I can’t believe that it’s finally done, after thirteen years and three and a half months. I completed the grafting of the ends of the edging on Sunday night and immediately set it to soak so that I could block it.
Read moreA longterm project
Sorry it has been a while. Life and all that…
Anyway, I’m here now because I’ve been knitting on a very, very old project, and I thought you might like to hear about it.
Read moreDecreases
I have had thoughts about decreases going round in my head for a few weeks now. Today I’ve finally had time to sit down and try to shepherd them into some kind of order…
Read moreSetting the Tone
Some people write New Year’s resolutions, others choose a word for the year, and most people don’t do either! I was feeling particularly philosophical on New Year’s Day this year, and decided that I would try to “set the tone” for the year.
I spent the day doing a little of a few things that I hoped I would do more of through the year. I tried to create a tasting platter for the year to come, if you will!
Read moreWould you have risked it?
This could so easily have been a tale of woe… Perhaps don’t read on if you are of a nervous disposition when it comes to knitting projects and reckless behaviour.
At the first in person yarn show that I attended, post-pandemic, I fell in love with some beautiful Wool Kitchen hand-dyed yarn. It’s a blue-faced Leicester DK yarn with a zip dyed pattern. I have spent months gazing at this beautiful yarn in my stash, and day dreaming about what it was to become.
Read moreFinished Smora and Managing Colourwork Ends
Have you joined in our #ShetlandTrader3KAL yet? It has been so fun seeing the stunning patterns from Gudrun’s latest book hop onto needles the past few weeks! And I (whispers) have actually already finished a project! Say hello to my Smora Beret!
Read moreQuadra Cowl
How many rainbow FOs (finished objects) is too many? I’m asking for a friend…
Just kidding, we all know the answer to that: you can never have too many rainbows! Well, I can’t anyway. Can’t stop, won’t stop knitting rainbows!
Read moreThere's A Garter Stitch Short-Row Heel Over The Rainbow
Do you ever find that there’s a, well, slight gap between your knitting expectations and reality?
That’s certainly been the case for me over the past few months. Back in August, I had some big plans to knit all the socks. I cast on with some precious Fab Funky Fibres Neverending Rainbow yarn (I’d been treasuring it for over a year) for our #UseEveryScrapKAL. And I also had plans to knit one, or even two pairs of Jen’s Moorland Socks, September’s Confident Knitting pattern, in our custom FFF Confident Knitting colourways … and had another pair in mind to knit besides! My sock drawer was in need of a refresh, and I had lots of good intentions to restock it.
Read moreHitchhiker - One Skein Wonder
As yarn shows start to come back again after their enforced closures, I have been thinking about the questions we are regularly asked at our stand. You are probably no doubt aware of our love for self-striping yarns and Schoppel Wolle Zauberball and Zauberball Crazy always seem to catch the eye of visitors to shows. After a customer has selected their perfect colourway, I’m commonly asked, “What can I make with this?” For a while I used to reply that these yarns are great for anything, but it was politely pointed out to me that I was perhaps not being at all helpful…
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.
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