I love a good rib stitch. I have my favourites and my not-so favourites – and of course this changes depending on what I’m knitting. For the band of a hat I love a 1 x 1 rib (1 knit, 1 purl, repeat ad nauseam), but if it’s a fair isle hat…
Archives for June 2011
Stranded
Yeah, ok. It’s a cheap joke – “stranded” as I’m “stranded in a sea of fair isle stitches”. It could be worse. I could have said something about being stranded and clutching at anything that “floats”. Lucky I can knit hey? So I’m having a real fair isle binge at the moment…
Fair Isle Yarn Dominance
When using the Fair Isle or stranded technique, it’s important to maintain consistency with yarn dominance. It all comes down to how you hold your yarn. It’s important to remember that the dominant colour will always be the yarn that is held in the lower position. I knit English style and when…
Adventures with the Wrong Needles
When I got back into knitting about five years ago, I knew very little about it. I had learned to knit as a child but didn’t bother anymore after I was about 12 years old. There are only so many Dr Who scarves a girl can start and never finish. So my…
And the winner is….
…MJ! Congratulations MJ. You have won a pattern and yarn kit to make your own Holgate Beanie. I will send you an email to get your colour choices and postal address. It was nice to get some comments and suggestions for tutorials. I also received about a billion spam messages which I naturally…