Pattern Faves

If you've been joining us on our journey through the Pfeilraupe pattern, you've since learned how to master the crochet cast on, the short rows, and the slots. Today we finish off this series with the short row technique used on the finishing edge. While the cast on edge uses another short row technique, the opposite edge uses double stitches,...

We do hope Santa has brought you all that you wished for this morning, and that you are enjoying as restful a day as possible! As an extra-special treat on this 12th Day, TinCanKnits are sharing their new Flax Light pattern and they are making it free, not just for today, but for forever more! So, no need to rush,...

On the 9th Day of Christmas TinCanKnits are bringing us some cosy cables in the very sweet Bon Bon Toque, *free* for 24 hours only. Pop on over to pick up your pattern and then fly back here to claim your 15% discount on our chosen yarn for today - Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran. There's a colour for everyone in...

We're really in to the countdown now, as we hit the 8th Day of Christmas with TinCanKnits. Today they have the sweetest little pattern for Boot Toppers to share with us and, although we're now in Christmas week, we're confident a set of these could fly off the needles ahead of the big day! Our suggested yarn today is Louisa...

The festive celebrations with TinCanKnits continue today, as they are offering their Seawall Socks pattern *free* for the next 24 hours. Fancy making your own pair? We have 15% off Townhouse Yarns Grafton 4ply *today only* with the discount code TCKDAY2. Don't forget that everyone who redeems a 12 Days of Christmas code will be entered in to a draw...

We love hand-dyed yarns, but there's no doubt that they can vary a bit, even if you buy them together and check them carefully. Working a larger project with slightly different shades can mean that one half of your shawl doesn't match the other, or that one sleeve is strikingly unlike the rest of the jumper. What's more, if your...

This is ours, and it's given us an idea for a give-away! It's the adorable Chevron Baby Blanket made in lovely Debbie Bliss Mia. The pattern's a free download on Ravelry, and it's the easiest knit. It takes just five balls of yarn and it's one of our customers' most popular choices for new babies. There's a wonderful twenty two...

Our Chicane Summer Knit-A-Long is well underway, and over in our very active Ravelry KAL thread there's a stream of tempting pictures and reports. Chicane is made with a lovely lacy stitch pattern, starting straight and then decreasing for the sleeves and body while continuing the lace. We've had requests for help on doing the decreases while in pattern, so...

With the start date of our Knit-A-Long getting closer, we're delighted to feature a guest post today from the designer of Chicane. She's an incredibly talented designer living in Surrey in England - you can find the rest of her designs at this page, and she has a an active and friendly Ravelry group over at Jimi Knits and Other...

In the last month or so, there's been a delightful surge in impromptu Knit-Alongs. Through twitter or facebook, or from this blog, people get inspired and before you know it, there's starting together and working through and gleeful sharing of finished objects all over the place. We've seen the Epistropheid phenomenon, and there's still a lot of Il Grande Favoritos...