As yarn shows start to come back again after their enforced closures, I have been thinking about the questions we are regularly asked at our stand. You are probably no doubt aware of our love for self-striping yarns and Schoppel Wolle Zauberball and Zauberball Crazy always seem to catch the eye of visitors to shows. After a customer has selected their perfect colourway, I’m commonly asked, “What can I make with this?” For a while I used to reply that these yarns are great for anything, but it was politely pointed out to me that I was perhaps not being at all helpful…
Read moreQuick tech tip: Following a hashtag on Instagram
How to follow hashtags on Instagram so you don’t miss out on any of our knitalong fun.
Read moreCustomers buying from the EU from 2021
This is not one of our usual blog posts and, unless you are an EU resident or have an interest in post-Brexit trade, this is probably not relevant to you. Normal service will be resumed next time…
Read moreDouble-knitting made easy
Intrigued by double-knitting? Here’s everything you need.
Read moreArchive Dive: Knitting Ruined My Wife, Tubular Cast On Edition
Many years ago, I wrote an occasional column for Simply Knitting entitled Knitting Ruined My Wife. As Jen mentioned in her introduction to this month’s Boost Your Knitting technique, the tubular cast on in the round, it was her obsession with this particular method of starting a project that led to the creation of the column. Today, I thought it’d be fun to take a dive in my archives and share the piece with you.
Read moreCast adrift on Sleeve Island
If only cropped, one-armed sweaters were in fashion…
Jim is stuck on Sleeve Island. What three things will get him through?
Read moreHeel flap, flapper hat and a flapping reflector
One of the great pleasures in what we do is the location photoshoot. The photos for the summer projects from A Year of Techniques were taken in Bath, in the kitchen of my brother’s house and on the banks of the River Avon.
Have a look back over the summer techniques and patterns.
Read moreHelical KAL progress
With only a couple of weeks remaining in the KAL within our Ravelry group, I’d thought I’d share a small selection of finished items to inspire you to try out the technique for yourself.
Read moreMountain Mist in progress
Jim is knitting for himself for once.
Read moreVideo: i-Cord cast-off method
I-cord cast off gives a smooth, rounded edge to your knitting. Find out how to do it from this straightforward video tutorial.
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