And then there were none...

The creeper in the back garden has been finished off by the strong winds over the last weekend. You may think I'm mad for photographing this but ever since I've had a digital camera, I've always promised myself that I would take pictures of this amazing creeper. In the dead of January when there's nothing growing, it cheers me up to see this majestic plant in all its splendour.

At least the sumac tree is still doing its best to cheer me up...


and the grapevine is hanging on for dear life...

Back to the knitting...

My Linen Drape bag is turning out to be a right old plodder.


Here's a close-up of the stitch pattern.

You can find the full pattern in Rowan's It's a Tape Thing pattern book.

Along with the orange River Tape, I've also used a purple and orange mystery ribbon yarn, which I got from Kerrie at Kerrie's Place.


The original pattern, called Karee, was designed to be used with Rowan Cotton Tape which stretches much more.

I should have used larger needles, such as a 10mm rather than a 7mm to make the stitches looser.
I've got some yellow Linen Drape to use up, so I will use a larger needle with those and pretend they are designed to be a matching set.