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How to get started knitting with colour
It’s a tale I’ve told many a time; long, long ago, when I was considerably more uptight and concerned with getting things “wrong” than I am now, I was terrified of just about everything. In knitting terms, this equated mostly to being terrified of knitting with colour. And no, I don’t just mean that I…
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So you want to use a different yarn weight
Of all the things that have the potential to baffle a person about knitting, yarn weight has to be right up there. So many yarns, so many categories, so little cohesion. Yes, there’s a generally agreed framework that people use when talking about yarn weight (which, if we’re honest, is really yarn width, since it’s…
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Get to know your summer yarns
I know, I know. When most people think about knitting they think of cosy autumnal and wintery scenes, possibly sat in front of a fire, definitely with a big pile of cosy snuggly wool. It’s a craft that screams “cold weather” at you. But knitting isn’t just for winter, I promise you. In fact, summer…
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Big Jimmy Jab knitalong week 1 – German short rows
One of the things I really love about the Big Jimmy Jab jumper is how sneakily simple it is. I say “sneakily”, because it looks like it’s going to be a bit of a fancy knit, what with that colourwork yoke and all. I’ll talk soon about how the colourwork is actually infinitely easier than…
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Picking a size for the Big Jimmy Jab jumper
The Big Jimmy Jab knitalong is kicking off in just over a week, so I thought I’d share some handy tips on how to pick a size. For the Big Jimmy Jab is not, you see, like other circular yoked jumpers. (I’m trying and failing to resist the urge to say “it’s a cool jumper”…