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Self reliance and the yoghurt jar

12 April 2012
Now that the hot weather is over for another year, I'll have to bring my maturing yoghurt inside again. I've had great success over summer making yoghurt and leaving it outside on the warm verandah. I really dislike buying new equipment to make something we use here at home. I don't want any new appliances or gadgets here. I prefer to find a way of doing what I have to do without bringing in the specialist piece of equipment. Most of the time, it's easy to find a way.

When you make yoghurt, the milk needs to be held at a warm temperature for a few hours - or overnight. That temperature is easy to reach when you're warming the milk, so if you can keep the temperature constant for a few hours, you'll have yoghurt. Leaving it outside in the warmth works well. A warm day will give you the temperature you need, and often you don't need to leave the jar in the sun, it just needs to be sitting on the verandah in the warm air.

This is what I do. When the yoghurt is made in the usual way - there is a post here about it - I pour the warm yoghurty-milk into a warm sterilised jar. It's vital the jar is warm. Then I wrap the jar in a flannel sheet and place it outside in a warm area. It doesn't matter if it gets some sun on it occasionally, but it doesn't have to have the sun beating down on it. At the end of the day, I bring it inside and check the yoghurt is made. It's then stored in the fridge.

But now that the cooler weather is here, I have to find that warm space inside. Instead of flannel, in winter I wrap the yoghurt jar in a woollen blanket, then leave it on my laundry bench top all day. If the day is particularly cold, I might place the wrapped jar in a warm oven in the afternoon, but usually, just the woollen blanket is enough.

So if you've been thinking about buying a yoghurt maker, try this method first. You'll save yourself some money and increase your self-reliance at the same time.

If you've been following my cheese making ventures, you might be interested in this photo, taken yesterday, of the two camemberts made a couple of weeks ago. This is the white mould growing on the cheese. They smell divine and I can hardly wait to try them. It will be a couple of weeks more before we will taste them.

Hello to Sarah and Tim, thanks for sending the photos. Good luck in your new home.

  1. Don't we all love to be sitting on the verandah in the warm air? ;o)

    Lovely day!

  2. I make my yoghurt by bringing 1 litre of full cream milk up to blood temperature in a pan. Whisk in pot of active yoghurt and pour into a warmed 1 litre Thermos flask. Tighten the lid and leave for 24-36 hours until it reaches your preferred thickness. Tip into a bowl and cool in the fridge. Delicious.
    Sometimes I use dilute evaporated milk which gives a creamier taste.
    Its cheap to make and uses what you have in the kitchen.
    Helen in France

  3. winters in Johannesburg are a bit cold to make yoghurt without a heat source - so I use my rice cooker; the 'cook' setting is perfect to heat the milk and denature the proteins, and then the 'warm' setting is perfect to set the yoghurt. It means I don't have to buy another kitchen gadget, and it does almost everything! (I also use it for steaming, reheating instead of a microwave, and slow cooking)

  4. I incubate my yogurt in a gallon of hot water inside a small cooler (which I already owned). It works like a charm year-round for me, and it only needs to incubate for 3 hours. Love!

  5. HI Rhonda,

    We have had good success with our yogurt by putting the jars in a cooler box that I fill with hot tap water and leave for about 8 hours. It has always turned out well for us. It does not get warm enough here in Eastern Canada to be able to leave them outside. It would be nice to do though.

  6. I make my yoghurt without a yoghurt maker too. I place my jars in an esky and wrap in a warm blanket overnight (evenings is when its easiest for me to find yoghurt making time). If its a real cold night i'll add a few jars of warm water.

  7. I agree completely - always try the simplest (and very inexpensive) way of doing things first! Years ago I always made yogurt in quart canning jars, in a recycled cardboard box with an ordinary light bulb as the heat source. Never failed. I was amazed when the fancy plastic yogurt-makers started appearing everywhere, with fancy prices to match.

  8. I am spoilt with lovely bought yoghurt made in Gympie. It is my little treat and although I can make yoghurt it isn't as yummy as the locally made.
    If I'm making labna or such I do my own yoghurt.

    Rhonda I am watching those camemberts with eagle eyes. This is something I am really interested in. With mother's day coming up I could put in a request for a joint ( and useful) gift from the family. My usual requests are fruit trees or rose bushes. Both are such good value for eating or enjoying but this year perhaps something a bit cheesier will be the go.

  9. Hello, Rhonda

    When I make my yogurt, I put the quart jar of yogurt and 2 jars of hot water in a small cooler, wrapped in a few towels. It works well for me, living in a colder climate and not having a yogurt maker.

