Are men ‘man enough’ to knit?

There is a bit of a knit­ting renais­sance tak­ing over the world. It’s cool, it’s hip and as proof, the ulti­mate gen­tle­man of hip­ster cool, Ryan Gosling, likes to unwind after a long day with some yarn & pair of nee­dles — he’s described a day-long knit­ting ses­sion as “one of the most relax­ing days […]

A great yarn — what Tash did next

Remem­ber Tash from It’s A Tree? Not con­tent to rest on her lau­rels — or tuis, or flow­ers, badoom chish — she’s kept her­self busy in the world of wool, open­ing up Hol­land Road Yarn at 281 Jack­son Street, Petone. We thought we’d have a chat to Tash and see exact­ly what was going on…