Easy Lace Socks tutorial – getting started
At the beginning of this year when I posted the tutorial for my Easy Cable Socks, I said that my focus for this year would be on bridging the gap between the basic 4ply...
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First week of the holidays
Oh, it’s been wonderful to get off the treadmill this week, although it’s surprised me how fast the time has gone. Late mornings, pyjama days, no school runs … it’s been a much calmer...
Socks away!
It’s the second week of small daughter’s school holidays and … it’s raining. She won’t mind at all as she’s engrossed in a series of books which my brother and sister-in-law sent her called...
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...
St George’s Day
It’s St George’s Day here in England, the day of our patron saint. When I was a small Brownie, I used to have to go to the St George’s Day March for all the...
Packing
I’m off to Edinburgh tomorrow for the Yarn Festival, which is hugely exciting – I mean, 3 1/2 hours of train knitting! That is not to be sniffed at and my bag of on-the-train projects...
