Somehow, it’s mid-November! Where I am, twinkle lights have started appearing in the town square and festive music is playing in the shops. I don’t know about you, but usually, the holiday season sneaks up on me a bit. This year though, I’m determined to make my preparations early, so I can avoid any Covid-Brexit-posting stress and enjoy a relaxed lead up to the holidays. To help you with your own holiday prep, we’ve put together a special “Gifts for Knitters” section of the online shop.
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 moreTalking to Strangers About my Socks
Adventures of the Rainbow.
How many times have strangers commented on your socks?
If we weren’t all knitters this would be a very odd question, I know! But bear with me…
I now have a few pairs of long, hand-knitted socks that give me enormous pleasure. They were incredibly fun to knit, and now that they are done, I am getting a huge amount of joy from wearing them. But it’s not only me that gets joy from my hand-knitted socks…
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 moreFinished Burnished Mittens!
Somehow or other, I’ve ended up with a small back log of Things to Show Off! And, oh, is today’s rather lovely (if I do say so myself).
Read moreThe Yarn Fumes are Getting to Us!
It’s been a super-exciting few days as we’ve prepared for the release of batches of Old Maiden Aunt & Fab Funky Fibres hand-dyed yarn in our online shop! Lilith and Elaine both contributed special hand-dyed yarns to Confident Knitting (OMA yarn is featured in this month’s Burnished Mittens and the FFF yarn is to-be-revealed), so we were so excited when the opportunity for a more sustained collaboration presented itself.
Read moreSwatching for Stranded Colourwork Projects
When Jen mentioned she was thinking of doing some kits for Gudrun Johnston’s Yokey Dokey sweater (Ravelry link), I jumped at the chance to do some swatching! I, ahem, don’t always swatch for colourwork projects — but I always should! It’s important to not only check that those colours that you think are going to look ah-mazing together actually work in the pattern, but also, of course, to check your tension against that of the pattern. Read on for my tips on swatching for stranded colourwork…
Read moreSomething to Knit Together ebook + limited stock of kits now on sale!
Something to Knit Together is now on sale (if you missed yesterday’s post, you can read more here) and we’ve also got a smorgasbord of kits to accompany our brand new collection! Sarah Hatton has designed each item in the Something to Knit Together capsule collection using our Something to Knit With 4ply, a delectable blend of 70% Highland Wool and 30% Superfine Alpaca. It combines the bounce and crimp of the wool with luxurious softness from the alpaca, to make a yarn that blocks like a dream for the type of lace patterns featured in this collection. We’ve put together a range of options so that, whether you want to dive into the whole collection or just dip your toes in, we’ve got a kit for you. Read on for details including a special offer for blog readers!
Read moreDaydreaming About Sock Knitting...
What do you do when you are working like crazy, knitting samples for a new collection*, but all you actually want to be doing is knitting glorious socks?
The answer is to pull beautiful skeins of sock yarn off the shelves and daydream about fabulous colour combinations of course!
Read morePicking Colours for the Heartgyle Socks
Julia Farwell-Clay’s Heartgyle socks, this month’s Boost Your Knitting pattern, give so much scope for playing with colour. I’ve been having more fun than I should playing with combinations of Coop Knits Socks Yeah! 4ply (the heathered shades are just so fun to mix and match) … and now I want to knit about a half a dozen pairs!
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