Category: Patterns

Candy Cane Socks – and a new heel flap!

Normally, I don’t like to think about *whispers* Christmas until Hallowe’en has been and gone.  I’m not a Bah Humbug kind of person at all, and I might have been buying the odd present here...

Easy Lace Socks – free pattern and tutorial

Hello again!  It’s lovely to see you back again, I hope you’re all ready to start your Easy Lace Socks! Please note – this tutorial is picture-heavy! This post follows on from yesterday’s where...

A pair of socks in pastel-coloured stripes and pale pink cuffs, heels and toes modelled on feet

Contrast cuff, heel and toe socks – free tutorial

One of the things that you quickly discover when you’ve knitted a few pairs of top (cuff) down socks is that you’ve got leftover yarn.  Toe-up knitters will tell you that they rarely have...

Easy Cable Socks – free pattern and tutorial

Here we are then – all ready to start the first tutorial of 2017!  Please note – this tutorial is picture-heavy! If you read yesterday’s post then you’ll know this tutorial is for Easy...

Gift IOU – free printable download

There’s nothing nicer than a hand-made gift – after all, as a character from the one of my girls’ favourite Christmas story books Angelina Ballerina’s Christmas by Katharine Holabird said, “A home made gift comes straight...

Reinforcing heels, soles and toes – free tutorial

If you’ve been following the blog for the last few months, you’ll know that big daughter went to Peru for four weeks in July this year, working on a social project and trekking high...