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...

We've got the most gorgeous collection of knits on show in the shop at the moment: Carol Feller's Trunk Show is on display upstairs! There's garments and accessories galore, and we've chosen a few favourites to showcase today. First of all, pictured above is the delicious Bakersville, a hooded cardigan designed for Fyberspates Scrumptious 4-ply. The merino/silk yarn makes it...

Isn't this a gorgeous little slipover? It's a brand new pattern called Blackrock from Yvonne McSwiney, who also hand-dyes that glorious Dublin Dye Company yarn, and it's perfect for any smart little person from six months to six years. Blackrock is worked in fingering weight and the amount needed starts at just 300 metres for the littlest size. The pattern...

A month in and with two Bank Holiday weekends under our belts, the Spring Daybreak Knit-a-Long is romping along! We're having so much fun in the shop helping you out together colour and yarn combinations (we're offering the discount on suggested yarns right through the KAL). Over in the Ravelry thread, there's hints and support and a chance to see...

Weaving in ends is one of the final stages of a project, and despite our best efforts (splicing when adding a new ball, working seamlessly and so on), there's always some to do. The Garter Yoke Baby Cardi (a hugely popular and dotey free pattern on Ravelry) is a case in point. It's a delight to work in sportweight yarn...

Today, we're featuring a guest post from Ken McCamish, a very good friend of ours who lives in Jeffersonville, Southern Indiana. When he told us how his car reacted to his knitting, we wanted to share it with you, so over to Ken! We call it The Passenger. It’s the name given to my cone of Donegal Tweed I purchased...

We've found the perfect casual polo-neck jumper! It's cosy and quick to knit in soothing stocking stitch, and it comes with a gorgeous striped option. It's the Sublime Stripe on Stripe sweater from Sublime Book 670 (along with a whopping twenty four other patterns), and the smallest size takes just ten balls of Sublime Luxurious Aran Tweed. The yarn's a...

Every so often, a pattern appears which is just so worth making - for its cleverness, for the pleasure of working it, for the loveliness of the final object. Veera Välimäki's Color Affection is one of them. We're simply entranced by this shawl. It's so easy to knit and the finished object has to be seen to be believed. There's...

Last week we promised you a look at some lovely accessories designed by Carol Feller that are currently on display in the shop. Well, it turned a bit colder in the meantime, so what could be better for keeping warm than two of her beautiful designs? So it came about that in the picture above Jacqui's wearing both the Mayu...