    Thanks for the cheese picture. I have decided that cheese is my next project. I am going to make ricotta this week, and will have to satisfy myself reading about the other types for a little while. I won't have the milk until we get a cow, which we're hoping to do in the next few weeks!!

    ~Melanie in Canada

  10. Natalie, where in eastern Canada are you? I am in NB!
    ~Melanie in Canada

  11. Like the above comments, I use an esky to keep the yoghurt warm. Already had the esky so nothing needed to be bought. Cheese is looking good. One of my favourites!

  12. Hi Rhonda,

    I did buy a yoghurt maker - 2 different ones in fact from ALDI and every yoghurt batch was a disaster:) The last few months I have been using little poppa's method for the slow cooker - I have really good (and consistent) results. My yoghurt maker is on its way to the next car boot sale - no point storing an extra electrical item

  13. Great to read all the ways to make yogurt. I fill my quart jars then place them on top of a heating pad set to low and invert my soup pot on top of the lot. I then cover the lot with a towel. SJ in Vanvouver BC Canada

  14. As my grandmother used to say, "There is more than one way to skin a cat." All these innovative ideas for making the same product! Hopefully these different ways of making yogurt will make people brave enough to try making their own. :-)

    Here in England, we rarely have the natural warmth required. I've been using my slow cooker with a recipe and process from Stephanie O'Dae's blog. You only heat the milk up for a little while, with the rest of the time using the slow cooker as an incubator.

  15. Not sure if anyone has mentioned above. I have a four day old baby so sadly don't have time to read the comments just now. My mother in law swears by putting rising bread dough and yoghurt in the car in winter. Just need to make sure the car isn't too hot. Eliza

  16. Well who's a duffer? I do put the bread out to rise in winter (as Eliza mentions above) but I never thought to put the yoghurt out. It makes perfect sense, the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean people must have done this in the past.

    Wasn't butter discovered by milk being in a pouch on an animal that was walking?

  17. I've been using my yoghurt maker as the twins really love their yoghurt and it is still cheaper and nicer than buying the already made yoghurt. However i do want to start making it from scratch...but the girls are now used to a vanilla you have any tips for flavouring yoghurt Rhonda? It doesn't need to be overly sweet but they do prefer some flavour rather than the plain (they haven't had the yoghurt marketed to kids as it is too sweet with many added extras....but they are used to easiyo now) can i just add a few drops of vanilla or some pureed fruit to your yoghurt base do you think?
    Thank you if you get a chance to reply!
    Your cheeses are looking great...can't wait to hear the verdict!

  18. I agree Jode, homemade is tastier and healthier. Since you've got a yoghurt maker you should use it. I was hoping to reach people who haven't yet made the purchase.

    I flavour ours with homemade jam or stewed fruit. You can also add some honey as long as the twins are over 12 months but I think your babies aren't. Maybe I'm wrong, I keep forgetting dates lately.

  19. Very cool. :)
    Have a wonderful day!

  20. Yogurt is one of those things I have yet to try and make. I am afraid of failing with it. I have been wanting to try it though. I have a question. You say you let it sit outside in the summer. How hot is it in your area? It gets to the mid 90s here. How warm can it be and this work outside?

  21. I find the area near the combustion stove good for raising bread and making yoghurt in winter. In fact the stove does lots of things beside heat the house in the colder months.

  22. could you add flavoring such as vanilla or lemon? And if so, at what stage would you add it and I wonder how much you would add. Any idea?

  23. I just make mine in the crockpot and time it so it can set (up to 12 hours) overnight. Near bedtime, I unplug, put a folded towel under the crockpot, and wrap the whole thing in heavy towels or a blanket. By morning, it's still warm and so yummy. What I haven't scarfed down goes in the fridge.

    brenda from ar

  24. I know this is off the subject...but I love the jar...the little butterflies are it a canning jar? I have a couple with sunflowers on them and a few that belonged to my grandma that are very special to me.
    Enjoy all your tips!

  25. Scarlett, it gets fairly warm here - between 80 - 95.

    April, it depends on how many people would eat it. If it's just you, you could flavour the whole lot before you put it in the fridge to store. If there are a few of you, store the yoghurt plain and flavour it when you serve it.

    Janet, yes, it's a canning jar. It's Italian, they're the best quality jars we can buy here and they have replacement lids that are easily found.

  26. I LOVE your jar. Is so pretty. I've never seen anything like it. I'm a cheese nut and my mouth is literally watering.

