We’re going to switch the knitting up over the next few weeks and abandon the needles! Yes, all you’re going to need is a ball of yarn and some fingers (preferably your own! LOL). Finger Knitting with two fingers is the perfect place to start, I’m going to show you how. đ To subscribe to […]
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You’re knitting with your french knitting doll and everything seems fine. You’ve maybe changed colour and cast off and back on again with a couple of projects. Now you’re curious about whether you can knit with this doll faster. How about it? You could get through more projects, perhaps even start selling what you knit […]
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Dropping a stitch when you’re knitting is a pain! But it feels even more annoying when the dropped stitch is trapped in your knitting doll. French knitting dolls hide the stitches, so we need a way of rescuing the dropped stitch without undoing all the hard work. I’ve got solutions for you today… you’ll need […]
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Whether you call if knitting with a knitting bee or knitting nancy, spool knitting or as I do French knitting no-one can deny it’s great fun. And what’s better than knitting? Changing colour! It sparks motivation to keep knitting when you’re creating stripes and gives some great results. Switch between two, or use a rainbow […]
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Sometimes it’s just nice to make an intentional choice when you’re knitting, when you’re making the simplest of moves. Decreases happen all the time, right? OK, here’s another knit two together, yada, yada, yada. But what if we could have some fun with them, make them dance around to our pleasure and give our plain […]
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Slipping stitches can give some amazing results when you’re knitting. You can slip stitches when you’re knitting with colour and create some intricate details. Stripes are suddenly patches and vertical columns of colour that infer that you’re an amazingly advanced knitter of Fair Isle fame. But what you may not realise is that you can […]
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We all have times when our knitting doesn’t quite resemble what we’re expecting to see on our needles. If you’ve been putting a lot of energy, focus and determination into the knitting, it can sometimes go wrong. That’s when we need to take a breath. You may feel like throwing the needles and yarn across […]
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Zones of genius We come across genius zones in many parts of life. Do you drive long distances, but your partner always prefers short journeys? Are you someone who loves running, but just can’t get into  yoga? Do you always cook lasagne when you have friends over for dinner, maybe your cooking genius is a […]
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Fisherman’s rib is a lovely way to give some interest to cuffs and bands where you’d usually use single or double ribbing. The idea of this interesting ribbing is to make a thicker fabric. And in that respect came from a desire to make knitwear to keep the body warmer. Fisherman’s rib is recognised as an […]
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This may seem like a topic with a simple answer! (no it’s not April Fool’s Day!) But how many different types of needles do you own? And how many times have you picked up your knitting and gone wrong from the very first stitch? In today’s quick video I’ll show you the very basics of […]
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