Designs

I figured it was time for an update on the Metropolis socks I posted about a little while ago! The socks are finished but I don’t have proper photos or the pattern written up just yet, but I do have some WIP photos and info to share. When I wrote my previous post, I wasn’t sure what I was going to do …

Yesterday Scheepjes announced their new yarn, Whirl Fine-Art, which is taking Whirl to a whole new level! It still has the long, beautiful colour changes we all love, but now in a Superfine Merino blend in DK weight. It is the same blend as in the Merino Soft line, which means they are a perfect match for using together in whatever gradient project …

Hello friends! Wow, it really has been a spectacularly long time, hasn’t it? As usual, so much has changed since I last wrote, I don’t even know where to begin. We’ve moved AGAIN, and are now living in the very south of France in the city of Montpellier. It was a very rough year, 2019, for various reasons, which lead to this …

As I promised, I’m back with the pattern for my Glacia Shawl, the first instalment of my Elemental Knitting series. I hope you enjoy making it and that the newer knitters out there find it an interesting learning experience. I won’t rehash everything I’ve gone through in my previous posts, as I’ve covered the shawl quite well already, and instead …

Scheepjes Whirl Ombré in Turquoise Turntable Hello everyone! I’m so excited to share my finished Glacia shawl with you! All that’s left now is for me to put the final polish on the pattern, make the PDF’s and do all of the other fun pattern release stuff there is to do, but I thought you’d like to get a good …

Hey everyone! I thought I’d pop by with a bit more info about the Glacia Shawl that I’ve been working on for the first instalment of my Elemental Knitting series. As I mentioned in my earlier post this series is an idea I came up with to help knitters become a little more comfortable and knowledgeable about their stitches. This isn’t …

Hello everyone! I’m so excited to share my new pattern with you – my Spice Market Socks! They are made toe-up using the Mosaic method which means that you knit with only one colour at at time to create a colour pattern, as opposed to stranded colourwork or fair isle, which requires you to carry your colours along with you. The …

For a while now I’ve been thinking of doing a series of shawl designs for beginners, which focuses on a particular design element. To take that element and use it in different ways within the same projects to show how it affects the outcome. When I was new at knitting I would choose a pattern I liked and jump in, …

Here is my completed Icarus blanket, with pattern for you to enjoy! You already had a fairly good idea of what it was based on my previous posts, but that’s ok! I have been busy taking photos and curling up with it on the terrace and I like it more and more each time I use it. It has also …

Last week I told you about the yarn selection for my Icarus Blanket design, and mentioned how I wasn’t sure what exactly I wanted to use for the actual stitch pattern. This was a bit of a process in itself as I had a specific look in mind but I wasn’t really sure what sort of stitches I wanted to …

A few years ago I was planning a cardigan project and wasn’t sure which yarn I wanted to use. Scheepjes had just released their Soft Fun Denim line at that time and I wanted to check out the colours and see if it would work with my project, so I requested one of each colour to get a better look …