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Sock Surgery: cutting and grafting a new heel!

Sock Surgery: cutting and grafting a new heel!

Following on from this post a few years ago, I thought it would be fun to look again at mending socks by cutting and grafting your knitting.  There are lots of ways to fix a...

Sock Surgery: cutting and grafting a new heel!

Following on from this post a few years ago, I thought it would be fun to look again at mending socks by cutting and grafting your knitting.  There are lots of ways to fix a...

Advent 2023, Everlasting Flowers

Advent 2023, Everlasting Flowers

I’m so excited to announce this year’s advent! The theme is Everlasting Flowers, inspired by delicate papery petals, faded foliage and cosy winter interiors. You can expect a mix of tonals and...

Advent 2023, Everlasting Flowers

I’m so excited to announce this year’s advent! The theme is Everlasting Flowers, inspired by delicate papery petals, faded foliage and cosy winter interiors. You can expect a mix of tonals and...

Patterns ideas for minis, scraps and leftovers!

Patterns ideas for minis, scraps and leftovers!

Have you ever struggled with ways to use your pretty mini skein sets, advents and leftovers? Here are some project ideas to help you use all that lovely yarn!  Some of these patterns are...

Patterns ideas for minis, scraps and leftovers!

Have you ever struggled with ways to use your pretty mini skein sets, advents and leftovers? Here are some project ideas to help you use all that lovely yarn!  Some of these patterns are...

SS22 - Information and Inspiration

SS22 - Information and Inspiration

Spring is making a welcome appearance in this little corner of the world. In the garden, daffodils and tulips are beaming and the trees are budding. These shifts in the season have been inspiring me...

SS22 - Information and Inspiration

Spring is making a welcome appearance in this little corner of the world. In the garden, daffodils and tulips are beaming and the trees are budding. These shifts in the season have been inspiring me...

Dyeing Yarn with Eucalyptus

Dyeing Yarn with Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is notoriously fast growing, but I was still surprised when the twig I planted in 2020 turned into a lofty tree in the space of a few years. I decided to coppice it...

Dyeing Yarn with Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is notoriously fast growing, but I was still surprised when the twig I planted in 2020 turned into a lofty tree in the space of a few years. I decided to coppice it...

Shortening a sweater (cutting and grafting!)

Shortening a sweater (cutting and grafting!)

Frogging isn't always an option when you want to make alterations to the length of a sweater. It may've been worked bottom-up, in a grippy yarn (like mohair or suri), or you just...

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Shortening a sweater (cutting and grafting!)

Frogging isn't always an option when you want to make alterations to the length of a sweater. It may've been worked bottom-up, in a grippy yarn (like mohair or suri), or you just...

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