Category: Resources
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What on earth is sport weight yarn, and what the heck should I knit with it?
In the last few years, there’s one type of yarn that’s been popping up more and more, and which, I’ll admit, baffled the crap out of me at first. And that, as you may expect, is a sport weight. But from my initial position of bafflement and “well, that just seems a bit pointless” I…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…