Charity
Five 6″ Textured Squares
A free PDF download containing written instructions for five different textured 6″ squares.
Crochet
Dear acrylic yarn manufacturers…
As you may know, I’m a BIG fan of wool yarns. Especially alpaca! The sustainability. The renewability. The breathability. The…you get the picture. I’m a fan. But this doesn’t mean I won’t use acrylic yarns occasionally. It does have benefits. But one of the biggest misconceptions about acrylic yarn is Read more
Crochet
What Is “Pay What You Can”?
The social media streams of the knitting and yarn world over the past few weeks have started to be abuzz with a new phrase. The “pay what you can” phrase and its variations, that are being thrown around are all to do with the idea of “financial inclusivity”. What is Read more
Knitting
How to Create an Amazing Appliqué Alphabet
Creating amazing appliqué designs is a lot easier than you may have believed! Whether you are adding letters, numbers, whole words, or motifs and symbols, this tutorial will help you transform your skills from “meh” to “amazing” with the applied i-cord technique!
Charity
Hug in a Blanket
There’s a group on Facebook called Hug in a Blanket UK. They provide blankets from squares (both knitted and crocheted) to people in the UK all the way from newborn to the age of 21 who have long term, life-limiting, terminal, physical or mental health conditions. I was introduced to Read more
Knitting
The Texel Project – A Delay
Hello! It’s been a while since I posted an update on The Texel Project I started a few months ago. With a few designs drafted out, I began knitting with a gorgeous chunky weight yarn (though knitting up closer to an aran tension) I found from World of Wool. And Read more
Free Stuff
Two New Free Train Knitting Charts
My little boy loves Thomas the Tank Engine, and I’m planning to make him a jumper with a train motif on it. But before I knit it, I need some charts. So that’s what I’ve got for you today. Two free train knitting charts. Searching Google I was able to Read more
Knitting
Simon’s Jumper Knitting Pattern
I am pleased to announce that the Simon’s Jumper pattern has now been released and is available from my Ravelry shop. I’ve always wanted to knit my own Christmas jumper. Yet every year I’ve been too distracted by other knitting projects to do so. But when my little boy’s first Christmas was in Read more
Knitting
How to join in the round in Simon’s Jumper
While writing up the Simon’s Jumper pattern one row was particularly difficult to articulate. This is the row where you transition from knitting flat, to knitting in the round. You’ve probably read the row a thousand times. And it still reads like gobbledygook. Sorry about that. In reality, it’s surprisingly Read more
Free Stuff
Alphabet Chart for Simon’s Jumper Design
Free download for an 5-stitch tall alphabet and number set for colourwork, designed to go with our Simon’s Jumper design.