So, are we marling comfortably yet? In case you missed it, Modern Daily Knitting’s most recent Field Guide is All About The Marls, and oh, is it a lot of fun! And oh-so-doable, especially once you’ve cracked managing your yarns.
Read moreBooks for Beginners
It seems hardly a week goes by at the moment without a news item on the uptick in interest in crafts like knitting. Over the last 18 months, so many people have found or returned to knitting … what a wonderful thing! We often get asked to suggest books suited to beginners, and today we’ve collected those recommendations together. So if you are learning to knit and looking for help, or have a loved one who is, this post is for you!
Read moreLong-Tail Cast On, But Make It Stretchy (Video Tutorial)
Hands up, who here has used the long-tail cast on? If you’re anything like me, the long-tail cast on is something you use a LOT. It’s fast, it’s stable, it’s fairly flexible. There’s a lot to love about a long-tail cast on! But … there’s the odd occasion it can let you down. Give you an edge that’s a little too firm or a little too tight. In those situations, what is a knitter to do?
Read moreThere's More Than One Way To Knit A Sweater
A few years ago, I came across an article suggesting some kinder replacements for common sayings that are, when you think about them, pretty violent. Things like killing two birds with one stone, or there being more than one way to skin a cat. The article proposed vegetable-based alternatives (“more than one way to peel a potato” is the one that stuck in my head). At the time I think I had a chuckle and moved on, but it obviously stuck with me, and I occasionally find myself almost drawing on one of those well-worn phrases then deciding that actually, it’s not quite fit for my purposes. Read on to see where this is going…
Read moreSeaming Diagonal Mitts Video Tutorial + Let's Dive Into Pretty Yarn
How do you feel about seaming? Do you approach it with gusto? Avoid it like the plague? Or perhaps you used to seam everything, but haven’t done any sewing up in quite some time? While there’s lots of fun to be had knitting things seamlessly, seaming is a really good skill to have in your back pocket. And today, I’m showing off the perfect project to dip your toes in the water if you want to give seaming a go … we’ve even got a video tutorial to show you how it’s done!
Read moreMDK Field Guide No. 19: Marls!
Are you looking for some scope to play in your knitting? To have a bit of fun? I think that’s something we could all use … and luckily, it’s something the latest Field Guide from the fine folks at Modern Daily Knitting offers in spades! Say hello to Field Guide No. 19: Marls, with five marl-tastic designs from creative powerhouse Cecelia Campochiaro.
Read moreDebut Pullover + A Bottom-Up Sweater Knitting Video Tutorial
What did you knit over your summer holidays? When I wasn’t rejoicing in rainbow stripes, my needles were occupied with Karida Collins Debut Pullover, which I’m knitting up in Fyberspates Vivacious DK … + a video tutorial for joining sleeves and body.
Read moreLou's Journey Continues!
Lou has been rediscovering the fun of knitting by working through Modern Daily Knitting’s excellent learn-to-knit book, Skill Set. If you missed her first post and want to catch up on her journey so far, you can find it here!
The next lesson (#4 for those of you keeping track!) was to learn to knit in the round, which basically means I had to swap the straight needles for circular needles. I only ever saw my granny work with straight needles so knitting with circular needles was definitely a new one to me!
Read moreKnitting Know-How: Join, Being Careful Not to Twist (Video Tutorials)
We’ve been thinking about beginning knitting more than usual here around Arnall-Culliford H-Q, as we’ve celebrated the arrival of Skill Set and Field Guide No. 18: Beginnings and watched our retail manager, Lou, start her own knitting journey. Knitting, like any hobby or specialised pursuit, has its own lingo. Phrases that, once we’ve been knitting awhile, we gloss over without a thought, and that would rarely be explained by a knitting pattern. Phrases like “join, being careful not to twist".
Read moreThe Journey Begins!
Lou is the newest member of Team Arnall-Culliford and, since joining the team, she’s been rediscovering the joy of knitting using Modern Daily Knitting’s brand new how-to knit volume, Skill Set. She’s already off to an amazing start, and she’ll be sharing more of her adventures as a new knitter over the next few weeks!
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