  27. I HAVE to get onto making our own cheese. Looks wonderful. I admit to having a yoghurt maker that cost me about $15 and is basically a big thermos. I'd like to try making it without it sometime too, just to prove to myself I can xx

  28. It's like you read my mind, I spent most of the day yesterday researching ways on making yoghurt that didnt include the pasteurisation part and came to a decision that a machine is better and sourced a machine that uses glass jars, but as you said, it's yet another machine or gadget that will get shelved like the rest. So ok, I will try it this way first and see how I go..... :)

  29. Thanks Rhonda....i hadn't thought of adding jam and honey is fine as the girls are nearly 2 now can you believe!
    Getting the yoghurt maker was my first step towards making my own...didn't even think about some of the other options you mentioned unfortunately!
    Thanks again x

  30. I have to admit that the EasiYo system makes it simple to make yoghurt, even for me. I weighed up the options & the expense of the setup was worthwhile in my circumstances.

    My super simple recipe:
    1 cup powdered milk
    3 Tbs starter sachet (alternatively use fresh yoghurt)
    1 Tbs Vanilla essence (optional)
    1 to 3 Tbs sugar (optional)
    tap water

    Put all ingredients in the container & give it a good shake
    Put your boiled water in the flask, then add your yoghurt container & let it develop.
    If you use fresh yogurt, whisk it into a little powdered milk & water in a separate container before adding to the batch.

    I can do this in the morning & by the time I am home from work it is ready to put in the fridge.

    I make mine without sugar & top with chopped seasonal fruit for a little sweetness.

  31. I was given a yogurt maker 31 years ago as a wedding gift, and it still works, probably because I don´t use it as often as I should! The yogurt comes out nice and thick though, and I love it.
    Those cheeses are looking great, will have to give it a try as well. Thanks for all the tips.

  32. Hi Rhonda,
    I make yoghurt warming 1 litre milk to about body temperature (in a pot on the stove), putting 3 TBs of yoghurt in, stirring, then filling in jars, lids on. I fill a hot water bottle and put it together with the yoghurt jars in my bed, covered with the duvet. After about 8 hrs (I just leave it in there during the day) it's ready to use!
    Greetings from Germany, Betti

  33. I'm getting some great ideas to try! Evaporated milk, using a cooler/esky to hold the heat, etc. One thing I'm not picturing, is quite how people are using their cars in winter as a means of letting dough rise or making yogurt?? Eliza is probably too busy to respond (CONGRATULATIONS on your new baby, Eliza!!) but can anyone enlighten me? I feel silly asking, but...

  34. Hi Rhonda, your Camembert looks great! I am making quark today, another soft cheese. I like the soft cheeses these days because making them fits nicely into my schedule.

    I enjoyed your yogurt information. I have a yogurt incubator but often make my yogurt in a gallon jar set near our wood stove. I do enjoy my yogurt incubator, and it was a gift so that made it free for me. :o)

  35. Quinn, I used to do this. The car interior will hold heat and you can use it as an incubator. I can only to it in winter here. I stopped using the car because I did't like leaving it out in the sun to heat up.

  36. Oh that cheese looks divine....I am doing a cheese making course the following weekend....can't wait to see what I can learn (just a pity we no longer have a dairy)

  37. I use an Australian Cooler Bag - (wool inner, oilskin outer and lining) to make yoghurt, summer and winter. It keeps a nice even temperature all year round(in south east Queensland)with no additional heating or cooling.

  38. When I lived in NT I used to incubate my yoghurt outside too. Now I live in Hobart... I use an easiyo thermos :-) Making yoghurt is so easy and cheap - I use part of a pack of the easiyo sachets and the rest powdered milk. It is best for me to use powdered ingredients as they are easy to keep in the pantry. I sweeten the yoghurt with homemade jam or honey.

  39. I was taught by an old Lebanese woman to make yoghurt.

    Heat 1/2 gallon (2ltrs) whole milk until you see it just begin to 'rise' and bubble around the edges. Pour into a large, heavy, glass bowl. Let cool until you can hold your little finger, up to the cuticle, in the hot milk to the count of 10 but no longer. Whisk a little warm milk into your starter and then whisk that back into the big bowl of warm milk. Cover with a plate or lid. Wrap in a big bath towel and leave on the counter until morning (about 12 hours).
    I have never had this method fail in 28 years and it takes no special equipment - just regular kitchen stuff.

  40. You Camembert is coming along nicely Rhonda.

    I have produced a Camembert cheese making video tutorial over on my cheese making blog, Little Green Cheese for anyone to watch. I believe that any of your readers who are interested in cheese making would enjoy this resource that I have put together.

