It’s Christmas Timei
From my home to yours from my heart to yours I wish you Season Greetings. It has been a very full year and the arrival of a 3rd Granddaughter Phoebe…
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Days of Summer
The breeze is warm,the sun hot,and the atmosphere is one of lazy lazy holiday feeling as I meet up with my dear friend Charity and her family at her home…
Dots and Lines
I love colour work and it is so easy using slipped stitch techniques My Dot and Line Cowl and Scarf are available as kits in the shop
Finishing Touches
Seeing finishes on a knitted garment being as beautifully executed as a sewn garment always pleases me. This top designed for BC Garn in Denmark had a lovely stitch design…
The Blue Rose Tam
This tam has been so popular I am thinking of making it in another colour combination ie zwartbles brown with cream bfl roses or shetland with brown roses. Next week…
Soft Cables in Alpaca/Cashmere
My hands work hard for me and I do look after them,handcream twice a day and soothing aromatherapy oil rubs into the right hand which was so injured. So when it…
Techniques
No matter where I am teaching the one thing students all want to learn all the time are Techniques.Colour techniques, Shaping, Directional,Lace,Aran,Steeking,to name a few categories. Starting tiny 3 st…
New Yarn
Today using a yarn recommended to me by a friend and it is a delightful yarn giving a lovely drape but great stitch definition.The only time I have used Gotland…
New Baby New Book
I have been a bit quiet on the blogging world these last few weeks as my mind has been full of Babies.My own 1st grandadughter and knitting for Babies. Well…