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18th Aug 2019     Straightening crinkly yarn

In this week's blogpost I am exploring the joys of reusing yarn and straightening out all the crinkles and waves! ​​Read on to find out how to wind a ball and steam your skeins of wool so your yarn is back to being pristine and smooth again...

​Read this week's blogpost here.
25th July 2019     Are you using the right needle?

If you read my last blogpost, you may have seen that I am currently knitting a lace cardi on some new-to-me knitting needles from Knitters Pride. This is a set of chrome-plated interchangeable needles from their Nova Platina range, and very nice they are to work with too.

​But I ran into an unexpected issue when I went to find a set of matching 3.5mm double-pointed needles for the sleeves. I finally sorted the problem but only after I had hunted out all my various needle gauges and spare needles! Have a look at this week's blogpost to find out more...
19th July 2019     My WIP – Working in Pink

​I have just posted a new blogpost with news about one of this year's hottest fashion colours – Aurora Pink, a gorgeous bluey-pink that works so well with two of this year's fashion trends, Ballerina & Nostalgia.

​Not that you'd ever accuse me of being a slave to fashion, but I am loving this colour in the cardi I am knitting right now. To read more about the colour and to see some photos of my current WIP (Work in Progress), please click here.
1st July 2019     Postcard from Kyoto: The day summer started

We have just returned from an invigorating walking holiday in Kyoto Japan and were there on the very day when summer started. When was that, you ask? Well read more here to find out!
26th June 2019     Slip those stitches!

A new blogpost all about the wonders of Slip Stitches and their use in making strong knitted fabrics for placemats, rugs and bags. The photo shows a lovely reversible stitch, Double-Banded Rib from our book, Reversible Knitting Stitches which I used in my new knitting pattern, the Somertide Placemats shown at the top R. Then many thanks to Anna / Kiku Knits for the photos of her 2 lovely bags, the Nokomis Beach Bag and Sierra Shoulder Bag.

​All the patterns are worked with different slip stitches and you can read more about these in the latest blogpost here.
19th June 2019     New knitting pattern - Somertide Placemats

Summer is finally here - and with the sun comes the wonderful prospect of leisurely meals together outside. So here's a new pattern which will make your summer dining a delight. The Somertide Placemats includes instructions for both placemats and matching coasters in a glorious combination of summer colours. ​ . . .

To read more of this blogpost, please ​click here.
For more information about the Somertide Placemats pattern, please click here.
14th June 2019     Merry it is in Somertide

A blogpost to greet the start of summer! Please enjoy some of Tim's photos taken near my old hometown of St Albans in Hertfordshire along with some verses that my father used to love from one of his old Middle English texts, "Of Arthour and Merlin"  from about 1331.

Read more here...