15th Jul 2021
No sooner had I cast-on the Silta Shawl by Tif Neilan (Shawl 05 in 52 Weeks of Shawls) I knew I’d need to knit another one but that I’d like to try it in 4ply as a stash buster!It’s a great pattern to…
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27th Mar 2020
As someone without small people I find the rule ‘Never tell parents how to parent’ a very solid rule to live by but I thought perhaps, since so many folk are homeschooling at the moment, I would share…
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16th Mar 2020
I don’t want to post without talking about covid-19. We live in a time for which there aren’t really any adequate words. I find myself listening to rolling 24 hour news which is not good f…
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14th Feb 2020
This post is quite ragged around the edges because there has been quite a bit going on here over the last couple of weeks. I will summarise all the steps, tips etc into a tidy post at the end…
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30th Jan 2020
I’m not entirely sure where to start so I’ll tell you where I am and then how I got there! I’m now half way through the knitting of Section 4 and have just rewritten Section 4 so I’ll be doing some fr…
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23rd Jan 2020
Welcome to post 2 in the ‘My first sweater pattern design’ mini series. It’s been a week since I committed to getting to an initial design and all the details that go with it and I think I’ve do…
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16th Jan 2020
Welcome to the first post of the ‘My first sweater pattern design’ mini-series! I’m really excited about this as I have been not-designing-a-sweater for a number of months and I think this serie…
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23rd Dec 2019
The 90 Day Knitting Planner is the result of the many chats I have had with folk this year. I have had a lot of conversations with knitters and crocheters, both online and at shows, about…
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2nd Dec 2019
I am about to write my first sweater pattern and as part of that, I am going to share how I go about doing it as a lot of people ask me about how they might start designing knitting patterns. I…
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6th Nov 2019
Over the last few weeks I have noticed that there have been quite a few searches on the site for The Sock Movie which is what I called my step by step sock when I uploaded it to YouTube two years ago!…
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2nd Oct 2019
One of the ways that I get myself to focus on getting things done when I feel more like flitting about is by using timers and setting limits on how long I can spend on tasks. I think that is wha…
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18th Sep 2019
A little note on the apps, folk etc mentioned below. These are all either tools I love or people I know and love. This is not advertising, just sharing. There will be links to TLYC stocked products at…
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