  41. Some very useful ideas for making yoghurt in this colder weather! I haven't made it in quite a while, actually.

    I do want to try that camembert cheese though, I can only imagine how amazing it would taste freshly made

  42. Hi Rhonda,

    In winter (and sometimes in Summer, I'm in Melbourne) I make my quark and yoghurt by putting the jar into a small esky, with a warm wheat pack. I leave it overnight, and voila!

  43. I lived in Papua New Guinea for years and made yogurt just leaving it on the kitchen bench overnight.

    Now living in Melbourne which is much cooler, I put my lidded bowl in our bed under the blankets with the electric blanket on low-makes excellent yogurt, and very quick and easy.

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How beautiful! You're such a fast knitter! If you're worried about the front and lumps and bumps, try wearing it with a wide belt of a solid colour. I hope you have a fantastic trip.

What great photos!!!!
Well done Hugo!
The dress looks gorgeous - especially remembering the 'snip, snip,snip' post when I could hardly bear to look.
Have a great time with your sister and Millie.
See you when you get back
Gill x

It's beautiful - I'm very impressed! Enjoy your break.

Liz W

The joy I have in visiting your blog comes from the joy you always show in what you have made and the fun of photographing it. The red balloons are perfect. Many thanks to Hugo for being such a good sport and here's hoping he is feeling better. I love the dress and think it was a brilliant save on the tea dress.
Enjoy your time and I'm sure we'll ALL be looking forward to your return.

Oh Vanessa. The dress is beautiful as are you. The photographs are so lovely. Have a fantastic time with your family.

What a great dress, Vanessa!! As for the photographs they're brilliant, well done Hugo!
Have a lovely time away. :)
Vivienne x

Kate Bruning

You are a fox - it doesn't matter it it is a bit clingy because you look great in it - I think it is wonderful but if you are worried (and you shouldn't be) just wear an oversized belt with it - but in saying that - you don't need to at all. It's just tremendous and so is Hugo for lying down in the grass taking photos like a wartime photographer even though he must have been terribly worried that you were going to fly away Mary Poppins-like. Lots of love, Kate xxooxxooxx.

LOVE IT!!!! Good job, girlie! Looks great on you.

The dress looks positively lovely on you, and the leggings do the dress justice, for sure. I get shivers up my spine, thinking what a solid knit dress would look like on me.....Let's not go there.

Your pictures are too cute for words. Hugo deserves many pats on the back. The balloons, your body movement, and the dress, has been captured perfectly.

I'm sitting here w/my girl eating fresh applesauce, viewing your post. I think your dress is fantastic! She thinks the balloons are wonderful! We both are in love w/your shoes! What a fun, fun post, Vanessa! Thank you.

Alice @ Crochet with Raymond

Vanessa, I think that was my favourite post of all time! the dress is fantastic, the photoshoot, everything! Hugo is such a legend and reminds me of Karen who goes along with my "just one more babe" everythings too!!!!!
Have a fantastic time away, you will surely be missed in the blog world! Don't break a hip on that trampoline!

You remind me of Mary poppins with those ballons & colourful pretty dress!!!

It's beautiful & it just brings a smile to my face!

What gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous photos!!! There is so much poetry behind each one of them, well done Hugo! But I also love the one of you and him and the balloons. I think you should frame it.
The dress is so you, no wonder you look lovely in it! Oh, and I love your red ring :o)
Have a great time at your sister's!
Isabelle xx

Balloontastic! I love the first one-you look airborne!

Fabulous knitting Vanessa

Sue x

Cara Donovan

I'm new to you, and loved the pictures. Really made me smile, then I got to the bit when you said you knitted it! Wow, I'm in awe. What a great other half you have for indulging in your fun. I have a 1year old Hugo, I hope he grows up to be such a good sport.

Oh, and the shoes! Fabulous. I look forward to following you.

I love the dress and your red balloons and the way the sky matches the blue grey stripes. Great fun.

WOW love love love it, i also love the photos they are awesome and the amount of time it must have taken to upload them well, great job x

Mary Grace McNamara

Wonderful job on the dress! What fun pictures too!

What a fabulous blog Vanessa. So colourful. I just love your strippy dress.
Have a fab break
Love Carole from Rossendale xxxxx

Fantastic! You look great! I love the photoshoot & the balloons! Well done :)

Vintage Squirrel Katie

Vanessa and Hugo, this is the best blog post I have read so far in blogland, the photos are FANTASTIC and the dress is a real WORK OF ART.
Have a super holiday!
Katie x

Another great staging - I thought you were suspended in space in the first picture! Enjoyed your props - laughed though when you said you were trying to get them straight up and not sideways, oh well! Well done Hugo for taking all those pictures - love seeing partners supportive of artiness, (they are not always are they - sometimes they can seem quite mean and dis-interested) and he was not very well either - hope he is feeling much better now. You look to be having a lot of fun, all captured by the camera. Love your dress, it looks so comfy and flattering. Just something very 'right' about it! love those colours together. Have a lovely visit with your sister - enjoy your trampoline bouncing and remember you've a long way to go before you really are ancient!

