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 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 moreConfident Knitting Projects: Spring!
It’s really hard to believe that we’re over halfway through our year of Confident Knitting! Arnall-Culliford HQ is still a hive of packing industry as we are sending copies all over the world, and you might soon spy it popping up at a festival or yarn shop near you! We will be bringing lots of copies to Yarndale next week. I can’t believe it’s next week already!
There’s still plenty of Confident Knitting fun left (six months’ worth of knitalongs, to be precise… though of course the journey never really ends), but reaching the halfway point and the debut of the print books is certainly a milestone. We thought we’d celebrate it with a few posts looking back at what you lovely Confident Knitters have created and looking forward at what’s to come!
So today, let’s take a trip back a few months, when the Confident Knitting journey had just begun, and see some of the amazing learning that happened in the spring!
Read moreStrickplaner, but not as you know it...
We are absolutely delighted to be stocking Martina Behm’s fantastic Strickplaner again this year. She has taken lots of feedback for the planner, and it has had a makeover… It’s no longer an annual diary, but rather a book that you can use over a number of years to track your knitting projects, and spoiler alert – we love it!
Read moreCheerful Rainbows
Circle and Square Hat by Martina Behm. Image © Jesse Wild.
In between working on my Transom Cardigan, I have been working on a couple of fun, really colourful projects. First up was my Circle and Square Hat. I’ve already sung the praises of this clever, clever design by Martina Behm, and thought I would just pop in to show you how it turned out.
Read moreWaiting for April
It’s not long at all now to wait now for the next Confident Knitting pattern release, and, with my Flux Hand Warmers finished, I’ve been keeping my needles busy with a few other projects that all feel a bit Confident Knitting-adjacent … there’s lots of learning new things happening! Like Jen, I tend, er, not to be a monogamous knitter. But I have been trying to keep focussed on fewer WIPs and, I’ve got to say, my three current ones are bringing me lots of joy!
Read moreThe Magic of Martina Behm
Whether or not you’ve been working on this month’s Confident Knitting pattern, the Flux Hand Warmers, chances are, if you’ve been knitting any length of time, you’ve knitted one of Martina Behm’s patterns. She is able to dream up patterns that constantly have me asking “how did your brain come up with that?!” But that complexity doesn’t translate to a tricky knitting experience – quite the opposite. Her patterns are clear and really relaxing to knit and often friendly for beginner knitters! Blending those two elements — of clever surprise and easeful knitting — is, in my humble opinion, a very rare skill!
Read moreFinishing with a Folded Hem
Chances are, if you start adding folded hems to enough things, you’re going to happen on a situation where you’d like to finish off with a folded hem, not just begin with one. So today I thought it’d be fun to throw around some ideas for doing just that.
Read moreSpring Sets! Patterns to Pair with the Flux Hand Warmers
It’s hard to believe we’re nearly halfway through March and the first of our Confident Knitting knitalongs! Perhaps you’ve finished your Flux Hand Warmers and are searching for a cast on to keep you occupied until April’s pattern release? Or maybe you’re just making a start on this month’s project, but enjoy a bit of knitting day dreaming! Today, we’ve rounded up a few patterns for heads and necks that we think would pair wonderfully well with Flux Hand Warmers to make a cheery spring set!
Read moreFlux Hand Warmers Bonus Video Tutorials: Purlwise Lifted Increases + a Stretchy Cast Off
This month, we’re celebrating the folded hem, the first technique from Confident Knitting, shown off in all its tidy glory in Martina Behm’s versatile Flux Hand Warmers. And while the folded hem is, of course, our “official” focus this month, we’ll never pass up an opportunity to help you wring every last drop of learning out of a project! So today, we have two bonus video tutorials to accompany Martina’s spring-y hand warmers!
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