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The Woolly Badger

De-scarying knitting one pattern at a time


  • July 14, 2021

    The Day off Badge Tee is a lazy knitter’s dream

    A few weeks ago, on an absolute whim, I decided to do some polls on Instagram to find out what bits of knitting people hated the most. You know, all those fiddly little bits that we just really can’t be bothered with because inherently, it seems, a lot of knitters just like knitting and hate…

  • May 11, 2021

    The ultimate Scrappy blanket – a how-to guide

    I’ve got a bit of a thing for mini skeins. If by “thing”, you mean “hoarding problem”. Over the years I’ve had various subscriptions, and calendars, and just random purchases. My mini skein collection has grown. And grown. And then grown a bit more, until I looked at it the other day and realised the…

  • April 10, 2021

    Why the Long Tail Cast on is the boss

    For a jolly long time, there were a lot of things I used to ignore when working from knitting patterns, because I couldn’t entirely understand why they were there. “Ignore it and it’ll go away” is a questionable decision at the best of times, and it’s definitely a bit of a daft choice at times…

  • February 23, 2021

    How to knit with German short rows: A not at all scary guide

    Do you know what I really bloody love? German short rows. Seriously. They’re one of my very favourite knitting techniques. If you’ve knitted one of my patterns, then you’ll know that I use them a lot, but I’ve never felt compelled to truly sing their praises before. Until now. What are short rows? Now, before…

  • December 15, 2020

    2020: A year in garment knitting

    (A little heads up: this blog post includes links to Ravelry, so if you have trouble with the site do take care.) Here’s a thing: up until recently, it was a long, long time since I’d knitted myself a sweater. We’re talking 5 or 6 years long. I made excuses for this for a while;…

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