Fantastic photos, and a fantastic dress. Well done the two of you, what superb teamwork!
Have a great time away.
P.S. My favourite photo is the first

Very impressive! I fear that I'm still in the "square projects only" phase of knitting. I suppose that means while you enjoy your dress I'm doomed to manufacturing dishcloths.

Ohhhh that dress is beautiful, congrats! I don't own an entirely handknit outfit, but now you're making me want one! The photos are lovely, I adore the balloons!

Now, this is the dress I am guessing your will wear many, many times.
Photos are Class AAA
Love those shoes!!!
Hugs & ♥♥♥s,

Vanessa, the photos are amazing, hugo has done brilliantly. ! As for the is absolutely gorgeous and really looks lovely on you, no bumps at all!! I really love it and cannot imagine how you can do something like that in 4 ply!!!! The photos could be in the latest fashion magazines, the balloons, the red tights and my favourite spotted shoes.....and the wind blowing the lovely hair, could be an ad for hair shampoo!!
Have a lovely time with your family and enjoy trampolining, she would love an aunt who would jump with her.
We have been away for a few days and are now in Sydney with son Mike, good fun and lots of laughing. home tomorrow, love Aubrey

chris milatos

Lovely dress, it looks great on you. The photos made me smile, you must have had a lot of fun doing them

What a wonderful post. The dress sure looks special on you and the leggings give it a very fashionable spin. Hugo's photography is just awesome, looks like a professional shoot. Hope you have a lovely break.
Jak x

Hi, Vanessa.
I'm writing you from the Basque Country, a little village 25 kms from Bilbao.
I am very fond of your blog. I love it. And the knitting you do, your pictures and your drawings. Pity my children have already grown up(17 and 14).
Anyway, it's been a nice thing to discover your blog.
Thank you for being so positive and energetic.

Emma Angel

The dress is amazing as are the photos. Well done Vanessa and Hugo.
The dress looks great on you and so well made. The balloons were a great idea.

Wow, it's gorgeous Vanessa. Really lovely. Well done you x

Planet Penny

Wow! that dress looks amazing, and really suits you. The photos are also amazing, as is your husband! I knew you'd have to make something to match those shoes eventually! Have a lovely time with your sister. I think you need some red balloons for you and Millie when you are on the trampoline!
lots of love Penny and Higgins x

Hi Vanessa!
Your dress is really rocking! It was a good choice to change the bottom part of it :))

Jenni at Baame Kniits

Your dress turned out beautifully Vanessa!! Love the shimmery effect as well and the flow of the skirt....your photo shoot looks like you had a great time and the baloons were a brilliant addition!

Have a great time at your sisters and PS I LOVE those shoes!!!

These photos are all so lovely and whimsical. And your dress is perfection!!
You look wonderful in it - and it looks wonderful on you! (I absolutely love the polka dot shoes with it!)

Well done you. The dress is really brillant and looks lovely on you. Keep up the good work
From Lily Northern Ireland

Brilliant and such enthusiastic photos. I imagine you will wear and wear that dress, it is truly beautiful.

W.O.W such heavenly fun photos and an amazing completed dress! Have a great break away xox

Dear Vanessa
What a brilliant post that made me really smile. As usual your posts are such fun and inspirational - and I love your use of colour. Thank you for making my evening.

A wonderful and cheering post Vanessa and the perfect dress to where in winter, so lovely and bright and colourful. What a super supportive husband you have - brilliant photos Hugo!

I haven't worn a knitted dress since I was in my teens, but oh I am so wanting to make one now...just need to find a pattern.

poor hugo he looks like he's being bopped on the head by all those ballons. ive written a bit more about douglas and ellie I'll email you when you back, have a nice time. fliss xxx

Hey - the dress is gorgeous and it looks great on you. Also it looks cosy and comfy and warm - perfect. I love the way it evolved from the first project; turning into 2 dresses and something else? yet to come.

The dress is FAB! The pics are AMAZING!

What a very energetic post!!! The pics of you dress are great! Well done Hugo!!

The dress is fantastic and as you say is just ready for cold days!

Enjoy your time away and bouncing on the trampoline - more dress pics maybe??!!

