Knitting Weekend at Les Soeurs Anglaises
30th April / 1st May 2016 Take your knitting to the next level more…
Indie Designer Gift-A-Long Daily Give-Away
19 – 27 November (= the giftalong2015 SALE week) Name that pattern! Win that pattern! more…
moving cable without cable needle
Photo tutorial for the snaking cable on the Io and Mio gloves. more…
blending in
A clever way to transition from one colour or dye lot to the next BAAAA BBAAA BBBAA BBBBA more…
workshop & retreat in SW France
Knit your own personalized, custom fit, Ziggurat sweater or cardigan more…
Glove & Mitten Blockers in 10 min
Make your own! For the first time ever I have felt the need to block a pair of gloves. Unilke other knitting, I usually simply wear gloves into shape (despite having discovered the magic of blocking some years ago and no longer dismissing it as a habit of pernickity and supercilious knitters). But here I […] more…
p2togtbl :: 4 ways
In general, the p2togtbl is to be avoided. That’s my basic attitude. However… in the interest of knitting symmetry sometimes a p2togtbl is the right thing to do. (This chimes perfectly with the general wisdom (mine) that intended asymmetry is good, unintended asymmetry, bad. Mostly.) A p2togtbl on the Wrong Side produces an ssk (a left-leaning decrease) on the Right Side. And sometimes […] more…
Nondaily Tip No. 4: Frog or Tink?
Yes, it happens, the need to undo, frog, or un-knit – or as it is sometimes known, to TINK (k-n-i-t backwards), undoing stitch by more…
Unwind Brighton July 2014
12 – 13 July 2014 Another exciting woolly event to mark in the calendar! more…
Nondaily Tip No. 2: save the circ!
or more good reasons for never throwing out a circular needle more…
