Category: Tutorials

Finding your way around

I’ve been doing some updating on the blog recently and today seems like as good a time as any to tell you about what I’ve been doing – and hopefully it will help you to...

Sanctuary Socks – free pattern and tutorial

The beginning of the year is a strange time, I always think: on the one hand the new year spreads out before us like a blank canvas, inviting us to fill it with plans...

A pair of children's socks knitted in pink, purple, green, blue and yellow Winwick Mum Wildflower stripes

Two at a Time (TAAT) socks – free tutorial

I’ve been asked many times about knitting “two at a time” socks – that is, both socks of a pair knitted on one needle at the same time – and I’ve finally put together...

A-B-C Cowl – free pattern

Imagine that you’ve got a ball of rather lovely sock yarn that you want to knit up into something to wear around your neck rather than your feet.  You’ve not got much time to...

Circular needle organiser

I’ve had it in my mind for a long time now that I need a better way to store my knitting needles, especially now that I have commission projects on the go as well...

Calcite Socks – free pattern and tutorial

It’s a long Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK and what better time to cast on a new pair of socks? This pair was designed for the new leaf yarns Alpaca/Bluefaced Leicester/Teeswater 4ply...