
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 Monet have become Monet Minis and we obviously had to include at least one set based

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 double for very cold days makes me childishly happy. They are knitted through out in 3

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

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.