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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Knitting one below in a pattern is usually about adding more interest to the texture of the fabric. You may also find it in slip-stitch colour knitting where you’ll get intriguing effects by utilising the stitch from the previous row to switch between colours. Join me for this video tutorial where I’ll have a quick […]
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Knitting for profit isn’t easy. There are a lot of steps to take to set yourself up as someone who knits and ask money at the end of the project. You have to stand confident in your talent and experience as a knitting. You need to be a good enough knitter to knit all your […]
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Pricing knits to sell can be dilemma-inducing! Yes, there are so many ways to do this and you need to be aware of your intention for selling in the first place too. Is this a side hobby that you have no intention of expanding at any point; it’s just a bit of fun that you […]
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