knitting

In between market prepping, I sometimes make things for myself too! I absolutely love this cable hat, so much so that I have made 4 so far! But can we please talk about the incredible Virginia Creeper behind me??? Totally worth waiting all year for these stunning autumn colours! 🖤🍁🍂 Ax

Fully reversible bobble hat, in a super soft alpaca and wool blend, double layered, and with extra deep brim to keep you warm and cosy all through the cold season. Look at all the photos to see what the reverse side looks like. It’s a hug for your head! 🧡🍁🍂 If you want yours, you […]

I did it! A few months late, but I did it, I jumped on the Saturday Shrug bandwagon (stash diving FTW) and got this baby churned out in a few days, just in time for autumn weather. I’ve entered the #saturdayshrugclub — it’s a very cosy club to be in 🧡🍂🧶 Ax

Torrential rain, cosy blanket at the ready, alpaca and a knitting podcast. You could be forgiven for thinking I was setting the scene for a Christmas evening in, but this happened only last night. Yes, in May! Will we ever have a Spring this year, I wonder? Actually, if truth be told, I happen to […]

Just finished these arm warmers for a friend (hi Carolyn!). Hope they’ll keep her nice and toasty! Anyone interested in test knitting the pattern I’ve written for these? They’re worked in the round on DPNs (I imagine they’d work equally well done in magic loop) on 4 mm needles (or size to get gauge). One […]

30 rows in and 160 stitches on the needles, and I’ve realised I have got every one of my M1 increases the wrong way around! Ouch! It’s only a tiny detail, barely noticeable, but I would know. So there are two options: either rip the whole thing and start over, or try and fix every […]

I don’t quite know how to kick this off, so why don’t I start from the beginning-ish? Picture it: London, 20041. After a couple of false starts caused mainly by my short attention span and an innate ability for underestimation (what? A funky scarf long enough to wrap around the Earth a couple of times? […]