Have you knit many projects where you hold two yarns together? Whether you’re exploring the wonderful world of marling with one of Ceceila Campochiaro’s patterns from MDK Field Guide No. 19: Marls or have jumped on the “put a strand of mohair with it” train, you may have noticed it’s relatively easy to miss out one or other of the yarns you’re knitting with while making a stitch.
Read moreThere's More Than One Way To Knit A Sweater
A few years ago, I came across an article suggesting some kinder replacements for common sayings that are, when you think about them, pretty violent. Things like killing two birds with one stone, or there being more than one way to skin a cat. The article proposed vegetable-based alternatives (“more than one way to peel a potato” is the one that stuck in my head). At the time I think I had a chuckle and moved on, but it obviously stuck with me, and I occasionally find myself almost drawing on one of those well-worn phrases then deciding that actually, it’s not quite fit for my purposes. Read on to see where this is going…
Read moreSeaming Diagonal Mitts Video Tutorial + Let's Dive Into Pretty Yarn
How do you feel about seaming? Do you approach it with gusto? Avoid it like the plague? Or perhaps you used to seam everything, but haven’t done any sewing up in quite some time? While there’s lots of fun to be had knitting things seamlessly, seaming is a really good skill to have in your back pocket. And today, I’m showing off the perfect project to dip your toes in the water if you want to give seaming a go … we’ve even got a video tutorial to show you how it’s done!
Read moreMDK Field Guide No. 19: Marls!
Are you looking for some scope to play in your knitting? To have a bit of fun? I think that’s something we could all use … and luckily, it’s something the latest Field Guide from the fine folks at Modern Daily Knitting offers in spades! Say hello to Field Guide No. 19: Marls, with five marl-tastic designs from creative powerhouse Cecelia Campochiaro.
Read moreDebut Pullover + A Bottom-Up Sweater Knitting Video Tutorial
What did you knit over your summer holidays? When I wasn’t rejoicing in rainbow stripes, my needles were occupied with Karida Collins Debut Pullover, which I’m knitting up in Fyberspates Vivacious DK … + a video tutorial for joining sleeves and body.
Read moreKnitting Know-How: Join, Being Careful Not to Twist (Video Tutorials)
We’ve been thinking about beginning knitting more than usual here around Arnall-Culliford H-Q, as we’ve celebrated the arrival of Skill Set and Field Guide No. 18: Beginnings and watched our retail manager, Lou, start her own knitting journey. Knitting, like any hobby or specialised pursuit, has its own lingo. Phrases that, once we’ve been knitting awhile, we gloss over without a thought, and that would rarely be explained by a knitting pattern. Phrases like “join, being careful not to twist".
Read moreThe Journey Begins!
Lou is the newest member of Team Arnall-Culliford and, since joining the team, she’s been rediscovering the joy of knitting using Modern Daily Knitting’s brand new how-to knit volume, Skill Set. She’s already off to an amazing start, and she’ll be sharing more of her adventures as a new knitter over the next few weeks!
Read moreTricked Out Trinket Mittens
Okay, so I know it’s June. If you’re in the northern hemisphere, mittens are probably the last thing on your mind. Especially when those mittens are knitted with that woolliest of woolly wools, Lettlopi. But let me make the case for knitting the Trinket Mittens in summer to you. They’re small. They’re fast. They’re fun. They’ll get your creative juices flowing. And, come autumn, you can pull them out with the satisfaction of the Very Prepared. And of course, for those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, High Mitten Season is fast approaching! I’ve knitted two pairs of Mary Jane Mucklestone’s Trinket Mittens (so far), so today, I’m bringing you some of the tips and tricks I’ve garnered over four fabulous mittens!
Read moreFinished Transom!
It’s finished, it’s finished! Check out my new favourite layering piece, the Transom Cardigan by Carol Feller from MDK Field Guide No. 14: Refresh!
Read moreThere's more than one way to start a toe-up sock! (Crochet Provisional Cast On and Grafting Video Tutorials)
I love that my day job focusses on helping knitters learn new techniques. And I find it particularly fun when I can suggest using techniques in a way that might not be immediately obvious. Today, I’ve got a pair of video tutorials for the crochet provisional cast on and grafting, skills that you’ll use individually time and again over the course of a knitting career. But they’re also a pair that work together particularly well. I’ll dive into some of their more common uses in today’s post, but I also want to highlight a perhaps less obvious application: they make a great way to start toe-up socks if Judy’s Magic Cast on isn’t your cup of tea.
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