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Read moreKnitting How-To: Picking Up Stitches
One of the really fun details of Natalie Warner’s Fond Mittens, the latest pattern from Something To Knit Together Winter Edition, is the cable detail with which they begin. To achieve it, you start by knitting a cable strip, then pick up stitches along the row ends to begin knitting the mitten cuff. Today, we bring you a video tutorial to perfect your picking up technique!
Read moreThe Fond Mittens by Natalie Warner
Are warm woollen mittens one of your favourite things? If so, well today’s your lucky day. Natalie Warner’s newest pattern, released today, is not only warm and woolly, but clever and quick — a knitting quadruple treat! Have you a hot drink to hand? Settle in and I’ll tell you a bit more about the Fond Mittens, the latest pattern from our Something To Knit Together Winter Edition collection.
Read moreBook Review: Cowls by Mina Philipp
If you’ve been following Arnall-Culliford Knitwear any length of time, you’ll know we’re firm believers in the idea that there’s always something new to learn. We are all about patterns and books that empower knitters to be the boss of their own knitting, so we jumped at the chance to review Mina Philipp’s new book, Cowls: A Colourwork Sourcebook & Patterns Inspired by Persia. Mina is a knitwear designer also host of the popular Knitting Expat Podcast.
Read moreTop Tips for Tidy Intarsia!
When you hear the word intarsia, what do you think of? Perhaps jumpers from the eighties with splashy motifs and a bit of mohair (both of which, as it happens, coming very much back into style!)? Maybe it brings up memories of a knitting disaster (as it used to for me)? Or maybe you’ve not come across intarsia —“Intars-WHAT?—before, and you’ve got no idea what I’m talking about! Read on for top tips for perfect intarsia…
Read moreTo Cable Needle or Not To Cable Needle? Four Video Tutorials Let You Decide
One of the things I really like about Natalie Warner’s Assembly Scarf, the first pattern from our Something To Knit Together Winter Edition collection, is how she’s played with scale with the two featured cables. Both are right crossing rope cables, but they’re worked over different numbers of stitches and with different lengths to great effect. If you’ve not knitted cables before, this is an absolutely great project for building you cable confidence. And today, we’re bringing you video tutorials to show you how to work both cables used in the pattern using two methods. Read on!
Read moreThe Assembly Scarf by Natalie Warner
Hello knitters and welcome to December, the most knitterful time of the year (at least for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere!). The start of this month means it’s time for the release of the very first pattern from our Something To Knit Together Winter Edition collection — say hello to this cosy little number, the Assembly Scarf (that’s a Ravelry link) by Natalie Warner!
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