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The Almost Invisible Lifted Increases!
Our latest design the Freight Pullover is cast on at the back neck and lifted increases are used to create the shoulder ‘seams’. It’s a nifty method developed by Julie Weisenberger of Cocoknits. Now these increases are not so commonly used so a tutorial may be handy to have by you when you are starting
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Lineage Socks
We are often asked at shows what to make with our sock sets and Lineage was designed with these in mind. Unisex socks for nearly all the family with contrasting stripes and toes. It is also an excellent pattern to use up all those scraps loitering in your stash, not only can you use up
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Cornish Thrift Top and Shawl
If you’re considering a bit of summer knitting we have the Cornish thrift top with matching shawl for when the summer doesn’t live up to expectations. The simple vest style top is worked in pieces from the bottom up in our Merino & Silk Single. It starts with a deep patterned hem, the body is
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Delicous Death
Our club boxes often come with a recipe and my favourite was from last January’s Poison box, Delicious Death a frugal chocolate cake inspired by Agatha Christie’s A Murder is announced. It was published in 1950 when Britain was still in the grip of rationing so chocolate cake and especially a deep, rich celebration cake
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Winter Club Box
I’m trying to avoid going out to the shed to wash wool as it’s so very icy outside and so very warm inside I thought I do a show and tell for our winter club box. The theme was a winter walk, with a photograph of the heath in winter for the inspiration. The only
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Gnomes and Fairies
During lock down to make Nicola laugh I sent her a gnome in the post. Who doesn’t raise a titter at a surprise gnome? In return she sent me a fairy, more Mavis Cruet than Cinderella. Here is the pattern if you’d like to make your own (watching Willo the Wisp is purely optional but
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Gild the Gingerbread
It’s been a frustrating few days the weather has been grim, grey and gloomy and my current knitting project isn’t working out. Knitted Christmas present production has slowed up. An afternoon of baking seemed a quicker way of making a few gifts and with a little judicious planning there would be a few left to
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#virtualwonderwool
This weekend should be Wonderwool Wales and instead of heading for Builth Wells were both staying at home, not flattening the curve but jumping up and down on the pesky thing. We’re, however, joining in with #virtualwonderwool and have free UK postage for all orders on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th April. This was our
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Washing, pH and the bonkersness of natural dyes
I was going to write about some of the projects I have on my needles but blocking a new shawl brought home the totally unexpected affect of washing liquids.
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Howling
Howling: a fictional Sussex village in Stella Gibbons’ classic novel, Cold Comfort Farm. A place where gumboots are essential and the wind comes in “snarling cries”. Also the name for this easy to memorise, mock rib cowl that’ll keep the snarling cries at bay.
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Lewis and Harris
I always find holidays exhausting, the week before you work like a lunatic to leave everything shipshape and the week after is spent catching up – oh, and ironing. Very cleverly our week away on Lewis and Harris was just before Yarndale, I must just enjoy the stress!
