4th Sep 2019
Bring out your singles
I think I'm safe to generalise and say many of us have a lot of single skeins in our stashes that we just had to have ... even though there was no plan for them. Some of them will become the soc…
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8th May 2019
Get more knitting done!
Something I am always asked is how do I find so much time to knit. I wish I could say I balance my time really well but that would be lies! Knitting is not only my job but pretty much my o…
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4th Sep 2017
The trouble with buttons holes
Button holes are my knitting frenemy … they never go quite as planned … so just in case this is other people as well, I thought I’d share how I put my buttons on my cardigans … these are the steps…
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29th Jul 2017
Knit Bit: Going Seamless
I have been spoilt recently as almost all of the projects I have knit haven’t required very much sewing up (if any!). Socks, mittens and hats have all been knit in the round and shawls are a kni…
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19th May 2017
I felt(ed) that!
I was going to say that I have been much more strict recently about buying things for non-knitting related handcrafts but that would just be a lie. I’m not even sure I can say that I have been t…
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8th Feb 2017
Brioche, served snuggly!
I know I should really be crocheting, after all I said this was it’s year. I did try. I took out my crochet hooks, found some suitable yarn, chained some stitches, then ripped it out, and got ou…
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24th Oct 2016
Knit Bit: There's something about Charts!
Charts snuck up on me. I'm not sure when they became so common or if it was just because I found new and different designers & patterns, but in the last few years I have seen them more and more and un…
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14th Jul 2016
To Swatch or Not to Swatch?
Special yarn deserves a swatch so you get the best out of it. Is the yarn really suited to the pattern?This isn’t quite about tension but it is a good use a tension square. I recently used…
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