Knitting Gifts requires motivation to keep knittingSo I’ve got 4 reasons to start and continue knitting gifts for you today. Motivation can be a big factor in continuing to knit when you’ve started a project.You’ll probably find these motivations are inside you already too, but perhaps haven’t let them drive your knitting.I’ve found it really helpful . . .

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4 Big Reasons Why I Knit Gifts – And You Can Too

Knitting Gifts is most knitters’ favourite hobbies!Aside from knitting that is! But once we’ve started gift knitting it can be difficult to find motivation sometimes, it might also mean that we’re knitting items that we possibly didn’t want to knit.That might be because of requests or suggestions, or even because of the lack of thought . . .

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5 Essential Tips For Knitting Gifts

A passion for knitting can last a lifetimeBut it can also waver sometimes and the knitting mojo seems to take a hike for days or weeks at a time. So where’s that knitting mojo gone? And why didn’t it even leave a trail of dust in its wake so it would be easy to find? I’ve lost . . .

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Lost Your Knitting Mojo? How to bring it back

It’s a knitters dream – knitting with 2 coloursSuch beautiful hearts, stars, criss-crosses and dots can be created with this stranded knitting technique. Fair Isle knitting can be on the bucket list for a long time though, as it looks and feels so tough. But take it slowly, one step at a time, pick a symmetrical . . .

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Fair Isle Knitting Tutorial step by step

Originating in the Scottish Island, Fair IslesAlso known as stranded knitting or colour-work knitting, Fair Isle knitting is celebrated as being a very cool process, that looks as if you’ve performed magic once you’ve finished! If you’re going to be authentic, you’re not actually doing fair isle knitting, unless you’re knitting over on Fair Isle! But . . .

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Fair Isle Knitting: 7 Tips before you start