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Knit Your Own Summer Part 3

What about Parts 1 & 2: you can't just kick off with Part 3! Ha Hah! Just as I suspected. You've totally forgotten about the...
What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

A knitter walks into a wool shop

A knitter walks into a wool shop. They undo their jacket to reveal an astonishingly beautiful and complicatedly cabled cardigan which has the look of...
Pattern round-ups

Knit your own summer mini series

Distracting sunny afternoons, limited space in your backpack and the joy of getting a project finished within days of starting it: the summer turns out...
Meet the maker

Knitting in high places

'When he saw I knew what I was talking about as a knitter, it helped me to create a bond.' Irene Waggener is an anthropologist,...
Knitsplaining

When is a sweater not a sweater?

Perhaps when it's a light weight top which isn't about keeping you warm? Or when it's got short sleeves? When it looks nice on its...
Life in the day of a wool shop

Overheard in the woolshop this week

Lots of new faces and new knitters in the shop this week, also old knitters trying new things. It's a good reminder that however familiar...
What I'm thinking about when I'm knitting

If Sisyphus had been a knitter…

By all accounts Sisyphus was a pretty crafty guy and not in a nice way: He plotted to kill his brother, seduced his niece and...
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A Sweater for Less

Cost of living, cozzie-livs, feeling the pinch, straightened times.. Whatever you want to call it, there's a lot of us feeling it right now. It...
Knitsplaining

A Circular Argument

'It's a just a hat - why do I need 2 different sorts of needles?' 'Finally reached the sleeve decreases and now even my 40cm...
Pattern round-ups

Sunny intervals

Summer, the meterolgical calendar tells us, is not far away. But given how the spring has (not) turned out in this corner of east London,...

Sweater Club Recommended Patterns

Sweaters Saglan by Ailbiona Maclachlan Lakes by Ozetta Lento by Jonna Hietala Aran Gallant by Caidree My First Raglan by Jared Flood Minna No by...