Hello Vanessa!
Love your dress, love the red balloons, love your shoes, think Hugo is one amazing photographer and all round kind person and you are super-talented with those knitting needles (may I also say brave to have never given up in the face of previous knitting dilemmas and problems!) Vogue Knitting eat your heart out ...
Happy trampolining ...

Wow Vanessa, what a wonderful post. Love the dress, it's just gorgeous, and completely proves you were right to snip and snap and start over, what a great result. You look absolutely fantastic - the colours so suit you and I love the dress from every angle including the front. Loved the photo shoot with the red balloons, they set you (and the dress) off a treat, what an inspired idea, and bless Hugo for doing all the photos, even with a cold! Hope he is feeling better, and hope you have a lovely and not too bouncy time with your sister (perhaps the weather will not be condusive to too much trampolining - all that heavy dew should at least mean a bounce free morning!

The dress looks great and I love all the photos! Very cute!

The dress is fantastic. My 3 year old loves the pictures- 'she is floating mummy, you can't do that!' It had me thinking maybe I can, just need to start knitting my own dress!! Love the blog.

wonderfull dress... so funny!!!
Great sky and red ballon!

Fantastic photos, love the dress and WOW LOVE the shoes. I think I need a pair too!!

christina wall

LOVE IT! Absolutely love the dress! It's an inspiration!

That's beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing all the work both in the knitting and the photographing. This post made my day brighter!

I love the dress - and the balloons! What a good sport Hugo is!

Vanessa, that dress is such a winner! Bravo to you for staying with its creation and seeing it through to this lovely, fluid completion.

Also bravo to Hugo for wonderful camera work...of course, he was working with a top notch model.

The balloons were inspired. Have fun visiting your sister. See you hear again soon, I hope.

Stunning! Photos, knit skills, dress. What an absolute treat Vanessa. This is a joyful post. Hurray!

Veronika / Lalomino

Hi Vanessa,
The dress is great. Hugo is great for being such a sport! :)
Have you thought of putting a belt on the dress, to break the lines up a bit? It's lovely as it is, but it's a thought.
I loved the very first photo. You actually look like you're flying!
Hope you're having a great time at your sister's.

I looooove the gorgeous dress (you've done a fabulous job!), the beautiful pictures (bravo to Hugo!), the balloons, the lovely setting... everything!

Rachel L

What an achievement! I admire your commitment and stamina - both in the knitting and the post-knit photoshoot! Well done!

I love your dress vanessa, you are so talented with your knitting needles, it is gorgeous :) x

Great photo's. Your dress is gorgeous, congratulations

Beautiful...and what fun photos!!!

It's turned out brilliantly and looks fab on you - especially with those wonderful shoes. Well done for getting it done - hope you have lots of fun wearing it and well done to Hugo too - he's a trooper!

Wow I am so glad I stumbled on your post! I love the dress and would def wear with leggings and flamenco shoes given half the chance!
My 6 yo has those shoes (and a dress to match) and she is an avid trampolener who happens to love Dear Mermaid...!
You are one talented lady! Have a look at our blog if ever get a chance (unlikely looking at how much you get done!)
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Fabulous photo shoot, and my God those shoes are fantastic!!

Julia x x x

It's been lovely following the progress of your dresses. I'm still mastering hats, so it's quite inspiring to see what lies beyond!

Both of your dresses look lovely - congratulations!

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Lovely dress and far and away the most FUN blog post I've read. And a happy ending to your knitting.

Rachel Mackin

Wow! What a beautiful stripy dress! I love the balloon photos too. :)

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It looks wonderful on you - another lovely dress!

I enjoyed your gallery so much. You`re looking great and feminine. What an eye-candy-dress, brilliant!

Wool Free and Lovin' Knit

Beautiful job on the dress and I LOVE the color -- so pretty. Perfect place for the photo shoot too -- congrats!

Jenni at Baa-me Kniits

Vanessa your dress is gorgeous, if fact they all are! What a great photo shoot, those colours look fabulous on the beach. I really like the detail around the neckline in that dress but I prefer the shape of your purple and green stripy dress as it is a bit more forgiving for the fuller figure? ie ME, I wonder if one could combine the two? Pretty flowers in the grasses too! :-)

WOW!!!! i love it! shows off your figure and that colour really is something else- so beautiful ;0) love the lobster hatch washed up- how wonderful that the dress matches the beach hehe lovely!!! x

It's wonderful and you wear it SO well! It's very flattering and a perfect color for you. And I tried, but I can't pick a favorite dress among your knits. They're all smashing!

