Knitting Patterns

You might be surprised to learn that when you start knotting like this you're learning a whole new yarn craft.... yes you're actually doing macramé. Let's knot a friendship bracelet, using my extra fast method to speed you along.

Sep 25

How To Knot A Friendship Bracelet

Knitting Patterns , Knitting Tips and Tricks

You might be surprised to learn that when you start knotting like this you’re learning a whole new yarn craft…. yes you’re actually doing ‘macramé’. That sounds fancy-pants doesn’t it?! But all you’re doing that’s different to knitting is taking strands of yarn, so it looks more like weaving and making rows of knots, instead […]

Sep 24

DIY Friendship Bracelet

Knitting Patterns

If you’re stuck with scraps of yarn and left-overs from bigger projects you might wonder whether to declutter your yarn storage or find another use for them. You’re in the right place as this might sway you towards knitting up a floury of multi-coloured bracelets, for your friends, a school fundraiser, gifts or yourself! This pattern […]

Knitting a couple of elbow patches is a great way to encourage a favourite item to give a few more year's wear and allow that love to continue. Let's do it- needles and yarn at the ready!

Jul 04

How To Knit Elbow Patches

Knitting Patterns

I don’t know about you, but elbow patches make me think of dusty old English Professors, and tweed jackets. And didn’t the eleventh Doctor Who, aka Matt Smith, have leather elbow patches in his tweed jackets? (Matt probably wore them in his hunting jacket as Prince Philip too!) The whole idea is to encourage a […]