TIK Knits

That, according to the late lamented Douglas Adams, is the sound of a deadline going past. It is our happy task today to declare that the TIK Knit Along deadline has been extended until 1.00am on Tuesday June 7th, so we have an extra Bank Holiday weekend's worth of knitting time! So no whoosh! For some of us, this comes...

We've all got them, those projects that lurk at the bottom of the WIP pile, muttering. Some of them are large, some small; some our own idea, some from a famous designer's pattern; some are for babies who have done very nicely in the Junior Cert. It's easy to think that they're doomed never to be finished, but that's just...

So you want to give a present to a knitter. Or you're visiting Dublin and you'd like a souvenir for yourself or someone else back home. You could spend a lot of time trying to find a pattern and some yarn that work together. We can help with this, of course, but we can speed the process up with our...

Just before Christmas we got an early and surprise delivery of the new Debbie Bliss Kid Mohair and Silk yarn, called Angel. It's a totally divine yarn, with a delicious colour range and we were ooohing and aaahing over it for days. It just so happened Siobhan wanted to make something wonderful for our delightful neighbours Marion and Dearvla of...

SQUSHYA COWL I know, we've a real cowl issue around here! But this one is going to save your bacon if you're stuck for last minute gift ideas... Using one skein of Mirasol Ushya and 12.75mm needles there's really no more than 2 hours of knitting here, maximum. It's a lovely woven stitch and there's no need to worry about...

MULBERRY GIFT BAG For trinkets, or soaps, or extra-special memories... we give you this sweet and very easy to knit Gift Bag. This Christmas Gift idea comes in a delightful kit, with a generous amount of colour co-ordinating Sari Ribbon yarn for the twisted cord drawstring tie. There's enough yarn in the kit to make two bags so you can...

PANSY HAT There's still another three projects to come but I wanted to squeeze this hat into the Christmas Knits series because it took just two recent snowy evenings to knit up! I'm in love with the yarn - Louisa Harding Thistle - a dreamy mix of merino and suri alpaca. The pattern is from the Louisa Harding Pattern Booklet...

RINGSEND COWL Our Christmas Knits series continues with another great cowl pattern in the Mobius style (with a half twist)... This one is great for those of you who don't want to jump in to the circular needle method, as it's knitted flat on straight needles, twisted and then sewn up or grafted together (depending on your preference). The lovely...

NORTHERN LIGHTS / REVONTULI SHAWL Next up in our favourite Christmas Knits series is the Northern Lights Shawl aka Revontuli Shawl. The pattern pdf can be downloaded for free at this link and you can get a really decent shawl from just one ball of Noro Sekku. With the ten-for-three discount this project will cost you just a whisper over...

BELLAS MITTENS Jacqui recently knit up this version of Bella's Mittens in Debbie Bliss Luxury Tweed Chunky. With weather this cold I love how the mittens can be pulled on up over your coat sleeves - no biting wind will get through these! They knit up really fast and they also wear really well as this chunky yarn is worked...

Over the next two and a bit weeks we'll be sharing some suggestions for our favourite Christmas Knits here. With time marching on they'll all be relatively quick knits and, best of all, they'll be accompanied by a special offer for the suggested yarns. We're calling it ten-for-three and it starts here! :D ROBINS EGG HAT This is a nifty...

Time for an FO everyone? Here's my Centrique, knit using just 75g of Malabrigo Sock on 5mm needles, and completed in next to no time at all :) The colourway is Turner, and the picture above is truest to the shade. I followed the stockinette instructions as written for the larger size and then knit two full chart repeats and...

Our little knitting kits got a great mention on Ireland AM last Friday morning. The feature was on ideal gifts for Mother's Day but we think this kit (with it's uber-cute cupcake box packaging) makes a great gift for any occasion. The yarns are the best quality, from some well-established yarn companies (namely Rowan and Noro) and for €22.50 you...

Dixie recently whipped up this beautiful spring wrap from the new Debbie Bliss yarn Amalfi. The pattern can be found via Ravelry by clicking here. This version took just four balls so that's a total project cost of €19.80 for a very elegant spring wardrobe staple :) Since this little photoshoot the wrap has been finished and blocked - it's...

All the cold weather we have been having since before Christmas has provided great opportunities to show off the knit wear! Although I do think we could all be suffering from a little "frost fatigue" at this point... So to banish those winter blues I give you the spring-green Chunky Lace Wrap: This eagle-eyed among you may recognise it as...

It just occurs to me that the title of this blog post would look like an alien language to a non-knitter! But... to you and me it's this: Another Dixie shop sample, (she can really churn 'em out that girl!) this time the pattern is Meret by Woolly Wormhead which you can download for free and the yarn is Noro...

Have you seen this beautiful blanket yet? You may already know Dixie who regularly works in the shop now and teaches all manner of knitting classes at TIK. Well, she has also been flying through any number of nice new sample projects for the shop and as her work is just so gorgeous I had to share it here! :D...

Jacqui has recently been firing out some top-down raglan t-shirts for summer. It began with Green Gable for her, using the original recommended yarn, Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece. Now, Jacqui would not be the greatest fan of knitting with cotton yarn. All knitters are different, and some people just really prefer the bounce and elasticity you get when knitting with...