The final three: afterthoughts, colour dominance, and nail-biting steeks

January 30, 2019 Katherine Radburn

The final three A Year of Techniques projects for winter were all about demystifying techniques that some knitters find particularly intimidating.

Wood Warblers among the Ruschias and a Wag(tail)-ing Pup

January 23, 2019 Katherine Radburn

The Autumn A Year of Techniques patterns were a great excuse to spruce up cold weather wardrobes with fun accessories while also learning some fab skills. Let’s have a look at some of the brilliant projects AYOT knitters whipped up!

Cast adrift on Sleeve Island

January 18, 2019 Jim Arnall-Culliford

If only cropped, one-armed sweaters were in fashion…

Jim is stuck on Sleeve Island. What three things will get him through?

Heel flap, flapper hat and a flapping reflector

January 11, 2019 Jim Arnall-Culliford

One of the great pleasures in what we do is the location photoshoot. The photos for the summer projects from A Year of Techniques were taken in Bath, in the kitchen of my brother’s house and on the banks of the River Avon.

Have a look back over the summer techniques and patterns.

How helices, intarsia and a mouse enthralled knitters across the world

January 10, 2019 Jen Arnall-Culliford

Back in 2017 we launched our first book, A Year of Techniques (AYoT), and we really had no idea at all whether anyone apart from us would think it was a good idea. Happily, lots of you agreed with us, and what followed was a year of glorious sharing of knowledge and skills, with twelve knitalongs and hundreds of projects completed. We were totally gobsmacked at how many of you decided to work through the entire book, completing everything, and really honoured that you would choose to dedicate so much valuable knitting time to A Year of Techniques. Lots of people popped in and out and worked on the months that inspired them most, and that was amazing too. The projects were always designed to be self-sufficient, so whether you joined us for one or two, or all twelve – thank you all!

That was fun! Shall we do it again?

January 9, 2019 Jen Arnall-Culliford

Happy New Year!

The kids are back at school, and we have found our way to the office and dusted off the computers, ready to knock this year out of the park! Or something like that…

The break was nicely recharging. I’ve been working on a sweater for myself – Granito by Joji Locatelli – and I’m using our Something to Knit With 4ply in the dark and mysterious Twilight colourway. It’s knitting up like a dream and I’m even daydreaming that I might finish it to wear at EYF in March. But that might be a bit over optimistic… We will see!

Running on Empty

December 4, 2018 Jen Arnall-Culliford

JIm and I have been taking stock of the year. I know that it’s a little bit early to be doing a retrospective of the year, but I’ve had the phrase “running on empty” running through my head for the last couple of months, and to be honest, if 2018 were done already, for me it wouldn’t be a bad thing.

We have packed far too much in to this year. I find it bizarre to consider that at the start of the year we were just finishing up the last couple of months of A Year of Techniques. That feels like such a long time ago, when actually it was only nine months back.

Helical KAL progress

November 30, 2018 Jim Arnall-Culliford

With only a couple of weeks remaining in the KAL within our Ravelry group, I’d thought I’d share a small selection of finished items to inspire you to try out the technique for yourself.