Category: Winwick Mum yarn

A collage of four photographs of sock designs - one cable, one lace, one intarsia and one colourwork

Blogtober 2024 : Day 6

It’s Sunday, and I hope you are having a lovely weekend! Thank you for spending some of it reading my blog posts – I’m glad you enjoyed yesterday’s about rediscovering knits from Octobers gone...

A pair of blue striped and cream colourwork socks on wooden sock blockers lying on a white wooden board. There are gold chocolate coins and gemstones in shades of blue and green lying next to the socks.

Treasure Socks – free pattern

I often get asked where the inspiration for my designs comes from, and it’s not always an easy question to answer.  Sometimes it can be something very specific, particularly if it’s for a commission,...

A partly-knitted mitten on pink needle tips

Blogtober 2022 : Day 23

Can you hear that rain on the windows?  Oh, it’s bouncing!  Nobody wants to be out there today! I’m going to light the fire and get on with my Split Mittens.  I haven’t mentioned...

A row of trees bordering a green grassy field. They are lots of shades of green. The sky is grey as it is raining.

Spring Greens

This is such an amazing time of the year – it seems that so quickly, all of the bare branches and garden spaces fill up with so many shades of green leaves and I...

A pair of feet wearing a pair of mosic patterned socks stretched out on a hearth by an open fire. Th

Easy Mosaic Socks – free pattern and tutorial

When is a colourwork sock not a colourwork sock? When it’s an Easy Mosaic Sock! I know that sounds like a bad cracker joke, but it’s actually a bit of magic that will let...

A blue sky with wispy clouds is visible between green tree tops and a cream sun parasol

Recharging

It’s just gone noon on Sunday. Here in Winwick, it’s 28 degrees which makes it a hot day here (but perhaps not surprising given that I’m convinced we never get much snow here because...