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Monet Minis, Water Lily Mittens

We started letterbox mini skein sets last year with a series based on William Morris designs and as Louise has a penchant for alliteration these became Morris Minors after the much loved British car.  Naturally the latest series inspired by …
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Five different coloured mini skeins and a pair of ribbed wrist warmers on a wooden stool decorated with strawberry fruits, leaves and flowers. Behind is the card that inspired them

Reversible Wrist Warmers

Wrist warmers could not be any simpler than these two tubes of ribbing but the fact that they have two thumb holes so can be turned upside down to show a different colour or even folded over to be worn …
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A gnome and fairy sitting on a windowsill

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 …
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A pair of hand knit socks laying on an old leather suitcase with a throw and old book

Pip Pip Socks

We have a new sock pattern, Pip Pip, a top down sock with an easy purl, slip stitch pattern which is separated by increasing rounds of stocking stitch. The pattern is carried on down the heel flap and once more …
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A view of dark purple poppies and their seed heads

Club boxes

We are often asked if we do subscription boxes or advent calendars and the answer has always been a firm no and then, if you're really unlucky, a long explanation of why not, but we've changed our minds. We've decided …
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Decorated wooden rabbit shaped sock blockers hanging on a picket fence

Decorated Sock Blockers

What to do in lockdown when the garden has been weeded to within an inch of its life and you've done as much housework as you consider necessary?  Well over the last year we've accumulated a small pile of bunny …
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Wooden sock and mitten blockers, ruler, pins, balloons, knitting and crochet on a blue cloth

Blocking Your Knits and Crochet Too

You've spent weeks on a project, stayed up late to finish the last few rows and are excited to wear your heroic knitted or crocheted efforts.  All the faff of blocking just seems one step too far, but it's amazing …
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A pair of Lewes mittens on a rusty metal background

Lewes

The plan was to publish this pattern at the beginning of December; a perfect last minute gift that used scraps of yarn – then the website went wrong.  Really, really wrong.

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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 …

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The Miss Lavish work bag

Miss Lavish is my workbag.  Now I don’t usually name my possessions.  The cat spent several months without a name and even now I’m not sure he’s a Perkins but it’s sort of stuck. My workbag, however, was named instantly, …

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Sewing Rompers

From our first show at Woolfest last year we realised there was a small problem with our kits.   So many people said that they wanted to buy one but they had baby boys.  Not wanting to scar child for …

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selborne sock

Selborne

Selborne is a small village in Hampshire close to where our grandparents lived when we were children.  Famous to most for the home of Gilbert White, the naturalist and for us the zig-zag path and violets.

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Ainsworth & Prin Blockers

One  of the things about attending lots of lovely wool shows is that Nicola and I spend a lot of time in a car.  As I can’t get my head around an automatic gear box she gets to do all …

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Yarndale

It’s Yarndale in Skipton, North Yorkshire this weekend and we’ll be on stand 167 if you’re visiting.

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Sampler

Sampler, a warm woolly scarf to keep out the winter draughts and just what you need to knit when the temperatures hit 30°C. We had this scarf as a sample at Woolfest and we also meant to have the pattern …

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Greenfinch

I’ve been dyeing stock for our first ever show at Woolfest at the end of next month and I have a new yarn base to play with.  It’s a lovely springy South American merino 4 ply, very soft but still …

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