Your dress is beautiful, looks great on you and the colour is fab! I think your knitting is wonderful, you are so speedy! I've been inspired by your sewing skills too and I'm thinking of making that dress you made (the turquoise one) x

I'm always amazed at your dresses. They are works of art, and they get finished too! It looks lovely on you. Love the photos, as always.

It's beautiful Vanessa!
I love the the colour and the cables on the yolk and around the neck are so pretty. :)
And what a stroke of luck with the creel too!
Vivienne x

Look at you ! How wonderful to have finished such a fab and figure hugging knit and to look so good in it !! Love this FO :D
And the pictures from the photoshoot have brightened my day, thank you. I could smell the salt air and feel the fresh breeze.

That is a very nicely detailed pattern- the stitch around the neck and down the front is very pretty.Looks wonderful- so much nicer in your turquoise than the pale pink in the original pattern! Cashmerino is a lovely yarn to work with and gives such a crisp stitch- I'm always thrilled when I find some reduced in the remainder bin.
Getting a little cooler here,cat in his furry basket for his snooze instead of in the garden,time I dug out my fairisle ufo and got stuck in again.

The dress is gorgeous! You're very clever! I love the detail around the neckline. You're a real inspiration to anyone who wants to make their own clothes, I've always fancied it, but have worried that it would be really obvious I had made them but your stuff looks off the peg.

Fabulous dress. Great job, well done! (And the creel is such a good find...) C.x

Liz W in Missouri, USA (With Lucy)

God blesses patience. I'm glad you waited for the photos till you could get outside - because the creel is so PERFECT. Lovely, Lovey job, Vanessa. And personally - I kind of like the turquoise trainers. They are balanced by the elegant ring. You really do look amazing in your new dress. And by the way - thank you for the photo essay, too. The lighthouse and the grasses and flowers and the beach have been a wonderful way to start this morning.

That dress is so utterly look wonderful in it.
nattie x

I love, love, love your dress Vanessa, you clever lady!

oh my goodiness, I have just posted a long message and it's just deleted itself! Grrr. In a nutshell Vanessa, this is so so STUNNING, love the colour, so you, so gorgeous. Love the coincidence and colour in the creel and love the lighthouse too. Thank you for all your gentle encouragement and awe inspiring handmade creations. xox I can only hope to knit myself a dress one day, busy knitting a cardy which I can only hope will be as neat as your knitting xox Penelope , happy days with Ysolda and Miss Mozelle

Magic Cochin

Oh yes, it is a very flattering fit... no wonder you love it so much. In fact your version looks so much better than the pattern picture ('m not sure I would have knitted it seeing that).

I very occasionally wear heels, which might make me nearly 5ft6" - I have no idea how anyone wears skyscraper heels all day!

Mellissa (Bee)

Wow, what a pretty dress and a lovely blue. Well done on its completion, you look fab in it and your photos are brill too. Bee x

Oh my what an amazing dress, love the color & shape, it is an absolute peach :)
Wish i could knit like that!!!!
Have a lovely week
Karen x

Your dress is gorgeous, it really flatters your shape, and fits perfectly. The colour suits you as well. I don't really have the patience to knit something so big, I am currently "resting" a cardigan at the moment - I just have one sleeve left to make, not sure why I don't just get on with it!

Oh my, how beautiful! You are inspiring me to get out my needles again...!

You should be on a catwalk with that blue beauty! I rather like the curvier version on you than the straight lines the model is wearing. The fit is lovely, and your decision to make the neckline higher was spot short gals need to watch for that!

I'm loving the beach setting for your modeling adventure, and smart of you to wear trainers in the sand.

You must knit like the wind....two months is admirable, not to mention how much I admire that dress....simply stunning.

Vanessa, you look fantastic in this dress. The color is perfect and you did an amazing job with all the knitting. Perfect, just perfect!

Gorgeous! Such a great dress, lovely fit and delicious colour, and your photos on the beach are perfect!
Helen x

Wow you got a perfect fit on that dress, well done, it's so flattering. And it's a gorgeous colour. Love the matching accessories, especially the ring.
Kier x

Hurray for lovely knitted dresses that fit perfectly! That's a relief - it's awful when you can't get your head through the opening or something. What gorgeous pictures too - my favourite is the third one down - it's a lovely picture; what a great setting. It's a beautiful colour and so well knitted. I prefer it without the picot edges too and I like your colour better than the pink. You always seem to get so many things done, if you are a tortoise it's a very busy one! It's a lovely pretty and flattering dress. And comfy too. What more can you want? I think the trick is knowing what suits you and looking at the end picture of your other knitted dresses, I would say you definitely do. (I do have a soft spot for your fair isle dress)

When I was younger I used to wear heels very occasionally, a few years or so back clumpy heels which were easier to walk on and now absolutely none. I really don't think I could anymore. I've got no patience with hurting feet and I just can't walk on heels. You suffer for your art obviously!

