I love Celtic knots, and was awed when I first saw them reproduced in knitted cables. I didn’t know it was possible to form the loops that are necessary to…
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A few years ago during a trip to the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes, one of the many wonderful places we will visit in my Yorkshire Knitting Tour next summer,…
I’m currently working on a design that will feature a tree, most of which will be worked in cables. I plan to include a few embossed leaves in the the tree…
When I knit stocking stitch flat in the standard manner the rows clump together in pairs. This is clearly visible on the purl side of the fabric; every two rows there is a longer…
Have you seen the lovely review Jean Moss did last week for my new book, ‘Born & Bred’? This kicked off the blog tour, which will continue until the end…
Apologies for the misleading silence here. I should have been posting links to the various blogs of fellow designers and friends who have been participating in the ‘Novel Knits’ blog…
It was a fabulous month! I find such tremendous reward from teaching, and October was full of it! I finally launched the curriculum for the Knitting School at my website, focusing on the techniques…
I am delighted to announce that Novel Knits is now out! The ebook is available via Ravelry, with an automatic discount for those of you who have previously bought PDF…
Please note – the pattern PDFs have now been deleted and the full pattern will soon be released for sale. This week I have thoroughly enjoyed following the progress of…
