Monday, 23 July 2018

Designing a Half Hap Shawl with Shetland Lace patterns, Part 1

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At the moment I am working on a number of projects. One project that I started working on several months ago was designing and knitting a ha...
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Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Blocking Your Knitting

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A few years ago I wrote an article for Knitting Magazine about blocking your knitting and thought I would re-publish it here. There are a...
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Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Things don’t always go right even for professionals

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I have been teaching a ‘Knit a Jumper’ course at Liss Wools in Hampshire over the last month or so. The knitters where given a Round Neck S...
Wednesday, 27 January 2016

Bavarian Twisted Stitches

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It's only a few weeks now before the Unravel Exhibition at Farnham Maltings, the 19th to 21st February. As well as having a stand at the...
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Thursday, 4 December 2014

Understanding pattern instructions FRONT and BACK of the knitted fabric

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There are lots of areas within a pattern where confusion can arise when describing how to do something. When knitting a garment you will oft...
Thursday, 23 October 2014

Knit 1 Purl 1 Rib Neckband for a V-neckline

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I have just uploaded a new demo to my YouTube channel showing you how to knit a mitred v-neckband in knit 1 purl 1 rib using a centre doubl...
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Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Picking up stitches for the Neckband on a Round Neckline

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In my last post I explained how I knitted a round neckline to make it as easy as possible to pick up the stitches for the neckband and achie...
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