rare day out together in Melbourne City I got him to take a picture of me doing some knitting in public :-)
This picture was taken in Hosier Lane in the CBD of Melbourne. It is an ever changing, evolving public gallery of street art. And it's a very popular place to use as a back drop for all sorts of photography & film. While we were there on Saturday there were two couples having their wedding pictures taken :-)
It's sort of hard to see what I'm knitting, but it is the beginning of a braided i-cord necklace, made using gorgeous cherry red organic cotton. I'll show you some pictures of the finished object soon :-) I'm also wearing a cardigan that I made myself last week :-)
Have you seen anyone knitting in public lately? Have you done some public knitting? Do you knit on the train/bus/tram? Do people ask you about it when you're knitting in public?

Returned After a Little Break

Hello friends! I've missed you! I know, I know, it's been a long time since I updated my blog. I've been extremely busy (and most of it's been "good busy" :-)

I went away for a little holiday with one of my nephews, to Wilsons Promontory (in Victoria, Australia). We camped at the beach. Thankfully the weather was pretty good. It only rained a few times (yep, our tent leaked) I'm sure it would have been a funny sight seeing me in my leopard print pyjamas, in the pouring rain and howling wind, trying to fix our tent at 1am. Hehehe.

We did lots of swimming in the ocean, and the river. Archer, my nephew got bitten on the toes TWICE by bullants (ouch!!). We saw lots of extra hairy black possums, lots of beautiful birds (the Fairy Wrens are my favourite), a snake, lots of lizards, and lots of wombats!
In fact a wombat even broke into our tent! I was most unimpressed but Archer was thrilled (hehehe). I thought I had been so vigilant , going through all the pockets and bags, to make sure we hadn't accidentally left any food in our tent which might result in a wombat breaking in to snack on it... But I accidentally left an empty muesli bar wrapper in the tent and that's what he broke in for :-( Hehehe.

While I was away I got lots of ideas sketched in my book, and turned quite a few of those into reality in the form of more new laser cut jewellery!! So in the next few days and weeks you should be seeing some more new products landing in my Etsy store HERE (and some previews here on the blog :-)

Chat soon! xox

Christmas Sale!!

Hello friends!

Christmas is fast approaching and so is the Christmas Shipping Deadline! If you're outside Australia and you would like your order to arrive before Christmas Day then you need to place your orders no later than 6th December. If you're in Australia please place your orders no later than 13th December :-)

To help you along with your Christmas shopping I'm having a special SALE in my Etsy store! Simply use the special discount code XMAS2010 during checkout to receive 20% off your order!! Hurry, this special is only available until 8th December!

You can find my Etsy store HERE

Hope you're having a fabulous day, and thanks for visiting SharaLambethDesigns.com

xox Shara

Chunky Mitts Pattern

The pattern for these Chunky Mitts has now been published on Ravelry. And you can find it HERE & here

If you like to knit and/or crochet and

you're not already a member of Ravelry

I highly recommend that you join.

It's free to be a member and then you

will access to squillions of fabulous

patterns and reviews, ideas, tips,

and other like minded folks :-)

xox Shara

Mini Dachshund Laser Cut Brooch

Please welcome another new addition to my latest series of laser cut jewellery, Mini Dachshund! This brooch is made using sustainable Rimu wood, with a silver tone brooch pin at the back. He is wandering around my store with his friends Dachshund, Owl, Fawn, Fox and Whale. You can find them all HERE

Sunset Fingerless Gloves

I have published another pattern for fingerless gloves, and this one is a crochet pattern :-) These fingerless gloves work up VERY quickly with the easy to follow pattern, so they are great to make for a last minute gift (or when there's a sudden cold snap in the weather and you realise you can't find your usual gloves, hehehe).

They are made using 5-ply (Sports weight) yarn, and can be made in 3 different sizes, Small, Medium and Large. The pattern is written in both British and American crochet terms. The pattern is currently available through Ravelry here:

The gloves in the image above have been made using Drops Delight yarn in colorway #10.

Stay tuned for more patterns coming soon :-)

Owl Laser Cut Brooch

Hoo-hoot!

This sweet little owl will be happy perched upon your shirt, whispering wise words all day long :-)

This brooch is laser cut from sustainable Rimu wood and has a silver tone brooch pin at the back. He is from the same series as the other creatures: FOX , BIRD, DACHSHUND

This Owl and his friends can all be found in my Etsy store HERE and my DaWanda store HERE