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25th Feb 2021     Seeing Double: #4 – Blending colours with doubled yarns

Have you ever thought about working with two or more strands of colour at the same time? If you haven’t, then you’re missing something – it’s like painting with yarns! By changing first one colour strand and then another you can create absolutely stunning gradients and shifts of tones and shades. 

So in today's addition to the “Seeing Double” blogpost series, I want to explore some of the colour effects you can get when you mix different colours together just by using two or more yarns held together while you work.   To read more, please click here. . .
8th Feb 2021     Seeing Double: #3 – It's good to have options

In this 3rd blogpost in my new "Seeing Double" series, I am looking at how using two or more ends of yarn at the same time can expand the range of options when we head to the yarn store or dive into our yarn stashes. 

​That's what I did when I decided to make a stripey version of the Joules & Joulietta Hot Water Bottle Cover pattern. I combined a lilac-blue sportweight yarn with some left-over hand-spun yarn which has been sitting in my stash for far too long and have ended up with a perfect HWB cover for these chilly evenings!    To read the new blogpost, please click here.
25th Jan 2021     Seeing Double: #2 – Using two ends of yarn for added warmth

I am continuing my new series of blogposts on using two ends of yarn with an exploration of wool, why it is so warm and how it can be even warmer when used with two ends of yarn used together! ​The photo here shows the new winter-weight version of the Lamberhurst Scarf which uses two ends of a sportweight yarn for extra warmth and softness. 

To read the new blogpost, please click here.
7th Jan 2021     Seeing Double: A new blogpost series on knitting with two ends of yarn

The first in a new series all about knitting with two or more ends of yarn held together! In this series, I will be looking at some of my patterns and will describe how the technique of using doubled-up yarns has enhanced their warmth and added extra design features. 

I will start next time by introducing the new winter version of my Lamberhurst Scarf which uses two ends of a sportweight yarn for extra warmth and softness. I will also be touching on the structure of wool and how the qualities can be enhanced by using doubled-up yarns. I will then go on to discuss other projects which owe their patterning and design to this technique.

​Please click here to read the introductory blogpost and to see a picture of our brand new grandson! We have yet to meet this little fellow but hope to do so soon.
30th Sept 2020     Introducing the 2020 Reversible Knitting Stitches E-book

Long-time readers to my blog will know that I am somewhat obsessed about reversible knitting stitches! I have been collecting and designing them for a bit longer than I care to mention! ​Then at the start of this year, I decided to challenge myself to see if we could add 20 more stitches to our Reversible Knitting Stitches E-book in 2020. Anna joined in and between us we topped that by a long way, adding more than 50 stitches to add to the collection! 

So we are delighted to now be able to introduce the brand-new edition: Reversible Knitting Stitches – A Sourcebook of 250 Double-Sided Stitch Patterns.

Read more about the ​new edition here...