Now Christmas is over I can share with you some of the gift knitting I did last year – specifically the Christmas Socks I made for family members’ Christmas presents. One of my knitting goals for 2017 was to knit 12 pair of socks. I’m still rounding them up to photograph and…
Pink Peppercorn
A very quick post about a new yarn base and colour that I’ve just added to the shop. Pink Peppercorn is a soft pink with splashes of lichen, mustard and raspberry. It also has a handful of blue and orange flecks. I don’t often keep a skein of yarn from my dyeing…
The Finished Ashburn Shawl
In what may be the longest and laziest knit-along ever, I’ve finished my Ashburn shawl! I actually completed it in June or July last year, after casting on in April 2017. It just took me until January 2018 to block and photograph. Ashburn is a pattern by Melanie Berg. I would definitely…
The Year of Yarn
Three days into the new year and I’m already planning my dyeing schedule for next Christmas. I lost momentum last year after three different versions of the ‘flu, so I’m excited to be back into dyeing and knitting. I missed having the energy to dye new yarn or to make anything more…
Retro Monday – Knitters Choice 1960
Today’s vintage pattern – Knitters Choice 1960 – is from a bundle of patterns I recently received from my friend Nicole. She gave me about 50 patterns from her own collection and they’re all fantastic! Knitters Choice 1960 is a Patons and Baldwins publication, with lots of patterns for women, men and…
Knitting Needle Conversion Chart
I’ve only ever thought about knitting needles in terms of their metric sizes, so I get lost as soon as UK or US sizes are mentioned in a pattern. I don’t plan on memorizing the different sizes, but now I know exactly where to go for a reference table – right here!