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It's a mark of how profound the challenges were that people faced during the COVID19 pandemic that it's still a daily reference point for the...

Something extra without the fluff

It was whilst she was out on a cardigan-fishing expedition on Ravelry that Brontë came back with this beauty by Amy Chritoffers. The pretty knit-purl...

Blooming marvellous

Nothing about my trip to Edinburgh had gone as planned. I woke up to a text message from The Trainline telling me my train was...

The Golden Rules Project

The paperback was a bit worn along the spine and had an unpreposessing cover showing a colour-washed photograph of a ball of wool with 2...
Knitsplaining

Ladderback what???

My first encounter with the ladderback jacquard LBJ technique was back in 2023 during one of my weekly dives, deep into the wierder and wonderfuller...
Product highlights

In our Good Books

There are times on my long scrollings through Ravelry in search of a just-right raglan for a customer, that it's tempting to ask if there's...
What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

Threads of learning

The women arrived together and their chatter had that slightly nervous excitement that comes of being away from work, as they entered the training room....
What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

Will Anyone Notice?

"Will it show? Do you think I need to rip it back?" Ask me how to do a neater left leaning increase, or why you...
Pattern round-ups

Unbuttoning the gloom

"The weather is always rubbish at this time of year. What do you expect? Of course it's grey and rainy. It's February. This is the...
What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

A Tale of 3 Sweaters

It’s a pattern of behavior which knows no logic or expediency: I am never so productive with knitting as when there is something else that...