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31st Mar 2021     Seeing Double: #7 – Tips and Techniques using Doubled Yarns

Over the last few blogposts, I have been extolling the virtues of using two ends of yarn held together to add extra qualities to your knitting and to maximise the potential for finding interesting yarn combinations for your next project. So in this last blogpost in the series, I want to touch on some tips and techniques for working with doubled yarns.​​

​To read the new blogpost, please click here.
To read the  first post in the series, please click here.
24th Mar 2021     Seeing Double: #6 – Mix 'n Match Sets

​If you have been following this "Seeing Double" series of blogposts, you will know that I am a fan of using two ends of yarn for all kinds of reasons – it can add warmth to your winter knitting, expand your range of yarn choices, and produce beautiful tonal effects. It also allows you to incorporate additional fibres into your work to add drape, texture and visibility. 

However, there is another really good reason to use doubled yarns, and that is to create sets of items – all perfectly co-ordinated because the same yarns have been used throughout. ​​

​To read the new blogpost, please click here.
15th Mar 2021     Seeing Double: #5 – Mixing it up

I am continuing my “Seeing Double” blogpost series, and this time I’m looking at mixing different fibres to bring out the best qualities of each of them. Sometimes you can find the perfect fibre mix in your local yarn store, but if you can’t then you can work with two or more yarns held together to add texture, drape, strength, visibility and other attributes to your next knitting project!

​​To read more, please click here.
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 third 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 are selecting yarns for our next project.

​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 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. 

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7th Jan 2021     Seeing Double: #1 – 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 the technique of using doubled yarns to add warmth and 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.