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As always, just beautiful Vanessa! THe colour, the pattern, the fit, you look fabulous in it and the photoshoot was perfect ha ha love the co-incidental turquoise prop, thats what happens when we don't rush things!
Have a lovely week XXXXX

I hope you won't mind me saying (or better writing!) this, but I think this dress is the best of the four. It looks lovely on you !!

What a fabulous dress! It looks so lovely on you and such a perfect photo shoot. You are such a clever sausage!

Hello Vanessa. Your dress is gorgeous and looks fantastic on you. Absolutely love it and love the montage of your handmade dresses too. What a feat...well done! x

Well done Vanessa, it's lovely, such a beautiful colour. Looking forward to your next big ta-dah!
Hen x

Absolutely beautiful, Vanessa. All the photos are so pretty, as are you.

The dress is breathtakingly lovely! And you definitely knit it to fit perfectly! Love the color, love the photo shoot, love the gratis pictures of the yellow flowers, too! And I'm glad to know you used the cashmerino. I just made a baby ripple afghan with some Debbie Bliss Cashmerino and was wondering what else it could work for.

Lovely, Vanessa, you are such a style queen! And such a dedicated knitter - you're my hero. I find heels disconcerting too, feel like I'm pretending to be someone else...

little macaroon

I just found your blog - I love it, it's so colourful!! Your dress is fabulous, I'm very envious - I think technically I have the stitches to do a "proper" piece of grown up clothing, but I'm not brave enough to start!
I look forward to following your blog via mine.

Hi Vanessa,
Your Debbie Bliss Dress is gorgeous. Well done you. I just love the colour, my favourite colour. It is a very flattering style.
Love Carole from Rossendale xxx

Beautiful dress, well done. It looks great!

This is such a beautiful dress. I have that magazine. A knitted dress is totally outside my comfort zone, but I'm very tempted to go for it. Such gorgeous photos.

Vanessa, it's great to see another swell fashion shoot by Hugo, showing the results of your wonderful knitting. And that seaside setting and prop are perfect.

I agree that your dress really is prettier than the one accompanying the pattern. I've used some of that DB cashmerino yarn in a chunky weight for a Christmas gift scarf and also loved working with it. The actual weight of the very long scarf was very wearer-friendly.

On the topic of heels, since I am on my feet for so many hours a day, I no longer wear heels...closest I come are some wedged heels, and a couple of pairs of boots that have heels about 1 1/2 inches tall. I do still keep a few vintage higher heels in my own "shoe museum" just to remind me of what I once managed to totter around in. xo

D A Nelson

Hi Vanessa. Love your dress and the colour - I prefer your version as I think the other one is a little too girly with the picot edging. Like you, I find going from flats (Doc Marten's - I love my Docs) to heels...well...difficult, but because I am going through a 'trying to be more glamorous/girly' stage, I've been wearing heels too. They look great, but oh so hard on the feet. I love Ysolda's designs and am planning to start Cria soon. Good luck with your new dress and cardie! Dawn x

Your dress turned out brilliantly! It is very flattering and I love the colour :) Good job!

this dress has been on my list for a while. it looks amazing!! thanks for the inspiration!

Planet Penny

The dress really suits you and the photos are great fun. Interesting to hear how the yarn makes up as it's expensive to buy and then find you don't get on with it. You must find it hard to know what to choose when you get dressed in the morning!
love Penny and Higgins xxx

Oh Vanessa this is your most beautiful dress of all ... it fits to perfection and such a pretty color
you look stunning in the photos (and I've asked the angels to guard your tights from mishaps!)
Barbara x :)

Lynda aka Katie Willow

you are so clever x it looks great on you too :-)

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say !!!!!!!!!
Beautiful Vanessa!

Lily McCool

Lovely dress. I would really like to have a go knitting it for myself - But I don't know how to go about getting a copy of the pattern. Please can you help.

Love Lily

It's gorgeous Vanessa, congratulations

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Books I have illustrated!

  • The Best Gift of All

  • Book and dvd,(narrated by Kevin Whateley), of Bringing Down the Moon

  • There's a House Inside My Mummy

  • The Magic Donkey Ride

  • Down in the Woods at Sleepytime

  • Dear Tooth Fairy

  • Dear Mermaid

  • No Place Like Home

  • Diamond in the Snow

  • Bringing Down the Moon


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