Knitting patterns are usually written with a certain type of yarn in mind, meaning that the designer has put lots of thought into the characteristics of their chosen yarn as this will impact the finished piece of knitwear considerably. Therefore when choosing yarn for a pattern, it is good to understand the yarn characteristics of the Read the full article…
February has really been a month of weather extremes! Snow at the beginning and a mini heat wave at the end. But this month has brought us some pretty fabulous new pattern releases. Here are some of our favourites. 1. Woodwardia by Lydia GluckWe love this jumper from Issue 28 of Pom Pom Quarterly. We Read the full article…
A woollen garment is something precious. Especially when it’s hand knitted. They are cherished items made to be worn proudly. We also know that with a bit of extra love and care they can last us for decades. Truth is, as fun as it is to show off your latest knits, the cleaning part of Read the full article…
As part of my New Year resolution I wanted to knit the scarf pattern from Anna Maltz book Marlisle – Ruperto. I really like the randomness of how the two colours come out when they are knitted together. Also winter finally came and I desperately needed a scarf! I chose to knit with the West Read the full article…
Looking for an alternative to nylon based sock yarns? Search no more! Onion Nettle Sock Yarn is a beautiful blend of 70% wool and 30% Nettle that will keep your feet cozy and warm all year round. To give you a little taster of what it would feel like to knit with the Onion NSY, we Read the full article…
January has finally come to an end after what feels like forever. And although January sometimes has its blue moments, there have been some pretty fabulous pattern releases that have cheered us up. Here is our first ever pattern round up of 2019! 1. Novemberist Hat and Novemerist Mitts by Vanessa SmithWe loved this hat as Read the full article…
My Ninilchik Swoncho is finished and I love love love it. I knitted in my favourite Skein Queen colours and it has had a lot of wear over these chilly winter months. I used Skein Queen’s Crush DK. Being superwash wool, it did make the colour work a bit trickier but look at those colours, Read the full article…
We have found ourselves with lots of single dye lot balls of De Rerum Natura’s Ulysse, having just one, two or three balls of each dye lot left. So we thought it would be fun to set ourselves the challenge of rounding up some patterns that use just one ball of Ulysse and we were Read the full article…
A round up of what’s been going on around the web this month. Diversity in KnittingThis week Instagram has been full of discussion about diversity in knitting. The conversation started with a blog post from Karen Templer called 2019: My year of colour about her upcoming trip to India. Her post received a huge number of Read the full article…
We are welcoming in 2019 by thinking about what we want to achieve in our knitting this coming year. One of the things we love about knitting is that there is always something new to learn and the start of a new year is the perfect time to identify some of those skills and set Read the full article…
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