The butterfly stitch is just beautiful One of my besties has a life-long love of butterflies, as does my husband, Nick. So when I discovered this stitch I had a feeling it would feature in a big way in my future knitting. As I was preparing for the new knitting kit shop I began designing . . .

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How To Knit Butterfly Stitch

Sometimes you don’t have a choice – you just have to deal with it! There are those times when yarn is happy to fall out of the centre of the ball, and there’s no problem… you find the end, start casting on a life is a breeze. Your ‘me’ time is set, feet up, cat . . .

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How To Untangle Yarn (Dealing With A Yarn Barf!)

You know you want to finish your knits neatlySo let’s get you sorted. Once you’ve learned all you need to know about knitting and purling you’ll discover a new technique that will serve you well for years to come – how to cast off, when you’re switching between knit and purl stitches in a rib. You’ll . . .

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How To Cast Off Ribbing

Knitting kits are so popular this year And their popularity has been growing in the last decade too. So which ones to choose? I took the leap a few months ago and decided to get a Wool And The Gang knitting kit, as they’ve been making them for many years now. With all that experience . . .

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Wool And The Gang Knitting Kit review

Find yarns to show off your knitting skillsPicking yarns might seem to be easy – just find some colours and make sure the thickness matches your pattern and you’re ready to go through checkout. But hang on – there are some other yarn features you can think about, depending on your pattern. For cable knitting there . . .

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Best Yarns to Pick For Cable Knitting